MANURHIN Revolvers:

If you've got an unwanted specimen in .32" caliber - give me a shout 😃..

The French firm Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhine (Manurhin) was formed in 1920 to manufacture precision machine-tools - but also had a firearms division making high quality Walther pistols under license and then made revolvers.

Best In The World?
Some bold folk reckon that the Manurhin MR73 revolvers are not only far stronger, more durable and more accurate than American built units ... but that these French precision built wheel guns are a better shooting tool than even German made Korth exemplars. - Manurhin revolvers were lauded as each having as much as twelve hours hand fitting and polishing.

There has to be good reasons why these 357 Magnum police weapons passed 170,000 rounds of full power shots without deterioration.

 - High precision manufacture using top quality ordnance certified alloy steel. -  Both the frames and cylinders are slightly larger than S&W K-Frames - barrels are hammer forged six groove, and the cylinders are milled from forgings and chambers roller burnished after drilling.

2.5 inch, 3 inch, 4 inch, 5.25 inch, 8 inch, length barrels were made .. both with fixed or adjustable sights. (The 8 inch guns were used by French police with bipods for urban sniping.)

Speed and accuracy is helped by a reduced lock time - by the hammer fall arc of only 42 degrees compared to typical S&W 54 degrees and Colts Python 60 degrees.

The French counterterrorist unit of the Gendarmerie Nationale—GIGN (Groupe d’intervention de la Gendarmerie nationale)—had been using S&W revolvers, but these had failed to hold up to the unit’s training regimen of firing 150 rounds of full-power Norma .357 loads daily. Note, by the way, these rounds were specially sealed for use underwater, as GIGN was trained for underwater approaches to a target.

Models in 9x19 mm Parabellum, .32" S&W long and .22" Long Rifle may also be found.

Manurhin had a later, joint venture model with Ruger -  between 1981-1984 - the MR 88 which is an excellent & superior arm - built down to a price.

A Ruger-Manurhin MR88. - Nothing but the best.

Manurhin seems to have disappeared (.. except as an ammunition maker) - but their revolver designs continue since 1998 to be produced by La Chapuis Armes - of Saint Etienne - possibly including both right and left-handed versions of the Ruger-Manurhin MR88 revolvers.

Marty K.

They Made A Popular SCOOTER Too. 1952 - 62?

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