The use of Manganin gouages in shock reverberation experiments is demonstrated in three experimental configurations. In the first one we determine the Hugoniot curve for an epoxy resin, in the 0–8.7‐GPa range, by a single experiment using copper as anvil material. In the second we measure the degree of compaction of porous polyurethane from the magnitude of the second shock wave in a reverberation experiment. In the third we determine release states of shocked poly‐methyl‐methacrylate (PMMA). The results are compared to those obtained by other techniques or by the reverberation technique with quartz transducers.