MADE IN FRANCE ... GET THE SUNGLASSES!!

[Swissman]

Dear members,

I guess this is maybe to much for some members of this forum

Manurhin starts to sell revolvers in 1973 and developed new designs from time to time..... and they did good, really good.
The latest version was the MR-96. But this gun is not in my collection. They are hard to find....

LEFT: MR-73; Cal. .357 Mag. / Center: MR-93; Cal. .357 Mag. / RIGHT: MR-88; Cal. .357 Mag. / DOWN: MR-22; Cal. .22 l.r.



I really like how this guns performs....

Swissman

[Gunslinger808]

That MR22 looks interesting, I'd like to take it for a test drive.
Probably more accurate than I'll ever be.

[Badquaker]

The only thing French I like is grey goose......

[Dennis The B]

Those are very interesting revolvers. They have a real mix of design, but it all works. They have a bit of S&W, Colt, and Ruger in each of them. The MR-93 has a real avant garde look to it. I'd love to spend some range time with them.

The stocks are very interesting, and they all look very comfortable.

Congratulations. I like 'em!

[rimfired]

Interesting "Ruger" cyl release on the stainless MR 88.

Very nice pic of a very outstanding line-up.

[Gunslinger808]

Interesting "Ruger" cyl release on the stainless MR 88.

That got me looking again, how do you open the cylinders on the others?

[Texas Star]

Originally Posted by Gunslinger808

That got me looking again, how do you open the cylinders on the others?

The MR-73 has a release that resembles that on old S&W J-frames, grooved. Works like an S&W. I've handled and fired one and think it's a good gun, probably more durable than S&W in hard use, but basically overrated. I was quite disappointed that the hammer was flat-sided. Looks too spartan for a luxury gun. If memory serves, the trigger was sharply grooved. I prefer the smooth S&W Ranger trigger or Ruger triggers.

Never seen the other two, but know that the MR-88 has a LOT of Ruger Security-Six technology in it. Note, however, that they added a crane lock. I think that was a good idea. I've seen some loose cranes in Rugers made prior to the GP-100, which corrected that issue.

[DCWilson]

I have heard about Manurhin revolvers for years, but have never seen one in the hard, steely flesh. My understanding is that they are very well designed high-quality handguns. I am pleased to see this collection of them. Swissman, thanks for posting.

[Swissman]

Quote from Gunslinger808:
"That got me looking again, how do you open the cylinders on the others?"

Gunslinger808,
Texas Star answers correctly for the MR-73 and the little/younger brother, the MR-22. Both of them got a release, similar to the S&W-revolvers.

But maybe this detail of the MR-93, might be interesting for you....



Swissman

[Texas Star]

Swissman-

The MR-73 that I fired had some misfires, probably from light hammer strike on the primers.

With the grips off, I saw a sort of wheel inside the frame. It had some holes in it, as if perhaps this could be turned to set mainspring tension.

Is that right? I had no instruction manual and was afraid to experiment with a borrowed gun.

But surely, they can't all be as unreliable as that one, and the little wheel sure looked like it might be an adjustment device. The gun was the same Sport model as yours, with 5.25-inch barrel.

I'm guessing that the MR-96 has the cylinder release in that grooved, tapered item in the frame ahead of the cylinder. Press in to release?

Also, while the MR-96 is very stylish, the hammer looks uncomfortable to use. Is it?

Thanks for any explanation that you can give.

The MR-88 intrigues me, especially in the fixed-sight Combat version. I wish Munurhin guns were sold here. They're pretty rare, other than Walther PP examples made by them.

[David LaPell]

Never fired, only dropped once?

[anglaispierre]

Manurhin is a contraction of Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhine and after some changes of ownership over the years (a bit like S&W) are now owned by Chapuis Arms, a well respected manufacturer of rifles and shotguns.
Although I have been aware of Manurhin revolvers for some years, I have never seen one. However, I do own a Manurhin Walther PP made in 1973. It is very good.

[Swissman]

Texas Star,

I am afraid that your memory mixes Manurhin and Astra. Astra got a ring with four different deep holes to change the springtension.

Astra Sport:


This are the three different systems of the Manurhin-revolvers:


And here some detailed pictures and explainations to the MR-93...

The disasembling


The Cylinder-Crane-solution


And how the MR-93 shoots today at the range...





Swissman

[Texas Star]

Swissman-

Maybe my memory is muddled, but I've never fired an Astra. Maybe Manurhin changed the spring design? I certainly don't recall that double leaf mainspring. But it might well be their solution to the matter. My memory could just be faulty, though. About 20 years have gone by since I fired that gun.

Thanks for those superb pictures!