Beretta is bringing in MR73 revolvers

[ccmdfd]

I had the chance to examine these at the NRA annual meeting. The DA triggers are absolutely amazing. However, I was not as impressed with the front sights, and did not care for the ramp type sights on some models.

Did they give an ETA for when they would be hitting the shelves?

[BillSWPA]

Did they give an ETA for when they would be hitting the shelves?

Unfortunately I did not ask that question.

[zeleny]

Did they give an ETA for when they would be hitting the shelves?

I have it on excellent authority:

[jetfire]

Whatever happened to these?

I had a couple of local dealers state they wanted to get one, but both have said they've never seen one available. I've looked on GunBroker a few times and never seen one either. By that I mean one of the new imports not the older versions.

Based on my actual real world experience working with Beretta and the French on this, their production numbers are pretty low; the initial run of guns sold out really quick, and making enough guns to do another run takes a bit of time (or so I was told) due to the significant amount of hand fitting that goes into each of these guns.

[Ben_G]

We're working to slowly ramp up the volumes out of France (without impacting the quality) and have been steadily importing these every month or two, but the volumes that's currently achievable on this line (with all the hand fitting) means it'll take a bit. This one is just one of those slow and steady things right now.

[marcin]

If someone's super keen on one, I have a 5.25" MR73 I picked up last year. Has maybe 250 rounds through it, and would come with a Rusty Sherrick leather holster for it. I haven't even sent in the registration paperwork to Beretta for the warranty... I like my 3" MR73 a lot more.