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January 22, 2008
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Here are a pair of Manurhin Special Police F1 revolvers.  These were carried by the French police back in the 1970's.  They have been carried a lot but both have tight lockup and nice triggers.  A close look will reveal a very strong resemblance to Ruger's Speed-Six.
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January 22, 2008
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Ruger Speed-Six and Manurhin F1
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January 22, 2008
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Nice pics! I don't think I've ever seen a Manurhin before...
January 22, 2008
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The Manurhin to have is an MR73 
April 25, 2008
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Nice guns. I know about the MR73...it was a popular silhouette revolver. I saw a few of them used by the French team at the 1991 Silhouette Internationals. At one time, the Manurhin .22LR was the best rimfire silhouette gun, if you could get one.
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January 22, 2008
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I have a 4 page article; write-up on a silhouette MR73.
Unfortunately I cant read French and the article is in 4 Jpeg files 
, so Google translate would be no help.
-Wayne
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May 2, 2009
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Funny the resemblance to the rugers... maybe there was an inside connection between the two...
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January 22, 2008
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From what I have read, the development of the F1 was a collaborative effort between Ruger and Manurhin. The F1 was later replaced by the MR88 which still looks like a Ruger, and I suspect has a lot in common with the GP100.
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February 9, 2009
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Wayne,
Thanks for sharing those, I have never heard of them before, they do resemble Ruger, alot.
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February 25, 2009
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Interesting!!
I'll bet Ruger sold the investment casting to them and they did the machine work.
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January 24, 2009
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Those are pretty cool. Did you buy them here in the states, or have them shipped from France?
January 22, 2008
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I found them collecting dust in the display case of a local dealer. They sat in that case for about a year before I bought them. One of'em has been my holster carry gun for quite a while now.
-Wayne
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May 17, 2009
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January 24, 2009
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jaggman said:
Here's one on GB…
I like that, the bidding starts at $3000 & his first line in the description sez "Make me a reasonable offer ..." What, $3K is not reasonable for that gun??
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