After 3-4 years of looking, I finally got
a Winchester (Miroku) 20" carbine in 357M for a reasonable price. Miroku stuff comes in batches, and you snooze you lose. Could have bought other Miroku-made models, 1892 and 1873, that were more expensive, but I specifically wanted this 1892 carbine, and I wasn't willing to pay full retail (or more) to get it. The trade-off with the Miroku 1892 is that you get much higher quality than Rossi, but with the 1892 you also get the rebounding hammer (hence heavy main spring) and tang safety. I don't care about the tang safety, but because of the rebounding hammer, it will never approach the smoothness of my Rossi 92s. OTOH, I was getting groups like this sighting it in at 55 yards with the stock iron sights. Those are all 4 shot groups, 3 tight with a flier, 3 different loads (N350, Enforcer, and N110) of 158 grain Zero JHPs. That flier to the wide right on the first target was the first shot of the bunch, probably all me getting settled in and being more concerned with elevation and not enough with windage through the irons. Only mods I've made to it are a lever wrap, black grip tape on the buttstock (to prevent slippage on the shoulder), and electrical tape on the saddle ring to prevent it from marring the receiver. Seen them show up here and there so if you want one, you might be able to find one still, if you're quick about it.
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