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Hi - I am in the Air Force stationed in Japan, where I’ve come across a lot of shotguns (mostly sxs and o/u) that you don't see much in the states. A recent find has stumped me, though. It is an o/u 12 ga with some pretty detailed engraving, and what looks like was a pretty nice stock at one point. It’s marked “B.C. My Luck” on the bottom of the reciever, and “Model OL” on the side of the receiver. The dealer says that this gun is sold as a Merkel in the US, was made in 1960, and has some collector’s value. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture.

At first I thought maybe it was an older Charles Daly (sold as B.C Miroku in Japan), but I can’t seem to find anything in the Blue Book, or anywhere on line to support either claim. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

-Dan

Dan,
I think there's a phonetics issue. I'm sure he means Miroku, not Merkel.

As a service brat in the sixties, I spent time at Yokota and Misawa. Are you at either of these bases?

I'm at Misawa - great duck hunting here!

My Luck was an earlier name used on a few shotguns imported to the US by Miroku. I am not familiar with all their model numbers, but all that I have seen have been nicely done and valued about the same as the Miroku guns, Charles Daly guns.

I remember a few articles on Miroku guns mentioning these as one of, if not the earliest, model imported to the US.

the comments summarized as roughly "nice gun, bad name" and correspondingly it was a commercial failure here.

LeeS,
This is a Miroku made model OS from the mid-60s, marketed by the Kawaguchiya Firearms Co. Good gun. I see them here in $800-1000 range, sometimes a bit more or less.

Happy Easter and thanks for serving.

KFC, no, not the Colonel, marketed some interesting side by sides also, including the odd 32" model, a great pigeon gun. I knew there must be great duck hunting somewhere in Japan because of all the guns I see engraved there with ducks flying over an open ocean being pointed by English Setters standing on a sandy shore.

Thank you all for the help. I thought it was probably a Miroku, but I wasn't sure. It kind of looks like a lot of KFC designs (pretty similiar to the one above), so it wouldn't suprise me if it was an early Miroku marketed by Kawaguchiya (who I just found out later marketed KFC's in the 80's). Makes sense!

Thanks again!
-Dan

Finger lickin' good guns.

I have a MY Luck that is the spittin' image of Burmingham BLNE game gun.