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I used a schuster adjustable gas plug. You just dial it in until it cycles both with and without the can.
 
Best of both Worlds :)
TG and MR73
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very nice!!! that trw stuff in increasingly hard to find. my baby is an all usgi parts, 18" criterion barrel on an LRB bolt and lrb m25 receiver.. old school usgi fiberglass stock! her name is Victoria.. I dont feel so alone on here now..
 
Awesome! hahaha! I have a springer in an EBR chassis that i've been contemplating replacing with an LRB m25 and a SEI Crazy horse 18"
 
chatting about high end M14 rifles on a Busse Combat forum leads me to believe we are men who enjoy the finer things in life.. tip of the hat to you good sir..
 
SevenOfNine said:
Very nice...for both
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Thanks.
I am very fond of that Manurhin revolver.
Excuse me guys for a bit of thread hijacking posting this review, but I certainly hope you enjoy it since this gun is not widely known.

Many believe that Manurhin MR 73 is the best revolver of all times.

It was developed in 1971 in France by request of the Service d’études techniques de la Police Nationale of the Interior Ministry to replace then used in service Smith and Wesson (a 3" model 19), designated M19-3RS).

S&W m19, although being one of the best .375 magnum guns of the time, exhibited few reliability issues when being fed by steady diet of .375 magnum rounds as required by French special forces training regiment.

The new gun was introduced in 1973 and produced in Mulhouse by Manufacture de machines du Haut-Rhin, abbreviated as Manurhin. Hence the name Manurhin MR73.

The gun was used for few decades by elite French counter terrorist unit GIGN. Every GIGN trooper fired over 40,000 .357 magnum rounds every year with his service weapon with no issues. The high reliability of the M73 revolver is one of the unique features accomplished with special efforts during gun design and high quality manufacturing process.

All Manurhin’s parts are all forged from the highest grade steel. The barrel is cold hammer forged and like the cylinder is virtually indestructible. The Manurhin factory museum has an example on a display that has fired about 100,000 full power 357 Magnum rounds with no excessive signs of wear.

The gun was also designed and built to be extremely accurate. It met the spec of producing a 15-shot group of under 20mm at 25 meters.

In late 1990's Manurhin factory seized hand gun production and in 1998 their gun design and tooling were acquired by Manufacture d’armes de tir Chapuis which is known for producing a high quality rifles. Chapuis continues producing MR73 revolvers till this day and build them on a pre-order basis,

Failing to find an original Mulhouse gun in decent condition I got a new Chapuis-built MR73 with a 4" barrel.
Here is my attempt to show the quality of the build.

This is how these guns come new from the factory.

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The box includes the gun, tools, extra set of grips, extra front sight and a certificate proving pressure test up to 3900 BAR. The gun comes factory test fired with a drag line on the cylinder but no test target.

Couple of pictures of the gun

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Now let's take a closer look

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The blueing is beautiful

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The mechanical fit is excellent with even and minimal gaps

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Everything is tight and functional

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Barrel is nicely accentuated and the sight is high quality

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To give you a sight picture:

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The trigger and hammer are bronze in color and very well machined.

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And look at those Nill grips :)

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All in all I think this is an extremely high quality built gun and the best revolver I ever had my hands on.

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