Posted: 3/29/2007 4:59:04 PM EDT
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Has anyone ever actually held or shot one of these? For those who may not know, these are German-made .357mag revolvers for a mere $6,000 or so. No, that's not a typo, they're $6,000 or so. |
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I've inspected and shot several over the years. They are as advertised, a totally custom, hand machined, hand made revolver of absolutely impeccable quality. In their best year, Korth never made 100 revolvers, so these do qualify as a true custom model. They are superbly accurate, but a good Colt Python or one of the good Dan Wesson's will shoot with the Korth. However, like almost all foreign made revolvers, the Korth has a distinctly "odd-ball" appearance that just looks jarringly "wrong" to most Americans. The Europeans are masters of the auto pistol, but they just never really understood the revolver, and so they typically have an odd look to them. |
I see by the pic there's an odd looking hammer or something behind it? Can you elaborate on that for me, please????? |
So it's offset from the hammer, obviously. Does one push it to the side to release the cylinder or pull it back or what????? |
Push forward to unlock. |
Interesting! Much like the grip heel mag releases, the Europeans seem to strive to be different? Thanks for the info!!!! |
Sometimes not being bound by tradition opens the eyes and the mind to what could possibly be a better way. I am not saying that Korth's cylinder release is the end-all be-all (the handgun certainly is in the running, though). I am saying that Korth looked at revolver design without preconcieved notions of the "the way it's always been" and that look led them to question the cylinder latch as an area for improvement. Much like Benelli did with pump action shotguns. |
They certainly are! Warm up that home equity loan. 
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Loan, hell; that's POWERBALL money, IMO........
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