Thread 64170312

Why don't they make guns? I thought Mitsubishi was supposed to make everything.

>>64170312 (OP)
Bro doesn't know

baits used to be believable

>>64170312 (OP)
Howa.
Minebea.
>Why don't they make guns?

>>64170319
>Howa

I got the chance to fuck around with a Howa Buddy way back once. A very nice rifle.

Howa and Miroku come to mind.

>>64170314
the m16a4 is better than your PSA shit

>>64170541
I'm not taking a rifle with a shitty burst mechanism.

>>64170325
Just because YOU can't buy them doesn't mean they don't make them

There's a pawn shop near me with a Weatherby Vanguard made in Japan, 7mm RemMag
I'm tempted tbqh

>>64170312 (OP)
Half of the guns Browning makes come from the Miroku factory. They're similar in quality to H&H but don't cost as much as a house.

>>64171849
I unironically want a Miroku made Winchester 1895, those slanteyes do a great fucking job with those. Wish they still made them in the classic .30-40 U.S Krag

>>64170312 (OP)
Howa, Miroku, SKB are three off the top of my head. Most manufacturing is for internal military and police service and done at fairly low volume.

Howa makes some pretty decent and affordable bolt action rifles. Miroku is a bit more high $$ specializing in shotguns and lever action rifles sold by Browning, SKB only exports high end shotguns.

Japan is prohibited from exporting military firearms per their constitution and the terms of their surrender after WW2, so you aren't ever going to see them export a semi auto Type 89 for instance. Funny enough, they are also not allowed to sell their products to paramilitary forces including law enforcement. If a police agency in the US wants tactical Howa 1500s for their SWAT team for instance, they can't buy it from Howa directly. They have to get it through a 3rd party.
>>64171186
Vanguards are actually Howa 1500s imported in parallel with the Howa-branded rifles imported by LSI in Reno. They come from the same factory.

>>64170312 (OP)
Japan should revive Arisaka not gonna lie

>>64173340
Howa makes a ceremonial version of the 1500 that is dressed up like an Arisaka. Apparently they are smoothbore and in most cases only able to fire blanks. They are also extremely expensive and not offered for export.

So as with lots of cool Japanese things, it exists but you can't have one

>>64173387
I mean the company as a whole, not just ceremonial guns.

>>64173454
The trademark is taken.
https://arisakadefense.com/about-us/

>>64173340
This! It's one of my knoes.

>>64173497
>Arisaka Defense
I bought their scope leveling jig. It's nicely made, but I found that a set of precision ground machinist gauge blocks work a thousand times better (if you can afford one).