For anyone will a little disposable income ($3300 MSRP) these look quite nice. Can't think of any other French-made firearms on the market currently:
Manurhin MR73 Gendarmerie (beretta.com)
Manurhin MR73 Gendarmerie (beretta.com)
They are designed to be dropped at the first sign of trouble.
They are designed to be dropped at the first sign of trouble.
My famiily fought the French at the battle of the Nations in 1813, two years later under Blücher we marched to Waterloo, in 1870/71 we fought them in the Franco Prussian war and my grandfather fought at Verdun. The French are the enemy of my blood but they are everything but cowards. French military history is longer and more distinguished than that of most western nations, including the U.S.
It can be compared to Vietnam, you mean?Also look at their impressive military record in the conquest of Algeria.
You mean when we took Vietnam over from them after they lost?It can be compared to Vietnam, you mean?
You mean when we took Vietnam over from them after they lost?
You must have mistaken me for someone wise enough to provide an answer to that.And then did we win?
It can be compared to Vietnam, you mean?
IIRC, in the "Battle Of Algiers", French paratroops actually unraveled and destroyed a terrorist network in a major metropolitan area. Admittedly, this was partially accomplished through the use of torture and the lack of an Internet/Social Media in those days. Still, an impressive feat.
Smith & Wesson devotees who also own
the MR 73 heap nothing but praise on the
French firearm. More than a few S&W
owners also own at least one if not several
MR 73s.
The TFB video in this thread is an excellent
review of the revolver.
Pretty funny considering they will outshoot and outlast anything S&W or Colt has built in the past 150 years…They are designed to be dropped at the first sign of trouble.
How long has manurhin been in existence?
My famiily fought the French at the battle of the Nations in 1813, two years later under Blücher we marched to Waterloo, in 1870/71 we fought them in the Franco Prussian war and my grandfather fought at Verdun. The French are the enemy of my blood but they are everything but cowards. French military history is longer and more distinguished than that of most western nations, including the U.S.
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