I am looking for someone who really knows the French Manurhin revolver and its models and/or history. I know you are out there friend – help me out here.
I was sorting through some old gun magazines and came across an article by Lee Thompson about the Korth 357. At one point he was making comparisons to the Manurhin. I started doing a little web searching for info on both and actually came away with more questions. I quickly determined the Korth was out of my price range, but I came across one company that had a French Manurhin MR96 and a MR88 available for about a grand. It then became a real possibility that I might want to own one of these. The high end MR73 is real nice granted, but again a might more expensive that I want to get into.
I have been unable to find anymore information about the MR96, but plenty about a MR93, so I am thinking maybe the web site offering the MR96 might have been a typo and what they actually had for sale was a MR93
I understand that the MR88 is actually built on a Ruger frame but other than that maintains all of the other Manurhin features; sleeved barrel like a Dan Wesson, good double action trigger, cylinder release button that allows one hand opening, and high rise grip.
I have always been a Ruger DA revolver fan except for one irritating thing and that is that when releasing the trigger for an additional shot, there is a distinct first click that can be mistaken for full trigger reset and then cause the shooter to short stoke the pistol. This is annoying in competition and possibly fatal in a defensive situation. I have talked to all the better revolver smiths and all say that the heavy first click on trigger reset cannot be gotten rid of or mitigated.
I really like the old Dan Wesson barrel set up where you can minimize the cylinder gap and in my opinion a tensioned barrel should be more accurate - (all other things being equal).
Could someone clue me in to exactly what the different Manurhin models are and how they differ in features, finishes, mechanisms, etc. I would also like to know if there are any short comings to these revolvers that I should be aware of. A link to any really informative web pages would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance - TEX
I was sorting through some old gun magazines and came across an article by Lee Thompson about the Korth 357. At one point he was making comparisons to the Manurhin. I started doing a little web searching for info on both and actually came away with more questions. I quickly determined the Korth was out of my price range, but I came across one company that had a French Manurhin MR96 and a MR88 available for about a grand. It then became a real possibility that I might want to own one of these. The high end MR73 is real nice granted, but again a might more expensive that I want to get into.
I have been unable to find anymore information about the MR96, but plenty about a MR93, so I am thinking maybe the web site offering the MR96 might have been a typo and what they actually had for sale was a MR93
I understand that the MR88 is actually built on a Ruger frame but other than that maintains all of the other Manurhin features; sleeved barrel like a Dan Wesson, good double action trigger, cylinder release button that allows one hand opening, and high rise grip.
I have always been a Ruger DA revolver fan except for one irritating thing and that is that when releasing the trigger for an additional shot, there is a distinct first click that can be mistaken for full trigger reset and then cause the shooter to short stoke the pistol. This is annoying in competition and possibly fatal in a defensive situation. I have talked to all the better revolver smiths and all say that the heavy first click on trigger reset cannot be gotten rid of or mitigated.
I really like the old Dan Wesson barrel set up where you can minimize the cylinder gap and in my opinion a tensioned barrel should be more accurate - (all other things being equal).
Could someone clue me in to exactly what the different Manurhin models are and how they differ in features, finishes, mechanisms, etc. I would also like to know if there are any short comings to these revolvers that I should be aware of. A link to any really informative web pages would be appreciated.
Thanks in Advance - TEX
