Save your recyclables for Cash - Manurhin MR73

[George P]

1) S&W Registered Magnum
2) Manurhin M73
3) Colt Python

Same for me

 

[Paul7]

Why would the dealer have to honor the warranty? Traditionally, with all firearms sales in my experience. If it is a new gun that is covered under warranty by the manufacturer, then I need to contact the manufacturer, not the dealer I bought it from.

When my Colt 6721 had an issue right out of the box. I didn't go back to Lou's Police Supply in Hialeah, FL. I contacted Colt directly and they fixed the gun.

You'd have to ask the guy who made the link. When my Sig P210 had major issues, Cabela's handled it, not Sig.

 

[PzGren]

He says he didn't use reloads, and at 3:00 he shows the ammo used.
Yeah, right.



How else would you explain how that forcing cone looked and parts breaking off?

I did explain it.



I would assume the defective gun was a fluke, but still, the photos don't lie. That response is sort of like a guy saying he has prostate issues, and someone else saying 'Well I don't have prostate issues.

???? Disuss it with your doctor, this does not belong here.

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[Pat Riot]

If the selection of one of those 3 revolvers was for winning a raffle I would take the S&W Registered Magnum in a heartbeat.

If I was paying for it? I would use my $3300+ for something else.

 

[Paul7]

You didn't explain anything, you ignored evidence that this Chapuis gun was a complete lemon, apparently based on the fact yours aren't. Gun forms are full of people who react to such accounts about their brand X fanboy favorite gun. He took it to two independent gunsmiths who both said the problems were due to low quality materials but we're supposed to believe you who has never seen the gun? Okaaay.....

 

[tark]

Have you handled and fired an MR73?

Actually, I've never fired either one but I have held and admired the quality and smoothness of the RM. I was shown some of the targets it had produced and I doubt any revolver could do much better (1" groups @ 50 yards, from a ransom, indoor range.) I have also held and examined several Korth's at Shot Shows, both autos and revolvers. Impressive, but at the price I was disappointed to see machining marks on some surfaces. Les would have bit my head off had I sent a gun out the door with any visible marks like that on an exterior surface.

As I said in an earlier post in a different thread, I'm kinda new to this revolver game. You could call me a wheel gun dummy. I really know very little about most of them, I've been an automatic man most of my life. My preference is not based on a vast knowledge of and experience with the breed, but simply on what pleases me esthetically and feels good in the hand. I liked the looks of the Smith, its high quality and those targets .

 

[Paul7]

Actually, I've never fired either one but I have held and admired the quality and smoothness of the RM. I was shown some of the targets it had produced and I doubt any revolver could do much better (1" groups @ 50 yards, from a ransom) I have also held and examined several Korth's at Shot Shows, both autos and revolvers. Impressive, but at the price I was disappointed to see machining marks on some surfaces. Les would have bit my head off had I sent a gun out the door with any visible marks like that on an exterior surface.

I prefer the older, blued Korths. I've never handled a RM but man, for what they get for those these days you could buy several MR73s or Korths.

 

[tark]

I prefer the older, blued Korths. I've never handled a RM but man, for what they get for those these days you could buy several MR73s or Korths.

There is one up for auction in a couple of weeks at the Rock Island Auction Co. 98% gun, with original box and all paperwork. 8-3/4" barrel, the longest offered.

Estimate is $9,500 to $14,000. As with most high end collectables, its price would be much more if it were graded even one percentage point higher. After 97%, each extra percentage point raises the price dramatically. If it were a 99% gun, you could probably add a few thousand to the estimate This is why it is so important to have the gun graded by a professional.

 

[tark]

Which, BTW, I am not.

 

[Rio Laxas]

I would and did choose the MR73. Mine is a 5-1/4" Chapuis variant. I did have a Mulhouse 4" police model, but sold it in favor of the new one. I also have a 1969 Python given to me by my father to compare it too. I do not have a Registered Magnum or the subsequent Non-Registered Magnum, due to the high prices, but for me the pinnacle of a Smith & Wesson revolver will always be either a 4th Model Hand Ejector of 1950 Target (pre-24) or a 1st Model Hand Ejector (Triple Lock) in .44 Special.

Other than possibly the broken MR73 video referenced above, I have seen little concrete information that would substantiate that the Chapuis variants are inferior to the Mulhouse variants, except of course in terms of collectibility. I'm not sure what to make of the broken MR73 video. I've heard no other reports of that kind of wear on a Chapuis MR73, so I'm inclined to lean towards there being a specific problem with that particular revolver and / or ammunition.

I asked someone who is a bit of of an expert on MR73s about the metallurgy of the Chapuis variants, and he said that to his knowledge Chapuis uses the same ordnance tool steel as the original Mulhouse version.

This seems to be confirmed here: Wheelgun Wednesday: Manurhin MR73 Review -The Firearm Blog

And here: Gun Review: Manurhin MR73 Sport .357 Revolver - The Truth About Guns

I have seen others say that it is not the same steel and that it is regular carbon steel. It's hard to know which one is true, because there is scant information available about the differences. I suspect that the available information for the Mulhouse variant is often repeated as being true for the Chapuis variant.

I will say that the 5-1/4" Chapuis produced variant that I currently have has a much nicer trigger than the 4" Mulhouse police model that I used to have (probably just an adjustment issue). I don't have enough rounds through my Chapuis variant to say whether or not it lives up to the MR73s reputed durability, but it is definitely the nicest 357 that I own.

 

[Paul7]

I would and did choose the MR73. Mine is a 5-1/4" Chapuis variant. I did have a Mulhouse 4" police model, but sold it in favor of the new one. I also have a 1969 Python given to me by my father to compare it too. I do not have a Registered Magnum or the subsequent Non-Registered Magnum, due to the high prices, but for me the pinnacle of a Smith & Wesson revolver will always be either a 4th Model Hand Ejector of 1950 Target (pre-24) or a 1st Model Hand Ejector (Triple Lock) in .44 Special.

Other than possibly the broken MR73 video referenced above, I have seen little concrete information that would substantiate that the Chapuis variants are inferior to the Mulhouse variants, except of course in terms of collectibility. I'm not sure what to make of the broken MR73 video. I've heard no other reports of that kind of wear on a Chapuis MR73, so I'm inclined to lean towards there being a specific problem with that particular revolver and / or ammunition.

I asked someone who is a bit of of an expert on MR73s about the metallurgy of the Chapuis variants, and he said that to his knowledge Chapuis uses the same ordnance tool steel as the original Mulhouse version.

This seems to be confirmed here: Wheelgun Wednesday: Manurhin MR73 Review -The Firearm Blog

And here: Gun Review: Manurhin MR73 Sport .357 Revolver - The Truth About Guns

I have seen others say that it is not the same steel and that it is regular carbon steel. It's hard to know which one is true, because there is scant information available about the differences. I suspect that the available information for the Mulhouse variant is often repeated as being true for the Chapuis variant.

I will say that the 5-1/4" Chapuis produced variant that I currently have has a much nicer trigger than the 4" Mulhouse police model that I used to have (probably just an adjustment issue). I don't have enough rounds through my Chapuis variant to say whether or not it lives up to the MR73s reputed durability, but it is definitely the nicest 357 that I own.

I'm sure the bad MR73 in the video was a non-representative fluke, every gun maker has them.

 

[Master Blaster]

Pass