I'm pretty sure Manurhin is out of business at this point.
"What?
A Manurhin MR73 is not a shooting gun. It's an investment IMO. Particularly the ones in good shape."
I'm sorry, but that's the dumbest thing I've heard today. These are exceptionally good shooting guns, thoroughly durable enough for many tens of thousands of rounds. Unless the goal is a safe queen (in which case, it needs to be mint in box to start with) you won't damage the value significantly by shooting it, even frequently, with full power loads. A prolific blogger of rare handguns, Lifesizepotato, chooses to shoot his 'mint' MR73 Target since it is so pleasurable, and the man is clearly not someone who does not know how to appreciate a quality item. Shooting them is not abuse.
My MR73 police trade in is an absolute beater (worst condition revolver I own that shoots smokeless) with a trigger of gold. The Zastava guns couldn't hold a candle, nor can the S&W Performance Center, apparently (my next 'worst' condition revolver is a TRR8 with very minor wear, and both its double and single action triggers fail to the MR73. Only my Mateba has a nicer single action trigger)
For an 'investment,' a shooter grade MR73 trade-in is pretty small potatos, at well under $1000. Unless you buy by the bushel (where, please?
), you won't ever make a significant profit on one. And hey, if prices do explode like Matebas after thirty years for no reason, even a parts gun will retain at least what you paid for it, since everyone else who wants to shoot these awesome guns will want to fix or repair their own blasters. Case in point, $2000 parts-gun Matebas (as opposed to $3000 complete Matebas)
Anyhow, I'd love to hear how the OP's hand spring repair went (as that is almost assuredly the problem). If the parts were received and worked, I will have to do this as well, since certain-weight ammo causes my gun to shimmy in such a way under recoil that the hand skips over a cylinder or binds (140gr Hornady LeveRevolution ammo
only, for some weird reason, and consistently, too)
TCB