When you know what's in that particular armory... (look at this video by a very annoying french youtuber. cut the sound and just look at what's in that room ua-cam.com/video/3RABxXpQ-gw/v-deo.html )
hello, I'm French, the magnificent collection that you see is that of the National Gendarmerie, it is the largest collection of weapons in Europe, weapons captured on criminal .... che are recorded and stored in this place. 
After Ian barracaded himself in the armory the French Ministry of the Interior was forced to call in the GIGN to remove him from the armory containing their equipment and this was when they realized the problem...
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@@grahamlopez6202 You write an email (in case of France very possible that actual real letter may be required, I dont know), pretty sure tho that unless you have French blood and speak the language, nobody would care. But Ian has both of those things + he is a Gun Jesus + he can show on record his love for French weapons and combination of those things = voilà
@@TheGouzy90 that's not how french bureaucracy works. Basically just need 17 different documents, all correctly signed and submitted with a narrow time window. As someone who bought a house in France it's complicated, but if meet the requirements they can be quite accommodating.
American high end gun market are dead. What is left are cheap guns like Ruger and Mossberg. Remington already down last year. All of their High end guns came from Europe.
@@ASS_ault Only European buys those guns. American rarely buy guns more expensive than $700. You can compare best selling guns between buds gunshop or cheaper than dirt vs eurooptic or triebel.
@@ASS_ault Its not because of that. They often own several guns resulting they spend more on guns than the rest of the world. They have no limitation on the number of gun owned thats why they only buy cheap guns. For example there is a larping contest called cowboy action shooting. It require you to own two centerfire single action revolvers, one centerfire levergun and one non automatic shotgun. The cheapest of this guns combination will be arround $2000. About the same price as one Daniel Defense AR-15.
@@yulusleonard985 stop talking out your ass dude. I own several ARs over 2000$s, pistols that average over 1k and the like. I know plenty of people that spend over that amount too. So stop talking like you're a economic gun expert.
@@darrengarcia4937 Do you own a Manurhin? Until you do I am correct. Also simple online gunshop research and reading forum post will do. Try comparing US gun sales and European gun sales already tell you Im also right.
Somewhere there's an old grizzled GIGN monsieur who can speedload 357 rounds into a Manurhin 73 in the midst of a grey cloud of Gauloise smoke like a French Jerry Miculek.
Lol, i am a fench shooter who have a friend who's got a 10" MR73_ to shoot animals steel target till 200m (yep, meters^^). He 'd just stop smoking his han rolled cigarettes because lung cancer alert
“GIGN tends to prefer a few well placed accurate shots compared to overwhelming volume of fire.” Any U.S. law enforcement department in the 70’s: “I feel attacked.”
GIGN try not to kill any perp. For them shooting and kill someone is a mission failure . They shoot to kill only in self defense of themselves or other. French laws are clear on that so they can't be trialed for murderer .
Fun fact. There is a french movie named MR 73 and the revolver does have a large role in it. So it has an acting career as well. And the movie is depressing af.
@rwsthedemonking your opinion is a bit too biased then, in terms of recommending something or not, isn't it? If it's subjective like that it's basically useless for what you intend it to be (: *typo corrected
He did mention on how standard ammunition back then was FMJ, that would most likely pierce through clothing and flesh, in comparison to a high powered revolver that can run HP ammo with virtually 0% chance of overpen
@rwsthedemonking French pride: Our weapons are so good, we can't let the Germans get their grubby fingers on them. Sure, we are allies right now. But that never lasts. There hasn't been a century since Charlemagne without a war between the French and the Anglo-Saxons. Even if they call themselves Brits or Americans, they are still Anglo-Saxons.
@@sentenza5766 lol I just left a comment for him further up xd *I do not think he is quite aware that people mostly remain to be just that, people. There will be differences but in the end..
@@TheBulap Dutch Marechaussee (Dutch gendarmerie, marechaussee initally being an insult for gendarmerie) also has a political security unit (diplomats, the king, foreign heads of state, etc) that used this exact weapon. Not any more, untill 90's I believe when they switched to compact bullpups. It is technically classified what they use even though you can spot them and their gear on occassion. Also the lads that come break down a wall with an YPR if a suspect is deemed too high risk for police special units to break down the door. I suspect GIGN has the same kind of humour.
You seem to be under the misconception that the GIGN replaced their auto pistols with revolvers.... that wasn't the case. The GIGN carried, and still often carries today, BOTH a semi-auto pistol and the revolver. It makes sense in the original GIGN mission framework which was strongly oriented to hostage rescue in very crowded environment (in particular the MR73 was very successful during highjacked plane intervention) where few accurate shots are essential. Also the GIGN kept the "shoot to disable" rather than kill well into the 2000. Remember that the GIGN unlike the SAS is a purely police oriented unit, they will not be used in a military theater. The MR73 was also associated with a specific ammunition (the THV, you can google it), very light, very fast, etremely effective against both soft tissues and the body armor of that era. But the THV didn't cycle well in semi-auto but were great in a 357mag... especially one built to withstand higher than usual pressures.
Imagine being the guys who made the custom bipod mount "Okay so we need custom bipod mounts" "Excellent, what rifle do you wish us to make them for?" "A .357 revolver"
They probably would be less weirded out due to the fact they did a run of superexpensive custom revolvers beforehand but I can definitely imagine the [visible confusion] moment xD
The inspiration for the song: it was a 12" barrel (cut down from a 44-40). Mated in a Great Western frame. Although the .44-40 is about .20 smaller diameter than the 44. (High pressure for sure). I have seen 10" barrels on the m73, (and Dan wesson, and ruger)... I have ONLY seen factory 12" on colt .45 buntlines.
Someone probably commented this already, but the Gendarmerie is a weird case : they are a police force (as in, their duties are the same as the national police) but they are a part of the French Armed Forces, but depend on the Ministry of the Interior due to the aforementioned police duties. They usually cover the rural parts of France, while the national police is concentrated in the more urban areas. So, basically, they are cops with military ranks.
@@m.m.serafim784 Dutch Marechaussee. When looking up the definition it says 'It is a gendarmerie force performing military and civilian police duties' :-)
@@thatcanuck5670 Isn't the canadian gendarmerie just a police force named "gendarmerie" ? I don't think they are part of the military and as consequences they are not really comparable to french gendarmes and their military police equivalent in the world
@@RealLargeManTheGiantOne Yes but even as a French, I've never heard of such a weird gun before. I already knew the revolver but I never thought they would give it a bipod and a scope😅
In this configuration yeah, however they did have actual rifle length barrles you could swap onto this thing and make it into a legitimate marksmans weapon. As far as I know they still use these as side arms to this day, even as a secondary sidearm...they really like this fuckin gun.
@rwsthedemonking That's just not true, the MR73 is carried by almost every single GIGN operative, as a sidearm, even if they already have a sidearm. That's only true if you look at how often they got shot, which is quite rarely, but if you look at all GIGN operations, they never really shoot in the first place IIRC it's about 98% of missions have no rounds fired. But if you mean range only as in it's carried only on the range, it's demonstrably false. There is a case to be made about actual use however, but not a very good one.
@rwsthedemonking What? A tactically good gun? The MR73 was extremely customizable, hell we're watching a video about a sniper-revolver. It's very accurate, has a good grip, sighing, no safety, and most importantly, extremely fucking reliable. Hell I'd say this is probably one of the most tactically sound firearms you could choose. The only sidearm I can even think to compare it to is the HK Mk23, and that's meant to substitute for a rifle.
