Notes: This French revolver is in common use by French and Swiss police. The .38 Special version is often found in the hands of African officers. The outer contours are smoothed for an easier draw when concealed, and the barrel is cold-forged, unusual in a revolver. With a quick cylinder change (taking about a minute) 9mm Parabellum ammunition may be fired. The rear sight is adjustable.

The MR-73 S-6 Sport is a special version of the MR-73 designed for shooting matches. This version has a longer barrel, and the grips may or may not have finger grooves. The rear sight is adjustable to a greater degree than the standard MR-73. The interchangeable cylinders for .357/9mm Parabellum are still useable, but an additional model (the MR-73 M-6) is designed to fire .32 Smith & Wesson Long ammunition.

Notes: Based on the F-1 Special Police Revolver, this weapon was sold primarily on the civilian market and was introduced in 1988. Like the MR-73, the cylinder in the .357 Magnum version is interchangeable with a cylinder allowing the use of 9mm Parabellum ammunition. There are two models: the Defense DX-4, with a fixed front sight and no rear sight; and the Sport SX-4, with an adjustable micrometer rear sight and longer barrel lengths.

Notes: Introduced in 1993, this revolver imitates a common American practice at the time, providing interchangeable barrels. It comes in two versions; the standard version and the Sport version, which has a micrometer adjustable rear sight and can mount a telescopic sight but is otherwise identical to the standard version in game terms.

Notes: This essentially the MR-93, but without the ability to change barrels quickly, and with the ability to use .38 Special ammunition and speedloaders. It is also heavier, to help control recoil a bit better.

Notes: Based on an early revolver of the 1880s, which was itself partially designed by Nagant (of Nagant revolver fame), the Mle 1892 became the standard military sidearm for French forces until several years after World War 1, and continued in French police service for over half a century. Like the "Lebel" rifle, this weapon is often called the "Lebel" revolver, even though Colonel Lebel had nothing to do with either the design or production of the revolver or the cartridge.

The Mle 1892 had (for the time) some of the latest advances in revolver design: a swing-out cylinder (though it swung out to the right instead of the left like virtually all revolvers then and since), a curved grip, a hammer safety, and an ejector rod which ejected all cases simultaneously. The Mle 1892s frame comes in two halves; the entire left side of the frame is a hinged plate that may be swung forward to allow access to the lockwork. The major failing of the Mle 1892 was not in fact the weapon itself, but its underpowered ammunition.

Due to the long period of the Mle 1892s production and service life, large amounts can still be found in working order.