Miroku Liberty Chief

Miroku Liberty Chief - .38 Special

Miroku Special Police - .38 Special

Miroku Liberty Chief is a revolver produced by the Miroku Corporation in Japan. The Miroku appears to have been made for Japanese police (wich where armed with the Nambu Model 60 revolver), though given it's time of manufacture, it might have also been produced as a competition piece as much as a Nambu replacement. The Japanese police used revolvers during that period, but, however, the Japanese preferred to use semiautos as soon as they were able, and so Miroku instead almost completely exported the gun to the US under 'EIG' and/or 'Liberty Chief' names. Dimension-wise it was pretty much comparable to a S&W J-frame. It had a Smith & Wesson "Chiefs Special"-style grip, but otherwise the gun looks more like a Colt, especially with the exposed ejector rod and Colt-style cylinder latch. There also were slightly bigger "Special Police" 6-shot version, outwardly similar to the Colt Detective Special.

Specifications

(1967 - 1984)

• Type: Revolver

• Caliber(s): .38 Special

• Weight: ?

• Length: ?

• Barrel length: ?

• Capacity: 5 rounds (Liberty Chief), 6 rounds (Special Police)

• Fire Modes: DA

Film

Title	Actor	Character	Notation	Date
The Hunted	Masumi Okada	Wadakura		1995
	Christopher Lambert	Paul Racine
Yakuza Hunters 2: The Revenge Duel in Hell	Porche Okite	Murakawa		2010

Anime

Title	Character	Note	Date
Kite	Yakuza		1998
Demon Prince Enma	Abashiri Naojirō, Yoshinaga, Benten Yuri		2006