These are always my favorite kind of video. A gun that on first glance appears completely absurd, and then we get to learn about the unique circumstances and requirements that lead to such an odd firearm. On a side note, I bet that thing would be fun as hell to take to the range.
Especially in the 70s and 80s revolvers were still used by the FBI and even our Navy SEALS in fact the first group of SEALS we had coming thru brought the SW 686, their explanation at the time was being stainless they could swim with them. The Bushnell Phantom scope was one of very few available pistol scopes back then so you saw it used quite a bit and for the time was good quality.
@@CCW1911 Even the 1986 FBI Miami shootout, it seems that 5 of the 8 agents in that gunfight had a revolver as their primary sidearm. Seems auto-loading pistols with reliable expanding ammunition didn't become standard until the 1990's.
I am 70 and had a few old friends who had served some time in the Legion Estrange, I myself am X UK Forces. We were chatting about revolvers versus automatics back in the 20th century and an old oppo mentioned GIGN and the MR73, never seen one, but the sound of the hammer being pulled back sounded engineering perfection. As an engineer, personally, I find French engineering to be excellent with flashes of extreme intelligence, or just an F up, they use too small fixing screws. 10mm shit and such. Some old things just work well.
Well, most of the operators choose the MR-73 as a back-up sidearm. They usually have a standard pistol (Glock, Sig-Sauer, Five-SeveN) and this revolver, "just in case"
@@hadrienbejuy8217 makes fairly good sense. Revolver action is very reliable, can fit serious stopping power, and chances are that if you manage to fully expend your pistol ammo in the gun in either case then you're pretty much down in shit creek without a paddle (As a sidearm should be worst-case scenario sort of weapon since your primary should do 99% of the work).
as stated by Ian, it may be useless from a civilians perspective. That does not imply however that there are no situations, given that they are rather unique, where oddball pieces like this will be your best bet for whatever you have to do.
@rwsthedemonking Greatest thing about french military they don't care what anyone thinks about their gear. Mount a scope on a revolver? sure! Mount a bazooka on a vespa? why not!
This gun was actually the best Revolver in the world (also the priciest), by quality reliability and accuracy standards. It also saw impressive counter-terrorist action. Let the ignorants ridicule themselves
Ian, I am quite impressed that you have access to the French Ministry of the Interior. One gets the impression that you are becoming rather well known in certain circles in Europe and Finland. Kudos. And thanks for the great vids.
I am French. And to correct one thing you said. The GIGN goes also on missions outside France. But it concern only the Paris GIGN with is the REAL GIGN. There are others GIGN antennas all around France but not as well trained like The Paris GIGN unit. So they've already had mission in Africa to free French prisoners from terrorist. They also went to Afghanistan for the same reasons, and they also do Top Secret Mission with the Commandos Marine (witch are the pinnacle of the French army). And just to say the Gendarmery is also part of the military. So the GIGN is a military special force witch acts in France ost of the time and witch can act outside France. And to finish, there is also a unit like this but in the French police witch is called The RAID.
Back in the 90s, Jeff Cooper decried the spray and pray cop shootings. He proposed arming cops with Ruger Blackhawks in .357 magnum. The police seem to emphasize mag changes over marksmanship. Actions at the point of contact are the result of training. Then there is the tendency of law enforcement agencies, AND applicants, to utilize the internet for recruiting. So, some newbie from Bugtussell hires on to work in Dallas or Atlanta based on their aptitude score in Nowheresville U.S.A. police academy. Oh yeah, all those cops from WokeA Stan are headed your way. Y'all have a GOODN.
No, they manage to shoot the hostage, sometimes the kill the bad guy, IF they can get that second magazine swapped in... the second set of 15 rounds eventually hits him.
"And GIGN as an organization had a philosophy of a few very accurate very good shots rather than overwhelming volume of fire" If only the Miami Police Department had that same philosophy a couple weeks ago...
@@nathanaelm3413 'an incedibly dangerous way to save civilians' This is obviously a new meaning of the word 'save' which I have not previously encountered. 8-)
Can a gign operator choose to use a musket as it's the best weapon for infiltrating a rouge napoleon wars reenacting unit... that also happen to be terrorist... and hijacked a plane... and kidnapped the president.
Yes, GIGN members have free range on picking the weapon they feel is the best for the sitaution. And yeah, like gun jesus said, they spend a whole lot of time on the firing range. That 150 rounds a day isn't hyperbolic.
There is a French movie titled "MR73" with Daniel Auteuil. Based on a true story, very dark albeit touching, very French, very good. A must see. The pistol is a protagonist also. Can be taken as an hommage to "Police Python 357" movie with Yves Montand, but deeper and better.
3:45 As a matter of fact, since they're gendarmerie, they're military as well. Which allows them, amongst other things, to operate outside of national territory.
I barely can believe they granted you access! I thought it was impossible for people, even researchers, to ever approach their collections. So cool! Wow, they really recognize you as the expert you are and I would never have thought the ministry could contain people smart enough to appreciate your perfection and status. That's awesome!
I´ve heard that one GIGN got shot and still managed to kill three terrorists with such a revolver, after he was shot in the right arm, which is quite remarkable, as he was badly injured, there were plenty of non-targets and the terrorists had automatic rifles. Speaking of planes, AFAIK, only the Austrian special police ever managed to end a hostage situation in a plane whilst it was flying at high altitude. The thing was, that one of its members was off duty when some idiot pulled a weapon right next to him...
@@K3end0 I think so. I, however, find it less amazing than the prior one. I´d very much like the odds of the second scenario as even a highly trained professional can get sucker-punched and taking away a weapon from an untrained person, while being highly trained yourself doesn´t sound too risky. The French cop, on the other hand, had a busted arm, was in great pain and had lost a lot of blood. Even without all this hardly any cop would fancy a shootout against three terrorists with only a revolver in your non-dominant hand, let alone when they already know your position and you can´t just fire back willy nilly without risking shooting civilians...
@@edi9892 I think you are talking about Thierry Prungnaud, he took down 3 out of 4 terrorists with his MR73 during the Air France Flight 8969 hijack (1994). He was hit by many AK bullets, he got out of the hospital many months later with a disabled right arm.
@@Chao-chao Thank you very much! I don´t know any details, but from the little I know, it looks like the mission went sideways and he did his last stand and the HQ didn´t want to send any more GIGN into this clusterF. Does this come any close?
I like the idea of him doing it without moving his head at all. Like, still in his stance, eye trained at the same spot, slings the sniper rifle back over his shoulder then draws the pistol and already has his eye right where it needs to be
No, no it doesnt.... police are trained to shoot 15 times RELOAD, AND DUMP 15 MORE INTO THE BODY.... Imagine using 1 or 2 shots. Nowhere in their training.
@@dylanbutler4919 I hear you , but when you join the "what if brigade", it no longer has validity. Police training is a certain way.... big part of the problem MOST people who become cops do it because they were bullied as kids now they will be th bully, or they were bullies and they want to keep that mind set up. And bullies like to hurt others.... 15 rounds mag dump and 15 more... then hand cuff the corpse.
Every GIGN intervention team gets a MR73 if he's received in the unit, as a gift and a prestige weapon. They still use it nowadays in operations for the multiple advantages a that a revolver can bring.
When he mentioned that one of the reasons they went with a revolver was the lack of double action magazine fed pistols I immediately thought of the Walther P1 and the Smith and Wesson Model 39. And then quickly realized why they didn't adopt either of those. One is made in Germany and the other is not a very reliable pistol.
