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My manurhin Mr73 from classic showed up today. Bretty damned nice. I love the action. Little bit of barrel and cylinder holster wear but nothing like classic advertised. I'd call the finish 90% or better.
>>29905122
Cunt.
>>29905122
Moar! They were sold out by the time i got the email.
With my 686
>>29905638
How do the triggers compare? I'm curious about others who bought these, very hesitant to buy from classic afrer seeinf some horrific examples
>>29905122
wow thats a lot better condition than i thought they were going to be. probably hasnt been in GIGN hands to take out terrorists then
>>29905122
Fuck, I'm peanut butter and jealous.
Didn't pick one up because I listened to the fags over at r/guns who said they'd be all rusty and fucked to hell.
Should've known better than to listen to leddit faggots I suppose. They probably just wanted to discourage people from ordering them due to extreme Jewishness
>>29905122
it just looks like minor surface corrosion from age, nothing terrible. im sure it works great, super jelly here. hows the trigger faggot? you havent mentioned the trigger at all!>>29905663
>>29905667
Its been parkerized. Apparently it's a common thing that they did after the blue wore off. So it probably actually spent a lot of time out in the world.
>>29905663
The trigger on the frog gun is butter. Da is heavier (I put a wolff spring kit in my smiff so it's a lot lighter) but smoother than the 686. Curious about adjusting it in the mr73...
What's the largest .357 revolver that can be reasonably concealed?
Pls respond srs.
>>29905724
4 inch if you're a big guy (4me) but probably 3 or 2.5 is more likely. I'm wanting a charter arms 44 special to cc. Big fat slow bullet.
>>29905716
any chance it was used to take out kebab in algeria for this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_8969
?
>>29905747
I can dream.
Also I will spare you guys the other side of the barrel. Just know that if I could find the guy who does centurys import marks...
With another one of her new sisters
>>29905688
Please take some of these to reddit and tell them to suck a dick for me. People here said the same shit though.
>>29905755
mmm that cylinder release looks nice and smoothed over from use. definitely removed kebab
I'm not sure I'm jealous of your duracoat looking refinish or not.
This just landed.
New .44 mag vaquero with birdshead grips built on a superblackhawk frame. Pumped as FUCK.
>>29906909
is that an XS front sight on the little 442 ? if not what sight is it? i really like that
>>29907073
you trying to be the fastest gun in the west?
do you use the top one for hunting? i like long barreled revolvers but cant really seem to justify a use for them, i suppose if i hunted it would make sense but man that little stainless steel vaquero is badass, i would be swinging that thing around my index finger all day before tucking it into my holster
>>29907435
It is, comes stock on the 340. I would never own a .38spl like the 442, although 60% of my range time on wheel guns is spent using .38... A straight up .38 just feels limited.
>>29907461
I stand semi corrected I guess the 442 comes in .357 as well. Oh well 340 master race.
>>29907461
that makes a lot of sense man, i want to get a snubby for ccw and actually never thought of getting a 357 version. are the frames on yours heavier than the 38spc version? how bad is the recoil with magnum vs +P 38spc? i have shot defense +P 38s out of a 442 before and while doable, its not exactly fun to shoot
>>29907511
>>29907482
i also kind of wrote off 357 in a snubby a while back because i thought without the barrel length it was basically a 38, but lately i have done more research and it seems 357 does still have a decent amount more power than a 38 out of a snubnose, even if its not huge, it is somewhat substantial
>>29907073
Lovely. Now put target sights on it.
My gp100 from an old atf.
I had my smith. ( wheel gun junky) work his magic. Wolf springs, stoned/polished, shimmed.
>>29907549
>dunhill nightcap
excellent taste in pipe tobacco detected
>>29907511
The .38vs .357 model of the mini Js I think weigh the same, the weight difference is in the barrel, and it isn't much.
Honestly everything besides standard .38 feels like a lot of recoil, with the exception of LeveRevolution 140grFTX. That feels like a jackhammer being propelled by a rocket took a shit in your palm.
>>29907603
do you carry 357s for defense then? or go with 38s?
>>29907737
Go for .38s honestly. Follow up shots will prove cleaner. If you're busting out a wheelgun you obviously don't care TOO MUCH for ballistics/terminal performance/technology (or you would CC a decent semi auto) if you're CCing a wheelgun you probably think like so "It's going to go bang, guaranteed, and if it doesn't I'll squeeze again."
If that sounds like you, then why does it matter if it's 700FPS or 1200FPS? It's going to put a .356-7 sized hole in the bad guy. Hopefully twice.
>>29907549
Love my Gp100
I'm a sucker for unfluted cylinders
>>29905122
Any body still shoot .45 lC?
I was thinking of getting a Ruger Red Hawk that can shoot booth .45LC and .45 ACP with moon clips.
I know leigh defense makes those extreme penetrator .45 colts for those govenor/judge .45 colt/.410 bore shot shells but can you use the Extreme Penetrators in normal revolvers like a Ruger Red Hawk or Colt single action army?
