Back-Up Gun Match Teaser with an MR-73
Revolvers
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4m 43s
It came out recently that the Beretta Group has purchased Chapuis, the French manufacturer of the legendary MR73 revolvers. A bunch of people have asked me if I'm getting one of the Beretta-imported guns, and the answer is YES! But it's not here yet.
So while I wait for it (a 5.25" Sport model, by the way), I figured I could dig up some older footage from when I took my Century-import Gendarmerie model (complete with it's awful Century import markings) to a local Back-Up Gun Match...
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