A few other interesting facts about the GIGN They also use the S&W 686 and korth combat revolvers 98% of gign missions resolve the threat without a shot being fired On average the overall survival rate for all parties involved in a GIGN operation including Opfor is over 99% Yeah GIGN knows there stuff
The GIGN belongs to the Gendarmerie which is a Military unit, unlike the Police forces which are civilian units reporting to the Minister of the Interior. The gendarmerie carries out police missions mainly in rural areas. GIGN is a unit specializing in the management of hostage-taking of French nationals abroad or in France. As in February 1976 in Djibouti. There are also missions that can come close to SEALs like the capture of the Great Mosque of Mecca in 1979. In any case, superb video thank you.
To me one of the coolest things about the GIGN is that they might shoot a few hundred rounds a day in training, but when it comes down to it, they almost never have to fire a single shot to resolve a situation. Seriously impressive group of people.
Some police groups have that presence reminds of a something I saw on SWAT TV show the officer said "When people need help they call the Police, when the Police need help they call SWAT" If GIGN shows up you know things are about to get really serious.
@@bikecommuter24 Well they certainly have the capacities and abilitites to react optimally if things get ugly, but they are heavily trained in de-escalation aswell, they try to prevent collateral damage as much as possible at all times, which is why most of their operations end up with not a single shot having being fired. They are not there to kill people per se, they are there to resolve a difficult situation. They are not hot heads, their selection process makes sure of that. But IF it comes to shooting you don't want to be in the opposing side that's for sure.
You're right about standards, this things will just take anything. Accurate too. Honestly, yes I am french, but I don't think I'm biased, it is the best revolver I have ever fired in my life. Fired Colts, S&Ws; Rugers, this is something else.
I am not French , and I agree with you. The MR73 is an outstanding weapon . I trained with them, SW and Colts, and it is just easier to do really well with.
@@bosknight7837 Today, yes, to a degree. 40 years ago, not as much. And for the example ST6, one of Marchinko's concerns was not having time to clear the barrel- the theory being a shortish-barrel revolver would be effectively self draining. Also, a LOT of autoloaders don't cycle properly underwater, while a revolver just has bad ballistics. I'm 100% certain that John Moses Browning did not plan on needing to use anything he designed as crisis shark repellent.
Pistols are usually more difficult to attain in tightly regulated regions than rifles precisely because you may conceal them. In some places they add long bits of metal to pistols so they classify as "rifle" in length.
actually thats horseshit the pistols are much much more heavily regulated in commie parts of america (Commiefornia, CommiOregon, and New Commie York) its much easier to obtain a bolt action rifle for hunting (a hunting rifle and sniper rifle have few differences other than hunting rifles usually being tailored by their users for hunting close range whereas the sniper would turn his hunting rifle into a tack driver through parts and constant handloading i.e they are the same thing but used and maintained differently) semi auto rifles good god its easier to find heroin on floor at a police station than buy a AR15 in those states
I don't think Ian mentioned that when a team was in a very enclosed space, they found that the ejecting rounds of the semi-automatic pistols broke the concentration of the shooters, so a revolver was thought solve that problem. I also think the teams had sub machine guns, and automatic pistols when they were needed. The MR-73 was for fast, accurate shooting.
The mr73 is still used by the GIGN for an important training exercice: one member must shot a target with this gun and a 357 m bullet at 25 meters (not sure about the exact distance) put on the chest of another member. Le tir de confiance. The non shooter is heavily protect for this shot.
The blueing on that revolver is absolutely stunning ! Almost as good as the perfection that is the Colt Royal blue finish. If the action is only half as good as it looks it will be awesome, I do love a good revolver.
I watched this vid when it first came out, and now I'm back due to Ian range testing the non scoped version with the 5 inch barrel, and holy hell that is one sweet revolver!! Truly a work of beauty. 🤞 I get to shoot one someday!
3:50 Just a FYI : la gendarmerie actually belongs to the french army force. They all go through the 5 years serving in the military first. So they are legit military troops, elite troops even, considering only 1/100 pass the entry exam.
@@moosemaimer Let's be real, 38 is close but not cigar, 44 is too much, 357 is the perfect balance between power/recoil/weight, touch someone center mass: game over.
I'm not a shooter but I remain pleased I stumbled across Ian. He is a great speaker. Because of him I understand the basics of firearms and their history and have fired a 22 and 12 gauge several times. I think everyone should understand guns but natural hesitancy and concerns about their glorification put me off.
We’re still in activity, on the ammunition production machines side, bought by UAE after our last CEO, banks and French government lead’s us to bankruptcy in mid 2018. The light firearm business was stopped in the late of the 90’s, after the commercial fail of the MR93 and MR96, the new French anti gun law and the dismiss of our government to support the firearm industry in favor to Germany (European construction), then they sold to Chappuis gunsmith all the blueprints and machinery to build them (still available newly made, but expensive and less quality). At the time, we made portable missile and launcher, 20mm oerlikon canon, revolver, pistol, sig rifle and many more. Today we still design, build and sell the most advance and reliable ammunition production machines available from the bullet and case cup to the final packaging of ammunition, linked or in cardboard. Still alive after 100 years, and maybe more.
truly heroic, anything or anyone who or what can stay in business for 100 years through all the s,,,,,t thats thrown at us.... truly heroic............................... rgw us farmer
You know when I saw the sniper revolver in the thumbnail I had a laugh but really it's a damn beautiful revolver and the niche use it was designed for makes sense. I'm not the type to describe a gun as "beautiful" but damn I want one of those.
Great video. Very informative. If I may add a bit, GIGN is actually technically part of the French army as the Gendarmerie is a branch of the army. GIGN can operate overseas given it is military as opposed to units like the RAID or BAC or GIPN. Being military gives them a wider range of mission capability, they have a paratroop division for example. Anyway, great video. Cheers!
The GIGN have a paratroop division, but at its beginning, the unit was a part of paratroop unit : the EPIGN (Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie). On its patch, you have a parachute to remind that. About "oversea", in the French context, RAID/BAC/GIPN can operate in French oversea territories : Polynesia, French Guyana, Martinique,.... More exactly, these units can operate in foreign territories!
i saw a meme on facebook that says "When you maxed out the starter weapon". well now that joke of a revolver with bipod, vertical grip, and scope could be real.
Okay, now I want an M73. I remember when these were available and I never had a clue they were that well built. I always carried an Auto (35 years as a cop and now 5 as a court security officer) but there is just something right about a revolver.
@@DirtFmxBoy it wouldn't be hard to adapt as I've been shooting Smith and Wesson revolvers for decades. I really appreciate good engineering and craftsmanship. When I heard the M73 has roller bearings on the trigger I was intrigued.
![GIGN VS 4 TERRORIST from GIA [Air France Flight 8969]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I2tzfqcjzy8/mqdefault.jpg)
oh god, the french government let him in the armory... he is never gonna leave.
When you know what's in that particular armory... (look at this video by a very annoying french youtuber. cut the sound and just look at what's in that room ua-cam.com/video/3RABxXpQ-gw/v-deo.html )
hello, I'm French, the magnificent collection that you see is that of the National Gendarmerie, it is the largest collection of weapons in Europe, weapons captured on criminal .... che are recorded and stored in this place. 
They just got to wrangle him out with the most infamous of French guns the chauchet
@@thibaudduhamel2581 Kid looks like shia labeouf's cousin or something
The rest of the stuff in that room is just white flags
After Ian barracaded himself in the armory the French Ministry of the Interior was forced to call in the GIGN to remove him from the armory containing their equipment and this was when they realized the problem...
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Your right they do.
@@seansimpson4472 ...
You're*
lol
you is a writer
@@TheFirstCurse1 No punctuation needed above.