>>29907073
>>29907549
>>29908564
Ruger bros!! I just picked up this Match Champion last week and finally get to shoot it today
>>29908472
word. i would mostly want one for casual summer carry and also as a secondary backup for my regular glock19 carry
>>29906909
I mean obviously I would have rather had a deep blue. But this is a correct refinish for the gun by police and military agencies that carried them, still has some holster wear for character and it looks good and should be durable. It isn't just bubbas duracoat.
I am glad it has this rather than a bunch of naked steel and pending rust because it had no finish.
>>29908564
Fuuuuuck thats hot....
>>29909906
I'm unaware of correct/incorrect. The bluing in the low spots of my MR73 are sooooo deep pearly blue. I'm thinking I'm going to ruin the collectors value and this may be my first gun that goes off to a smith. Potato pic to follow.
>>29911952
Yeah see I mean blue is gorgeous but I would likely trade a finish like yours for the parkerize job. It isn't how mulhouse doing or chapuis or whatever sent it out, but is a refinish that agencies did when the blue was shot.
But if I'd gotten one like yours, I fully intended to have it reblued. May try to grab one of those last few classic has when they come back up.
>>29905122
Congrats op. I'm glad you proved all those fags wrong that shat on this shipment from Classic for thinking it'd be pitted to hell and back. Here's mine from AIM two years ago.
>>29912234
OP here. That's a beauty.
>>29905755
>import marks
Absolute shame. Good looking piece, and I'm sorry ATF does something to ruin so many like it.
>>29907073
>New .44 mag vaquero with birdshead grips built on a superblackhawk frame
MUH DICK!!!
>>29905716
>Curious about adjusting it in the mr73...
I wrote about it the other day
https://desustorage.org/k/thread/29878623/#29879834
>>29905724
As big as you want. You can get a custom rig for a Walker if that's your thing.
>>29912246
Yours too man. Looks like yours is in great condition. That beavertail on the grip looks like it'll help a ton too. I can't shoot mine too often cause it starts hurting sooner than later
>>29912322
Neato. Like I said, I replaced the main and hammer springs in my Smith but I cinched the screw down, mostly because I didn't want it poking out or shaking loose. Plus I dont think they were designed as adjustments in the s&w. But I will fiddle with my froggy gun tonight. Thanks anon.
>>29912188
How bad of a ruin-on-investment will it be if I tell a smith to "Blue, then polish it until it's so dark it looks like the phone you would use to talk to satan."?
Throwing in with my CAI import (blued) and commercial one (Gendarmerie model I think?) I'm not in a huge hurry to refinish the worn surplus one but if I did I think I'd like to try a bronze looking finish like titanium carbon nitride.
>>29912386
I agree the surplus wood grips are too narrow at the thumb web. It starts to sting after a while. I've never shot with the rubber Trausch grips but I love this design from Karl Nill.>>29912430
Pretty bad. Best do the polishing before the bluing if you want any bluing at all.
>>29912386
Yeah I had a gp100 with the fuckhuge hogues (pic related) and these grips crush those.
>>29912513
Pic
What are the popular .357 spin-shooters in the $600~ range?
>>29912430
See my thought is, if the blued finish is shot, and the real appeal to these is the awesome action/accuracy and huge reliability, I think it is owed a nice deep blue as close to factory as you can get. I'd be surprised if a nice bluing job could hurt the value, unless it was the gign entry gun from the hijacking or something.
>>29912544
>>29912513
What is the model number for those Nills? I sent an email to Nill a couple months ago, but I haven't gotten anything back since.
>>29912545
Ruger GP-100
Ruger Security Six if you want a good used wheelgat for ~300-500ish.
>>29912629
Yeah those guys aren't very responsive.
Quantity Product Product.Nr. Single price discount made Total price 1.00 x MR73 with horn, stippled, fi.-gr. slight palm rest, open back MR03UHO USD 224.10 - USD 224.10
Try Alexander Schmidt at [email protected]
>>29912698
Hot Damn! Thanks man
>>29912803
Hnnnnnngggg stop with these pictures. I want to go try mine but it's fuggin raining.
>>29912871
>>29912871
>>29912967
You know what we Baguette Launchers need?
Pic related
>>29912991
That's slick as shit. Look good on a soft case...
>>29912412
So um I messed with the spring tensions. Super easy. One on a hex key on just on a flat screwdriver. Amazing. You kind of play a balance; turn the trigger too far down and leave the hammer tensioner then the trigger won't reset. So the most important thing will be consistent primer pops. Once I find that ill mess with the trigger tension. But I turned it down some and already much easier to hold steady in da.
Still very impressed.
Oh and make sure your hand isn't in the way of the hammer when your test the trigger pull. Skin is softer than a primer...
Here's crappy pic of my two MR73s. The one with rubber grips is from classic. Just for shits and giggles I took the reset off it and lowered the pull weight. So it's basically SAO with a pull weight under a pound.
>>29914458
Very nice!!! I need a blued one now
>>29914498
Heres a better picture of my old one.
>>29914581
>>29914590
Great looking piece man. I hope to have the opportunity to double up on them as well.
>>29914607
Thanks babe
>>29905688
Don't listen to people on here or reddit, you should know that.
Oh and the other thing we kept hearing was that they would be clapped out from too much use. Pic related, obviously the inside is full of metal shavings and rust and all of the parts are worn and corroded.
