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The British Soldier · November 24, 2005, 04:40 PM

I recall reading an article in Guns & Ammo about a German revolver, which looked very similar to a Python, called the Korth. As a company they made this one revolver but to an incredible build standard - it retailed at $several thousand! Like many .357 magnums it would shoot .38 too, but one could order a spare cylinder for 9mm - it had a clever clip to retain the cartridges in place.
The wild thing was that if you chose not to buy the spare 9mm cylinder straight away, which cost you an extra few hundred [more like not much change out of a T-Bill], and commissioned them later to machine one - the costs were incredible. Korth retained the machine settings for that revolver on file and would have to reset a machine to engineer a cylinder for you - to exacting specifications.
Of course today with CNC machines capable of machining consistently to a tolerance of microns, I imagine such expensive revolvers may be no more - has anyone seen or owned a Korth revolver?

November 24, 2005, 04:40 PM	#24
The British Soldier Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2005 Location: England...that green and pleasasnt land. Posts: 295	Korth I recall reading an article in Guns & Ammo about a German revolver, which looked very similar to a Python, called the Korth. As a company they made this one revolver but to an incredible build standard - it retailed at $several thousand! Like many .357 magnums it would shoot .38 too, but one could order a spare cylinder for 9mm - it had a clever clip to retain the cartridges in place. The wild thing was that if you chose not to buy the spare 9mm cylinder straight away, which cost you an extra few hundred [more like not much change out of a T-Bill], and commissioned them later to machine one - the costs were incredible. Korth retained the machine settings for that revolver on file and would have to reset a machine to engineer a cylinder for you - to exacting specifications. Of course today with CNC machines capable of machining consistently to a tolerance of microns, I imagine such expensive revolvers may be no more - has anyone seen or owned a Korth revolver? __________________ Mike When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains And the women come out to cut up what remains Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains An' go to your Gawd like a soldier. Rudyard Kipling.