It looks like when you max out the accessory on your starter pistol
When you reach max level of the .357 in MW
@@lucky_-1y Akimbo sniper revolvers, using one scope with each eye like they're binoculars
@@canehdiansteve3455 dude, i died 😂
I know if i use a pistol ingame it has
Scope
Silencer
UV laser
And preferably a good magazine.
Missing an underslung grenade launcher and chainsaw.
Other gun youtubers: "Bud's gun shop..."
Gun Jesus: "French Ministry of the Interior..."
Kriste Isopahkala and we appreciate them all.
The FMI asked Gun Jesus to look at his gun
That's such a flex too, like how do you even get in contact with the french ministry of the interior so you can look at their guns
@@grahamlopez6202 You write an email (in case of France very possible that actual real letter may be required, I dont know), pretty sure tho that unless you have French blood and speak the language, nobody would care. But Ian has both of those things + he is a Gun Jesus + he can show on record his love for French weapons and combination of those things = voilà
@@megalamanooblol that's why it's a flex. If you or I wrote them an email or letter asking to see a specific gun they had, we wouldnt even get a reply
"thanks to the french ministry or the interior"
Climbing the ranks I see.
He fought french bureaucracy and won ! This guy truly has some divine powers !
*of
@@TheGouzy90 that's not how french bureaucracy works. Basically just need 17 different documents, all correctly signed and submitted with a narrow time window.
As someone who bought a house in France it's complicated, but if meet the requirements they can be quite accommodating.
Just wait until he gets into Area 51 and starts looking at ray guns and laser rifles.
as a frenchman, seeing an american guy saying "the MR73 is one of the best revolvers ever made, period." puts a smile on my face
American high end gun market are dead. What is left are cheap guns like Ruger and Mossberg. Remington already down last year. All of their High end guns came from Europe.
@@ASS_ault Only European buys those guns. American rarely buy guns more expensive than $700. You can compare best selling guns between buds gunshop or cheaper than dirt vs eurooptic or triebel.
@@ASS_ault Its not because of that. They often own several guns resulting they spend more on guns than the rest of the world.
They have no limitation on the number of gun owned thats why they only buy cheap guns. For example there is a larping contest called cowboy action shooting. It require you to own two centerfire single action revolvers, one centerfire levergun and one non automatic shotgun. The cheapest of this guns combination will be arround $2000. About the same price as one Daniel Defense AR-15.
@@yulusleonard985 stop talking out your ass dude. I own several ARs over 2000$s, pistols that average over 1k and the like. I know plenty of people that spend over that amount too. So stop talking like you're a economic gun expert.
@@darrengarcia4937 Do you own a Manurhin? Until you do I am correct.
Also simple online gunshop research and reading forum post will do. Try comparing US gun sales and European gun sales already tell you Im also right.
Somewhere there's an old grizzled GIGN monsieur who can speedload 357 rounds into a Manurhin 73 in the midst of a grey cloud of Gauloise smoke like a French Jerry Miculek.
Lol, i am a fench shooter who have a friend who's got a 10" MR73_ to shoot animals steel target till 200m (yep, meters^^). He 'd just stop smoking his han rolled cigarettes because lung cancer alert
As long as he doesn't smoke gitane
I did not know I needed a comment like this, now I do. Thanks
“Is that you Jacques Wayne”
@@b.k.3280 Fleur du pays is the real enemy
The bipod knife's older brother
Becauseimhappi I just unclocked the revolver for my bipod
@@theultimategamer8537 I got a bipod flashbang for when shit hits the fan
Becauseimhappi bipod frag grenade, bipod on every piece that should fragment
The revolver was build around the bipod
The Bipod Knife is a joke, the Scoped MR73 isn't.
“GIGN tends to prefer a few well placed accurate shots compared to overwhelming volume of fire.”
Any U.S. law enforcement department in the 70’s: “I feel attacked.”
I think you meant us cops today
@@RadTradX no
@@RadTradX *snrk* That's bad. Its true, but that's bad.
GIGN try not to kill any perp. For them shooting and kill someone is a mission failure . They shoot to kill only in self defense of themselves or other. French laws are clear on that so they can't be trialed for murderer .
@@Maltatata You haven't seen the footage I've seen then have you 😂😂😂
When you'd rather ask that punk if he feels lucky over a megaphone.
With a french accent 🤣
Woot in moa
@@gabsomniac9607
Du yuu feel lucky punk, honh honh honh!
Yeah, french people never laughed like that...
Faggy McFegit It's a well established fact the French do laugh like that
Fun fact. There is a french movie named MR 73 and the revolver does have a large role in it. So it has an acting career as well. And the movie is depressing af.
Because of course it would xp
Depressing af and French movie is a bit redundant
rwsthedemonking
What, you’re Turkish ?
DOUG HEINS definitely and intouchables, brilliant movie
@rwsthedemonking your opinion is a bit too biased then, in terms of recommending something or not, isn't it? If it's subjective like that it's basically useless for what you intend it to be (:
*typo corrected
"We don't want overpenetration for hostage safety."
"Let's use overpowered ammunition that makes magnumammo look like you're firing tampons."
He did mention on how standard ammunition back then was FMJ, that would most likely pierce through clothing and flesh, in comparison to a high powered revolver that can run HP ammo with virtually 0% chance of overpen
Krishna Dewa my wife left me for a guy packing fmj, I always thought my hp package would be enough but she confirmed the facts. I have zero overpen.
That's cute, you think .357 is overpowered and hollowpoints don't lose 95% of their energy even part of the round manages to leave the first body.
You could also use .38 special mate.
You made me laugh while sleep deprived. Thanks. And I like how people can't see it's a fucking joke ⬆️⬇️
Germany: we have this police sniper rifle based on the G-3 platform
France: oui marksman revolver
@rwsthedemonking *angry ian noises intensify*
@rwsthedemonking you spread your hate for France in every comments? Such a depressing life.
@rwsthedemonking
French pride:
Our weapons are so good, we can't let the Germans get their grubby fingers on them.
Sure, we are allies right now. But that never lasts. There hasn't been a century since Charlemagne without a war between the French and the Anglo-Saxons. Even if they call themselves Brits or Americans, they are still Anglo-Saxons.
@@sentenza5766 lol I just left a comment for him further up xd
*I do not think he is quite aware that people mostly remain to be just that, people. There will be differences but in the end..
@rwsthedemonking maybe because french gun are mostly produce by government own company and not by the private sector?
GSG9: G3-derived accurized rifle with enhanced ergonomics and a free floated barrel
GIGN: "Hon hon hon, ouatche zis, Klaus!"
French have a high accuracy rifle (FRF-2)
@@niksarass and no sense of humor
@@lovecraftcat I never said it wasn't funny, I commented only as a complement of information ;)
@@niksarass weren't they replaced by the PGM Ultima Ratio?
@@LipColt Indeed, thanks for intel
GIGN Operatives: "Vous sentez-vous chanceux, punk?"
I don't even know French and the "punk?" immediately helped me realize what quote it is.
Nikola-Mitre Dejanovic it basically says you fell lucky punk ?
Feel
When calling someone "punk", you'd probably also address that person with "tu" rather than "vous".
Epic
GSG9, FBI SWAT, UK SAS: *equips troops with 9mm pistol*
GIGN: "hon hon hon hon!" *equips troops with .357 six-shooters!*
They’re too classy for all that modern shit...c’est bon
I believe a limited number of other CTUs in Europe have actually used MR73s as well. Supposedly EKO Cobra in Austria used them as well for instance.
@@TheBulap Dutch Marechaussee (Dutch gendarmerie, marechaussee initally being an insult for gendarmerie) also has a political security unit (diplomats, the king, foreign heads of state, etc) that used this exact weapon. Not any more, untill 90's I believe when they switched to compact bullpups. It is technically classified what they use even though you can spot them and their gear on occassion.
