I had the hammer spring modified on my Miroku’s hammer spring. The guy volunteered to modify it. He claimed that the rebounding hammer sometimes would not hit the firing pin hard enough to reliably fire the cartridge. I don’t know about that, but the guy swore up and down that was a problem. I’ve asked an outfit that converts the hammer back to original Winchester but the cost was pretty high, I thought.
As far as crescent vs. shotgun butt, I too prefer the shotgun butt. Yes, I do know how to use the crescent butt.
As far as the rear sight I very much dislike the sight the Miroku’s have. I understand that back in the day the buckhorn sight was used to help the hunter adjust for elevation. Maybe if my only rifle had the buckhorn sight and I used the rifle daily to gather food for the table I’d get used to the sight and master it. As is I don’t like buckhorn sights.
