Mulhouse Manurhin MR73 Quick Look

The Mulhouse MR73 is The "Orignal" Defense Model 357 Magnum issued to Police / Special Forces. In this video, you see the scarce and seldom seen this highly sought 2nd Generation gun with the upgraded flat spring to hold the cylinder lever pin in place. (As opposed to the 1st generation piano wire spring that had a tendency to break). The gun was thoroughly checked and tuned by Dave Laubert at Defensive Creations as well as given some nitre blue accent screws!! The MR73 is know for its amazing accuracy, timing and lock up is spot on. The "Original" guns are made of Certified Ordnance Alloy Steel (Highest quality of steel then and now) the unique (4) Plum dots on the left side of the frame are a different type of steel that are inserted during the forging. (This steel does not accept the Bluing) Cylinder, frame and barrel are all forged, the cold hammered barrel rifling is formed in the forging process eliminating cutting and creating a virtually indestructible barrel. Gun's bore is pristine with mirror grooves and sharp lands. Muzzle, forcing cone and recoil shield indicates light use. Hammer and trigger have been heat treated and polished, then "Strawed” for the gold color. These guns are widely regarded as the strongest most accurate and durable revolver ever made. Worth mentioning is the "Adjustable" trigger weight in both Double/Single Action that does not alter strength of mainspring due to roller bearings in trigger mechanism along with extensive hand fitting and polishing. Adjustment is accomplished w/o removing the sideplate ( only handgun in world at the time to have this feature and later adopted by Korth and Janz). This is an outstanding example of a legendary revolver... you will look a long time before seeing another like this Mulhouse…The MR73 is now made by Chapuis Armes… and now Beretta will assume production of the MR73, which I have no doubt will be no where near the quality of the original Manurhin revos.