Also the lads that come break down a wall with an YPR if a suspect is deemed too high risk for police special units to break down the door. I suspect GIGN has the same kind of humour.
TheBulap EKO Cobra after that started using the Glock 18 so that alone says a lot
You seem to be under the misconception that the GIGN replaced their auto pistols with revolvers.... that wasn't the case. The GIGN carried, and still often carries today, BOTH a semi-auto pistol and the revolver. It makes sense in the original GIGN mission framework which was strongly oriented to hostage rescue in very crowded environment (in particular the MR73 was very successful during highjacked plane intervention) where few accurate shots are essential. Also the GIGN kept the "shoot to disable" rather than kill well into the 2000.
Remember that the GIGN unlike the SAS is a purely police oriented unit, they will not be used in a military theater. The MR73 was also associated with a specific ammunition (the THV, you can google it), very light, very fast, etremely effective against both soft tissues and the body armor of that era. But the THV didn't cycle well in semi-auto but were great in a 357mag... especially one built to withstand higher than usual pressures.
Imagine being the guys who made the custom bipod mount
"Okay so we need custom bipod mounts"
"Excellent, what rifle do you wish us to make them for?"
"A .357 revolver"
They probably would be less weirded out due to the fact they did a run of superexpensive custom revolvers beforehand but I can definitely imagine the [visible confusion] moment xD
A revolver?
Yes.
Like a handgun revolver
yes
Why?
yes
.....
*sees an 8 inch barrel*
Arizona ranger: *I’ll take your entire stock*
*m a s s i v e i r o n*
This reminds of the Batman movie when the Joker pulls a revolver out of his pants that has a 36" barrel.
@@chuckhoyle1211 he pulled out something else that was also 36 inches and started using it
The inspiration for the song: it was a 12" barrel (cut down from a 44-40). Mated in a Great Western frame.
Although the .44-40 is about .20 smaller diameter than the 44. (High pressure for sure).
I have seen 10" barrels on the m73, (and Dan wesson, and ruger)... I have ONLY seen factory 12" on colt .45 buntlines.
Grand fer.
Someone probably commented this already, but the Gendarmerie is a weird case : they are a police force (as in, their duties are the same as the national police) but they are a part of the French Armed Forces, but depend on the Ministry of the Interior due to the aforementioned police duties. They usually cover the rural parts of France, while the national police is concentrated in the more urban areas. So, basically, they are cops with military ranks.
Very true. Like italian carabinieri, Spanish and portuguese Guarda Nacional, brazilian Polícia Militar... Soldiers that basically do Police work.
As a French Military, all you said is very true =) Thx
@@m.m.serafim784 Dutch Marechaussee. When looking up the definition it says 'It is a gendarmerie force performing military and civilian police duties' :-)
Yeah I wouldn't say the french Gendarmerie is a weird case, a lot of countries have a Gendarme force (hell, even the Canadaian RCMP is a Gendarmerie)
@@thatcanuck5670 Isn't the canadian gendarmerie just a police force named "gendarmerie" ? I don't think they are part of the military and as consequences they are not really comparable to french gendarmes and their military police equivalent in the world
Petition to give Rook, Doc, Twitch and Montagne an Acog on their revolvers
Should be a thing since day one they have it in irl but u know ubisoft dont have any idea
@@luisd157 surprising isn't it considering ubisoft are french
@@RealLargeManTheGiantOne there so oblivious to everything
@@luisd157 They won't even give us new guns lol.
@@RealLargeManTheGiantOne Yes but even as a French, I've never heard of such a weird gun before. I already knew the revolver but I never thought they would give it a bipod and a scope😅
When revolver ocelot went through his sniper cowboys phase...
The motorcycle part in MGS3?
I believe he only attaches a stock. No scope or bypod.
You're pretty good
...But Ocelot didn't like French stuff, though.
Something Sniper Wolf would fancy if she was taught by Ocelot instead.
This looks like a gun that would be in a videogame with a huge misunderstanding of what the gun is actually supposed to do.
In this configuration yeah, however they did have actual rifle length barrles you could swap onto this thing and make it into a legitimate marksmans weapon. As far as I know they still use these as side arms to this day, even as a secondary sidearm...they really like this fuckin gun.
@rwsthedemonking That's just not true, the MR73 is carried by almost every single GIGN operative, as a sidearm, even if they already have a sidearm. That's only true if you look at how often they got shot, which is quite rarely, but if you look at all GIGN operations, they never really shoot in the first place IIRC it's about 98% of missions have no rounds fired. But if you mean range only as in it's carried only on the range, it's demonstrably false. There is a case to be made about actual use however, but not a very good one.
@rwsthedemonking What? A tactically good gun? The MR73 was extremely customizable, hell we're watching a video about a sniper-revolver. It's very accurate, has a good grip, sighing, no safety, and most importantly, extremely fucking reliable. Hell I'd say this is probably one of the most tactically sound firearms you could choose. The only sidearm I can even think to compare it to is the HK Mk23, and that's meant to substitute for a rifle.
@rwsthedemonking Dude, you've been spreading your francophobia to almost every comment on this video. Get a life!
@rwsthedemonking How so
These are always my favorite kind of video. A gun that on first glance appears completely absurd, and then we get to learn about the unique circumstances and requirements that lead to such an odd firearm.
On a side note, I bet that thing would be fun as hell to take to the range.
Everyone: "You can't have Call of Duty in real life. That's ridiculous"
GIGN: "I respectfully disagree"
GIGN: Call of Duty is kindergarten level of customization
@@qrw460bhv6 payday 2 level of customisation then?
This looks like one of those “tacticool” joke pictures you woud find on the internet.
Especially in the 70s and 80s revolvers were still used by the FBI and even our Navy SEALS in fact the first group of SEALS we had coming thru brought the SW 686, their explanation at the time was being stainless they could swim with them. The Bushnell Phantom scope was one of very few available pistol scopes back then so you saw it used quite a bit and for the time was good quality.
It's looks tactisilly to be honest
Joke picture? You mean a meme?
@@CCW1911 Even the 1986 FBI Miami shootout, it seems that 5 of the 8 agents in that gunfight had a revolver as their primary sidearm. Seems auto-loading pistols with reliable expanding ammunition didn't become standard until the 1990's.
Hey toaster remember when you were brave and little?
I am 70 and had a few old friends who had served some time in the Legion Estrange, I myself am X UK Forces. We were chatting about revolvers versus automatics back in the 20th century and an old oppo mentioned GIGN and the MR73, never seen one, but the sound of the hammer being pulled back sounded engineering perfection. As an engineer, personally, I find French engineering to be excellent with flashes of extreme intelligence, or just an F up, they use too small fixing screws. 10mm shit and such. Some old things just work well.
Nice!
Ok boomer
@@josecantos5452 Get out.
Matthew Kobylarz don’t get madd boomers
@@josecantos5452 seriously I'm sure ur a dumb 14 yo who thinks calling someone boomer makes them look cool...
I feel like the GIGN are just me in any fps.
Everyone: You know there's other guns that can do this job better right?
Me: BUT REVOLVER!
My squadmates in ARMA III: "Why do you have a sidearm graf?"
Me: "R e V o L v E r"
Well, most of the operators choose the MR-73 as a back-up sidearm.
