Beretta announces a new handgun.

[ProfessorWes]

Why yes, it is April 1st. Why do you ask?

 

[the_leper_colony]

Man, I'm gonna NEED one of those (especially if I can get an extra .40S&W barrel for it)! Does it come with a bayonet?

 

[NikA]

Given the frame cracking issues with the .32 Tomcat, would anyone actually trust Beretta to make a subcompact 10?

 

[the_leper_colony]

Given the frame cracking issues with the .32 Tomcat, would anyone actually trust Beretta to make a subcompact 10?

Just make the frame out of plastic (like a PX4 or a Glock) and it would be fine!

 

[Jeepnik]

Isn't this April 1st?

 

[ProfessorWes]

I guess FN tried their hand at an April Fools joke too . . .

 

[aciera]

I have a revolver that Beretta makes and imports …….spanks Ruger ,S&W and Colt …..no April fool.
And spanks them BAD.

 

[375hh1973]

I would like one of those FN SCAR 12s

 

[RSIno1]

I have a revolver that Beretta makes and imports …….spanks Ruger ,S&W and Colt …..no April fool.
And spanks them BAD.

At $3,600 is a Manurhin MR73 3 1/2 times better than a Ruger GP100? But then I don't know anyone who shoots 112 rounds of .357 every day of the year.

The Manurhin MR73 is arguable the most durable service revolver made. The French GIGN adopted the MR73 because their training regimen (40,000 round per year of 158 gn 357 magnum) was literally wearing out their S&W revolvers after a few thousand round.

 

[the_leper_colony]

At $3,600 is a Manurhin MR73 3 1/2 times better than a Ruger GP100? But then I don't know anyone who shoots 112 rounds of .357 every day of the year...

Several years back, when I was selling or trading most of my guns to a local FFL, I spent a little time looking at used Manurhin revolvers on GunBroker. Some of them showed wear (police surplus guns?), but IIRC weren't priced any higher than used 1911s from some of the respected names in that market. In the end, I decided that (for me at least) Dan Wesson and S&W were just fine. For anybody else, the conclusion could be entirely different!

 

[tazbigdog]

Can I put a drum magazine in it?

 

[aciera]

At $3,600 is a Manurhin MR73 3 1/2 times better than a Ruger GP100? But then I don't know anyone who shoots 112 rounds of .357 every day of the year.

The Manurhin MR73 is arguable the most durable service revolver made. The French GIGN adopted the MR73 because their training regimen (40,000 round per year of 158 gn 357 magnum) was literally wearing out their S&W revolvers after a few thousand round.

Mainly it was a beretta dig. Just for fun.
A man I know was the us importer for years.
He would have Manurhin and Korth and Janz……crazy to go to his house. He prefers the Manurhin. MR73.
They make a 38 also. “I take it when I ride the Four wheeler…..it is not a MR73” diameter of the cylinder for strength but not to heavy because of inertia …..
In 1998? Chapuis bought Manurhin……and beretta bought a large chunk of Chapuis a couple of years ago.
I would like to get an older Korth sometime……they were fine. Not the new ones.

 

[aciera]

Several years back, when I was selling or trading most of my guns to a local FFL, I spent a little time looking at used Manurhin revolvers on GunBroker. Some of them showed wear (police surplus guns?), but IIRC weren't priced any higher than used 1911s from some of the respected names in that market. In the end, I decided that (for me at least) Dan Wesson and S&W were just fine. For anybody else, the conclusion could be entirely different!

It is one of the few revolvers I will probably never modify.
Maximums become 475&500
A 69 smith becomes a 45 colt.
A 44 RH becomes a 480
I have no shame.
A 10mm SingleSix cexomes a 10 mm Mag. Or perhaps a slight rim on a 30-30 cut down for .400 bullets.
6 shot BlackHawk became a 476(6 shot 475)

 

[eveled]

If it had the flip up barrel I’d a 10 mm pocket Beretta in a heartbeat. Lol.