These beautiful revolvers are not well known in US.

Here are a 6" MR 73 made by Manurhin in the 70's and a 5 1/4" made by Matra Manurhin Defense in the 80's. Now they are made by Chapuis.

I am modifying them to use 38 Super Auto or 38 Super Comp rimless.

How much?
Peter.

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These beautiful revolvers are not well known in US.

No! They were awful and as over-rated by their "fans" as the MAB P-15 was under-rated.

Like the Korth the MR73 was a poor domestic substitute to the S & W! No decent revolver, since the "New Century" design ever said anything other than "Smith & Wesson on the side of it! Excepting the only the Webley "WG" with flared grip, the Webley-Wilkinson, the Webley "WS" and the Mark VI.

Well made the MR73 may be but it lacks "something" that one can't quite pinpoint. BTW is the "film policier", released earlier this year, of the same title - MR73 - any good?

It has the best double action you can find ever. Always surprises people when they hear a double tap and see me shooting a Manurhin.

Thierry P. inherited one of the first made MR 73 delivered to the GIGN and owned by the group founder. He used it in the Marseille Airbus, 3 shots below 2 seconds, 2 terrs dead, one wounded.

One of those MR in use with the group had shot more than 200,000 rounds of Norma 158 grains SP .357 magnum rounds when I used it at the beginning of the 80's. the only part that was changed was the main spring.

I bought mine in 1980, my brother now has it. it shot more than 100,000 rounds with only a change, the cylinder lock.

They are indeed expensive, their cost was more than twice a SW here.

The MAB P 15 is over rated. Except the PAP F1, Pistolet Automaique de Precision, it was a big POS right out of the box. I had customized mine.

PS: I did not watch the movie yet.

Since not too many in the UK or the US have ever fired a MR 73, there probably aren't many with any experience. I have fired several MR 73's over the last few years. I concur with Edmond, best double action trigger I have ever tried, including some very nice Colt Pythons.

Of course Edmond shoots revolvers in competition (I've only seen him use his S&W in 10mm and sometimes he even wins!) so what does he know?

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Originally posted by enfieldspares:

Well made the MR73 may be but it lacks "something" that one can't quite pinpoint.

When, if ever, you do get around to pinpointing the lacking "something", please let us know. About the only thing I have found lacking is availability.

From memory - and I may have mis-remembered like Hillary Clinton - the cylinder release not as well located or as easy to always "hit" as on a Smith & Wesson, the "hump" on the rear of the frame not as "positive" as a S & W. or a Ruger, the cylinder to frame to "shield" to grip relationship such that a speedloader would not work as easily as other makes or with 357 Magnum cartridges, the ejector rod too short or too long such that it would not eject fired cases but not eject loaded rounds, the front and rear sights both too high, the cylinder not recessed, too many internal parts.

My opinion is that the S & W Model 13 was the better, more practical, gun than that MR73 Gendarmerie.