They usually have a standard pistol (Glock, Sig-Sauer, Five-SeveN) and this revolver, "just in case"
@@hadrienbejuy8217 makes fairly good sense. Revolver action is very reliable, can fit serious stopping power, and chances are that if you manage to fully expend your pistol ammo in the gun in either case then you're pretty much down in shit creek without a paddle (As a sidearm should be worst-case scenario sort of weapon since your primary should do 99% of the work).
People in videogames can just look down sight for an extended period of time, but doing that irl makes your arm all sore
@@KingJohnMichael what do you mean? Have you ever played Escape from Tarkov?
Guy in Armory: Would you like some long range heavy weapon or something up close?
Pierre the mad lad: Yes.
@rwsthedemonking BUT IT HAS A SCOPE
@rwsthedemonking WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU CAN TACTICALLY THROW THE BIPOD WHEN OUTTA AMMO
Oui*
as stated by Ian, it may be useless from a civilians perspective. That does not imply however that there are no situations, given that they are rather unique, where oddball pieces like this will be your best bet for whatever you have to do.
@rwsthedemonking if it had no use whatsoever they wouldent have made it.
It is just very specifically designed for very specific roles
This is one of those "weird ideas that actually work" cases.
Mandatory:
B I G I R O N
BIG ACCURATE IRON
It's the Ranger Sequoia
@@elperronimo he made a video on a 45-70 revolver
There was 300 feet between them when they stopped to make their play
French guy here ! I've been waiting the MR73 for a long time, thank you Ian !
Gun Jesus meets his favorite holy items: French weapons.
Not any old French weapon, a niche, reasonably effective French weapon.
@rwsthedemonking Yikes
@rwsthedemonking Greatest thing about french military they don't care what anyone thinks about their gear. Mount a scope on a revolver? sure! Mount a bazooka on a vespa? why not!
This gun was actually the best Revolver in the world (also the priciest), by quality reliability and accuracy standards. It also saw impressive counter-terrorist action. Let the ignorants ridicule themselves
@rwsthedemonking If you paid attention to the video he does explain the logic behind this particular setup.
Me: dang that’s weird looking
Ian: this is the coolest combat revolver
Me: that is the coolest combat revolver
Next on Forgotten Weapons: The bipod knife aka the C100
PROMOTED!!!!
Feat. The Colonel's shit bucket
I just unlocked the bipod for my bipod for my bipod for my knife
Fuck yea PROMOTED!
Ian, I am quite impressed that you have access to the French Ministry of the Interior. One gets the impression that you are becoming rather well known in certain circles in Europe and Finland. Kudos. And thanks for the great vids.
It's all part of his master plan for world domination.
Implying finland isn't part of europe, lel
I am French. And to correct one thing you said. The GIGN goes also on missions outside France. But it concern only the Paris GIGN with is the REAL GIGN. There are others GIGN antennas all around France but not as well trained like The Paris GIGN unit. So they've already had mission in Africa to free French prisoners from terrorist. They also went to Afghanistan for the same reasons, and they also do Top Secret Mission with the Commandos Marine (witch are the pinnacle of the French army). And just to say the Gendarmery is also part of the military. So the GIGN is a military special force witch acts in France ost of the time and witch can act outside France. And to finish, there is also a unit like this but in the French police witch is called The RAID.
Everyone: Dammit France, can't you just be normal?
France:
We could, but where would be the fun ? :p
@@andredulac4456 Don't you mean:
"We could but *long draw on cigarette* but where would be, how you say....the fun? :P
@Charles Lee Ray ok charles lee ray
Vive la différence!
they have baguette powers what do you expect
Other people: Doc and Rook
Me an intellectual: Meet the Spy
He could be any one of us.
"Gentlemen."
So I see the briefcase is safe
See? Red! No wait, that's blood
Safe and sound!
When police department moved away from revolvers we started hearing stories of gun fights where 100's rounds fired and nobody was shot.
Back in the 90s, Jeff Cooper decried the spray and pray cop shootings. He proposed arming cops with Ruger Blackhawks in .357 magnum. The police seem to emphasize mag changes over marksmanship. Actions at the point of contact are the result of training. Then there is the tendency of law enforcement agencies, AND applicants, to utilize the internet for recruiting. So, some newbie from Bugtussell hires on to work in Dallas or Atlanta based on their aptitude score in Nowheresville U.S.A. police academy. Oh yeah, all those cops from WokeA Stan are headed your way. Y'all have a GOODN.
No, they manage to shoot the hostage, sometimes the kill the bad guy, IF they can get that second magazine swapped in... the second set of 15 rounds eventually hits him.
aka "Spray and Pray" (that something hits near the target).
"And GIGN as an organization had a philosophy of a few very accurate very good shots rather than overwhelming volume of fire"
If only the Miami Police Department had that same philosophy a couple weeks ago...
What happened in Miami? Some kind of blunder?
@Tom Jesus. Miami PD needs to get their shit together.
@Tom thx for the sharing , and yes that's ridiculous ! that whas an incedibly dangerous way to save civilians
@@nathanaelm3413 'an incedibly dangerous way to save civilians' This is obviously a new meaning of the word 'save' which I have not previously encountered. 8-)
@@cr10001 Death is a release, not a punishment :D amen
The MR73 is sold new even today, they are really great revolvers.
Extremely great triggerpull and precision.
*looking through scope*
“Man that punk looks lucky over there”
Takes out loudspeaker and yells "DO YOU FEEL LUCKY TODAY PUNK?"
Can a gign operator choose to use a musket as it's the best weapon for infiltrating a rouge napoleon wars reenacting unit... that also happen to be terrorist... and hijacked a plane... and kidnapped the president.
I mean, if the scenario is an old gun convention and the guy wants to be discrete, yes he can
A very dedicated Napoleonic reenactment unit that's determined to act out Napoleon's march on Paris.
Of course monsieur...c'est Cyrano
Maybe a smoke screen is required after firing
Yes, GIGN members have free range on picking the weapon they feel is the best for the sitaution. And yeah, like gun jesus said, they spend a whole lot of time on the firing range. That 150 rounds a day isn't hyperbolic.
When I join a 'pistols only' game
Full-auto Glocks are cool and pistols are fun to spam but the true gentlemens weapon is a revolver.
Jone Jankes yes
@@DhonJoe No. Single shot, insta-kill, Golden Gun
There is a French movie titled "MR73" with Daniel Auteuil. Based on a true story, very dark albeit touching, very French, very good. A must see. The pistol is a protagonist also. Can be taken as an hommage to "Police Python 357" movie with Yves Montand, but deeper and better.
3:45 As a matter of fact, since they're gendarmerie, they're military as well. Which allows them, amongst other things, to operate outside of national territory.
That trigger pull!
It looks so short & smooth...
Loved Ian's reaction to it: "Man, that's nice"
I've been in the Gendarmerie myself, and the GIGN is hardcore. They do real ammo training and lose more men in training than actual missions.
Furry gendarmes 😔
@@numbers4851Nowhere is safe from us >:3
Spread the pathOwOgen!
I barely can believe they granted you access! I thought it was impossible for people, even researchers, to ever approach their collections. So cool! Wow, they really recognize you as the expert you are and I would never have thought the ministry could contain people smart enough to appreciate your perfection and status. That's awesome!
maybe they are subscribers and patreons too? 😁
You dare to put Gun Jesus with mere researchers?
I´ve heard that one GIGN got shot and still managed to kill three terrorists with such a revolver, after he was shot in the right arm, which is quite remarkable, as he was badly injured, there were plenty of non-targets and the terrorists had automatic rifles.
Speaking of planes, AFAIK, only the Austrian special police ever managed to end a hostage situation in a plane whilst it was flying at high altitude. The thing was, that one of its members was off duty when some idiot pulled a weapon right next to him...
@@K3end0 I think so. I, however, find it less amazing than the prior one. I´d very much like the odds of the second scenario as even a highly trained professional can get sucker-punched and taking away a weapon from an untrained person, while being highly trained yourself doesn´t sound too risky.
The French cop, on the other hand, had a busted arm, was in great pain and had lost a lot of blood. Even without all this hardly any cop would fancy a shootout against three terrorists with only a revolver in your non-dominant hand, let alone when they already know your position and you can´t just fire back willy nilly without risking shooting civilians...
@@edi9892 I think you are talking about Thierry Prungnaud, he took down 3 out of 4 terrorists with his MR73 during the Air France Flight 8969 hijack (1994). He was hit by many AK bullets, he got out of the hospital many months later with a disabled right arm.
@@Chao-chao Thank you very much!
I don´t know any details, but from the little I know, it looks like the mission went sideways and he did his last stand and the HQ didn´t want to send any more GIGN into this clusterF. Does this come any close?
@@edi9892 I don't really know more details, but maybe there are some books about this event.
@@nirfz I´m not 100% sure, but that sounds like this could be the true story.
Imagine a gign operator sniping and running out of ammo, you’d think he reloads but no, he whips out a 357. Magnum with a scope and bipod
"Remember, switching to a pistol is always faster than reloading"
I like the idea of him doing it without moving his head at all. Like, still in his stance, eye trained at the same spot, slings the sniper rifle back over his shoulder then draws the pistol and already has his eye right where it needs to be
Someone called a revolver "Pocket Sniper" and GIGN went "wait that sounds really convenient, let's do that"
Even in the US, it's extremely rare for a LE "sniper" to take a shot past 100 yards. This sniper handgun actually makes sense for law enforcement.
No, no it doesnt.... police are trained to shoot 15 times RELOAD, AND DUMP 15 MORE INTO THE BODY....
Imagine using 1 or 2 shots. Nowhere in their training.
@@jackdundon2261 Yes but if it was in their training it would be useful is what hes saying.
@@dylanbutler4919 I hear you , but when you join the "what if brigade", it no longer has validity. Police training is a certain way.... big part of the problem MOST people who become cops do it because they were bullied as kids now they will be th bully, or they were bullies and they want to keep that mind set up. And bullies like to hurt others.... 15 rounds mag dump and 15 more... then hand cuff the corpse.
The revolver is still used during the recruitment process as the "final exam"
Every GIGN intervention team gets a MR73 if he's received in the unit, as a gift and a prestige weapon.
They still use it nowadays in operations for the multiple advantages a that a revolver can bring.
Another upside is they could be discreetly carried in a briefcase.
For moving around presidential residences and government buildings.
A semi auto wouldnt fit in a briefcase?
@@dinonatorful yeah but a sniper rifle wouldn't
Submachine would fit as well (and I'm sure the team had those) but that would not be a mini sniper rifle
So would a SBR.
@@828enigma6 She's might not have been a thing back then. M4 sized rifles were not that common at that time either.
This revolver is legitimately tacticool - tactical, and pretty cool.
When he mentioned that one of the reasons they went with a revolver was the lack of double action magazine fed pistols I immediately thought of the Walther P1 and the Smith and Wesson Model 39. And then quickly realized why they didn't adopt either of those. One is made in Germany and the other is not a very reliable pistol.
Don't think those pistols could withstand being fired 150 times a day for years on end.
But then again the P1 also only has 8 shots of 9mm, not that much of a difference really. Quicker to reload for sure though
This gun must withstand 3 millions round before thrown into milsurp market.
When you just level up your starter weapon in a video game
I only know one game where you can do this......roblox
@@fan9775 Then you don't know mods .
@@Dirtbag-Hyena mods are gay
@@fan9775 nah
I'd dare say everyone...
Mom can we get a sniper?
We already have a sniper at home
Sniper at home:
Imagine you’re in warzone and this dude quickscopes you with a snakeshot 200 meters out.
A few other interesting facts about the GIGN
They also use the S&W 686 and korth combat revolvers
98% of gign missions resolve the threat without a shot being fired
On average the overall survival rate for all parties involved in a GIGN operation including Opfor is over 99%
Yeah GIGN knows there stuff
them useing Korth, does not suprize me.
them useing the 686 does
@@therideneverends1697 for water environment as the 686 is stainless steel whereas the MR73 and the Korth are carbon steel
Kevin Sparks also the 686 is pretty well know for its ability to shoot in water and it’s honestly a pretty solid handgun
I see ian is making progress in accessing french administration. Next step, army museum reserves !
And then, driving a Tiger II at Saumur!
... do you think they'd let him fire her? :D
He will probably be responsible for declassifying every French military record from during De Gaulle's lifetime before he's done.
We can only hope!
I wonder if he needs a translator to accompany him....I volunteer for the job!
@@tommyblackwell3760 Seems his French is at least basic? Wonder how good it is.
This is literally GIGN just flexing over all the other R6 operators at this point
HoennDPN kaid
Kaid probably tortures GIGN operators in his free time
"But why a revolver?"
because revolvers are cool is why
Le do you feel lucky punk? Yeehaw du fromage
Sgt. Rogar Murtaugh was heard to say, "I'm getting too old for this merd!"
The GIGN belongs to the Gendarmerie which is a Military unit, unlike the Police forces which are civilian units reporting to the Minister of the Interior. The gendarmerie carries out police missions mainly in rural areas. GIGN is a unit specializing in the management of hostage-taking of French nationals abroad or in France. As in February 1976 in Djibouti. There are also missions that can come close to SEALs like the capture of the Great Mosque of Mecca in 1979. In any case, superb video thank you.
Ok, that genuinely is one of the coolest revolvers I've ever seen. I want to build an equivalent.
To me one of the coolest things about the GIGN is that they might shoot a few hundred rounds a day in training, but when it comes down to it, they almost never have to fire a single shot to resolve a situation.
Seriously impressive group of people.
Some police groups have that presence reminds of a something I saw on SWAT TV show the officer said "When people need help they call the Police, when the Police need help they call SWAT" If GIGN shows up you know things are about to get really serious.
@@bikecommuter24 Well they certainly have the capacities and abilitites to react optimally if things get ugly, but they are heavily trained in de-escalation aswell, they try to prevent collateral damage as much as possible at all times, which is why most of their operations end up with not a single shot having being fired. They are not there to kill people per se, they are there to resolve a difficult situation. They are not hot heads, their selection process makes sure of that.
But IF it comes to shooting you don't want to be in the opposing side that's for sure.
When the sniper has a razorback equipped and the ambassador is still nerfed
* Sad Spy Main noises *
Spyper gun
Just use the diamondback is not that hard
@@mekaniklboltmb4880 Eww
You're right about standards, this things will just take anything. Accurate too. Honestly, yes I am french, but I don't think I'm biased, it is the best revolver I have ever fired in my life. Fired Colts, S&Ws; Rugers, this is something else.
With a pistol this nice, you are entitled to your national pride. A beautiful pistol that served it's nation well. 👍
I am not French , and I agree with you. The MR73 is an outstanding weapon . I trained with them, SW and Colts, and it is just easier to do really well with.
Reminds me of the “high capacity assault revolver” joke that circulated around for a while.
That would probably be based off of a Taurus Raging Bull, maybe the Raging Hornet variant. They're built with high capacity cylinders.
I still see the guy standing on the barn roof with god knows how much Glock magazines taped to each other 🤣
As a French, i came here for the comments... and I don't have any regrets 😂😂
In the early 80's when Seal Team 6 was getting up to speed they used S&W 66s. The idea being a wheel gun could get wet and still shoot.
Most guns can get wet and shoot fine
@@bosknight7837 Today, yes, to a degree. 40 years ago, not as much. And for the example ST6, one of Marchinko's concerns was not having time to clear the barrel- the theory being a shortish-barrel revolver would be effectively self draining. Also, a LOT of autoloaders don't cycle properly underwater, while a revolver just has bad ballistics. I'm 100% certain that John Moses Browning did not plan on needing to use anything he designed as crisis shark repellent.
the other advantage was stainless steel vs carbon steel the 1911's delta used.
*When you live in California but want to own a sniper*
Nonsensical on three levels.
It's harder to get pistols in California
They have a list of like 400 handguns that can be sold there
Pistols are usually more difficult to attain in tightly regulated regions than rifles precisely because you may conceal them.
In some places they add long bits of metal to pistols so they classify as "rifle" in length.
actually thats horseshit the pistols are much much more heavily regulated in commie parts of america (Commiefornia, CommiOregon, and New Commie York) its much easier to obtain a bolt action rifle for hunting (a hunting rifle and sniper rifle have few differences other than hunting rifles usually being tailored by their users for hunting close range whereas the sniper would turn his hunting rifle into a tack driver through parts and constant handloading i.e they are the same thing but used and maintained differently) semi auto rifles good god its easier to find heroin on floor at a police station than buy a AR15 in those states
@@30cal23 what
Ian "Are these still in service?"
GIGN "Well non but actually qui"
Merci beaucoup, Ministère de l´Intérieur!
this is what texas red died to
He made a slip
Wasn't that Walker 1847
I get that
Never even cleared leather
and a bullet fairly ripped
I don't think Ian mentioned that when a team was in a very enclosed space, they found that the ejecting rounds of the semi-automatic pistols broke the concentration of the shooters, so a revolver was thought solve that problem. I also think the teams had sub machine guns, and automatic pistols when they were needed. The MR-73 was for fast, accurate shooting.
The campers choice in the pistols only servers.
Looks like it fits “assault revolver” for the US gun law definition
But does it have the thing that goes up?
Jeremiah It’s a ghost gun with a .30 clip round magazine, no need for that
Jeremiah I can’t see the flash, I need a better sight picture
And it has to be black too. Black are scary you know.
@@m1a1abramstank49 It's called a clipazine, fool
The mr73 is still used by the GIGN for an important training exercice: one member must shot a target with this gun and a 357 m bullet at 25 meters (not sure about the exact distance) put on the chest of another member. Le tir de confiance. The non shooter is heavily protect for this shot.
You can hear the quality of fit when the cylinder closes with nice click .
The blueing on that revolver is absolutely stunning ! Almost as good as the perfection that is the Colt Royal blue finish. If the action is only half as good as it looks it will be awesome, I do love a good revolver.
Good news : the 8" MR73 is back in production ! It’s already available in France for ~2700€
I guess that it will be available in the US soon.
I watched this vid when it first came out, and now I'm back due to Ian range testing the non scoped version with the 5 inch barrel, and holy hell that is one sweet revolver!! Truly a work of beauty. 🤞 I get to shoot one someday!
3:50 Just a FYI : la gendarmerie actually belongs to the french army force. They all go through the 5 years serving in the military first. So they are legit military troops, elite troops even, considering only 1/100 pass the entry exam.
I was amazed to hear that if you were in GIGN, you're pulling this trigger at least 100x a day for practice.
.357 mag revolver in Special Forces service:
"We always get back to the basics"
I have seen pictures of SEALs using .357s, they liked the stainless for maritime operations.
@@moosemaimer Let's be real, 38 is close but not cigar, 44 is too much, 357 is the perfect balance between power/recoil/weight, touch someone center mass: game over.
@@moosemaimer they use(d) S&W 686 right? it's ss so yeah
Ian explains who the GIGN are.
Some of you viewers haven't played Counterstrike and it shows.
I'm not a shooter but I remain pleased I stumbled across Ian. He is a great speaker. Because of him I understand the basics of firearms and their history and have fired a 22 and 12 gauge several times. I think everyone should understand guns but natural hesitancy and concerns about their glorification put me off.
Gign: we only use 6 round revolvers to get the job done in two shots
Me, who unloaded a full clip into an enemy while playing montagne: 👀
Gign: only six rounds or nothing.
Also gign: p9 with 17 bullets
Caleb Woolston yes that one
Me spamming the trigger as fast as i can on Mw3 lmao
full magazine*** pleb+
Just A Cat cylinder
Thanks, Ministre de l'Intérieur!
How was this comment posted a month ago and this video came out today ???
@@loharconfehva1757 ; Patreon Supporters get early access.
@@FirstDagger This is Witchcraft.
I've wanted a Manurhin revolver for years; this is the strangest modification of a weapon I've salivated over so much.
We’re still in activity, on the ammunition production machines side, bought by UAE after our last CEO, banks and French government lead’s us to bankruptcy in mid 2018. The light firearm business was stopped in the late of the 90’s, after the commercial fail of the MR93 and MR96, the new French anti gun law and the dismiss of our government to support the firearm industry in favor to Germany (European construction), then they sold to Chappuis gunsmith all the blueprints and machinery to build them (still available newly made, but expensive and less quality).
At the time, we made portable missile and launcher, 20mm oerlikon canon, revolver, pistol, sig rifle and many more. Today we still design, build and sell the most advance and reliable ammunition production machines available from the bullet and case cup to the final packaging of ammunition, linked or in cardboard.
Still alive after 100 years, and maybe more.
truly heroic, anything or anyone who or what can stay in business for 100 years through all the s,,,,,t thats thrown at us.... truly heroic............................... rgw us farmer
You know when I saw the sniper revolver in the thumbnail I had a laugh but really it's a damn beautiful revolver and the niche use it was designed for makes sense.
I'm not the type to describe a gun as "beautiful" but damn I want one of those.
That's so cool that they authorized you to show off one of those :)
So, in function this is basically the Halo CE Magnum IRL.
But with a 10 hour long cocaine binge
@@elongatedborzoi1160 so in other words... 70's edition.
No
With half the capacity.
Great video. Very informative.
If I may add a bit, GIGN is actually technically part of the French army as the Gendarmerie is a branch of the army. GIGN can operate overseas given it is military as opposed to units like the RAID or BAC or GIPN. Being military gives them a wider range of mission capability, they have a paratroop division for example.
Anyway, great video.
Cheers!
The GIGN have a paratroop division, but at its beginning, the unit was a part of paratroop unit : the EPIGN (Parachute Intervention Squadron of the National Gendarmerie). On its patch, you have a parachute to remind that.
About "oversea", in the French context, RAID/BAC/GIPN can operate in French oversea territories : Polynesia, French Guyana, Martinique,.... More exactly, these units can operate in foreign territories!
i saw a meme on facebook that says "When you maxed out the starter weapon". well now that joke of a revolver with bipod, vertical grip, and scope could be real.
Okay, now I want an M73. I remember when these were available and I never had a clue they were that well built. I always carried an Auto (35 years as a cop and now 5 as a court security officer) but there is just something right about a revolver.
I really recommend it! You will not be disappointed.
a french gendarme
getting started will take a little time to adapt compared to a semi-automatic, but the pleasure and the results are really excellent
@@DirtFmxBoy it wouldn't be hard to adapt as I've been shooting Smith and Wesson revolvers for decades. I really appreciate good engineering and craftsmanship. When I heard the M73 has roller bearings on the trigger I was intrigued.
In the Revolver world, the MR73 is very high on the ranking in terms of accuracy, reliability and quality (price too)