Nighthawk Custom Partners with Korth to Import Revolvers

>>30027608
To be honest, reaching up into that price range, I'd almost rather just have a S&W sent off to heirloom. In fact, I think I would...

>>30027608
I don't think there is a matte tactical black $3000 revolver market. At Korth price ranges I imagine the market will want gloss blue and wood grips.

>>30027736
I don't know, I like it, but I'm also not in a position to drop over three grand on one.

>>30027638

>I'd almost rather just have a S&W sent off to heirloom

You realize a Smith is nothing like a Korth or Nighthawk, right?

>>30027736
That would be fore heirloom guns

people who spend $3k on a revolver are the types who don't give a fuck about dollar amounts

>>30027638
>comparing a Smith, no matter how much custom work was involved, to a Korth

>>30027608
More guns are always better. Not really a revolver fag myself, but I can definitely see the appeal of something like this if you've got the dosh.

The DLC coating sounds interesting though. I've never heard of anyone applying that to a gun until now.

>>30027880
I think you missed my point. The people who spend $3k on a revolver are the blued/wood types. The yolo idgaf lemme buy a $3k tacticool revolver market is going to be very very tiny.

Knighthawk Customs guys are in to the 1911. Korth guys are going to be in to their blued/wood guns. This revolver will be less likely to appeal to either.

Anyways. They'll do a limited run. Sell a few on media hype/magazine covers and then it's likely to fade in to obscurity.

>>30027975
Heirloom smith > korth. They certainly arent worth the price tag

>>30028163
This is someone who has never held and shot a Korth.

>>30028359
This is b8. There's a reason theyre not popular in the states. Or anywhere really.

>>30028611
Because importing pistols is annoying as fuck.

>>30027638
>>30028163
>>30028611
You're a fucking moron.

>>30028359
Hah, I'm no expert; but I own 2 S&W's and 3 Ruger's... As far as revolvers go....

I saved up for a Korth at my local shop.. Never even held it. The day finally arrived on the 1st this month... I picked up the Korth (handled it), and it seriously felt like a damn Taurus tracker.
>That horrendous cylinder fit
>bulging edges (incorrect fit) on the grips
>those burred edges on the trigger guard and hammer edge

Fuck me. Dumped all the cash into two semi-auto's and called it a day. Fuck Korth.

>>30027608
I don't really get concealed revolvers. The korth one weighs only a few ounces less than my rami, and that holds ten rounds and is no bigger.

>>30027608
I love how that revolver looks but that is way too expensive

I love how everyone and their friend's uncle wants Colt to start making Pythons again but thinks a motherfucking *Korth* is too expensive at 2 or 3 grand...

>>30029117
>Spot the mouth-breathing, double-nigger, pants-on-head, cock-sucking, commie loving, gremlin-faced, jizz chugging, re-fucking-tard.

If Colt were to reproduce the Python it would be $800-1K and undoubtedly superior. The Korth is serious the biggest meme-gun in existence. The overall finish is retardedly garbage.

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Fuck that I'm happy enough with my ruger six.

>>30029230
Top notch, bro.

I wouldn't trade my Redhawk .44 for anything.

>>30029137
Says the cunt who haven't even touched a korth.

>>30029450
Keep telling yourself that. Either you're a blind consumer with delusions or a Korth shill. The product speaks for itself;
>hint; it speaks farsi
It's a piece of Shit

>>30029462
Hahahahaha rhis is the best part
>its true.

I've seen better fit and finish on kimbers

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>>30029230
>>30029303

My niggers.

>>30028133
As far as I know Korth makes guns for sport shooters, not for collectors.

>>30029536
>korth
>sports guns
nah man s&w and especially manurhin got that market in europe

>>30029536
>>30029581
Doesn't really matter who generally buys them. If you don't want to treat it like a collector piece a Korth will hold up to hard use better than pretty much any other DA revolver out there, save for maybe a Manurhin MR73. They're made of better quality steel than any common alternative, and obviously with a much greater degree of craftsmanship.

>>30029036
You can't say that. Muh German precision. REEEEEE

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>>30029979
fuuuuuck Korth
>I said it.

>>30029979
>>30030121
>I can't afford one so they're shit

>3 stacks
>On a matte black no frills revolver

Lmao.

>>30030300

>It's good because it's expensive

>>30030319
>It's good because it's expensive
It's good because it is exceptionally well-made, you fucking retard. Educate yourself.

I fiddled with one at the NRA show. It's nice enough, though IMO 3k is a little much for what it is. I also don't understand why they decided to put a fucking matte finish on it. If I'm spending that much, I'd want wood grips and a nice deep blue.

>>30030345

>Baseless statement
>Ad hominem
>Tumblr tier smug remark

I didn't even show up to the conversation and you're already blown the fuck out.

>>30030319
The revolver is made to withstand three times the amount of use through the barrel then any S&W you can find nigger.

Long after timing issues show up in your revolver I might think of wiping fingerprints off mi e since that's the only fucking thing that would be wrong with it.


There are only two agreed kings of revolvers that aren't SA and those two are the MR73 and Korth revolver.

Get the fuck out.

>>30030366
>It's nice enough, though IMO 3k is a little much for what it is
No one on this board seems to have a problem with a Performance Center S&W costing $1,500 with it's all-MIM internals, soft shitty case-hardened frame and often middling quality control but a KORTH costs "too much for what it is" at 3K...

>>30030406
Fucking this.

Faggots don't like quality, they just want more dick.

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>>30030391

God damn the salty tears are pouring out you. That buyers remorse must sting way more than shooting the same groupings as any old $800 S&W.

>b-but Korth uses a m-magic spell to make it last longer!

Got any evidence for those statements? Any video runs? Or is that just what the page told you was true.

>>30029137
$800 to $1,000 and superior

3.21 niggawhats, my man.

If Colt starts making a Python, it will be a pale shadow of the original. And $800 is fucking hilarious, you must be smoking some good shit.

>>30030391

This post reads like an ironic shitpost about katanas being able to cut through anything because of how much it's folded.

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>>30030406
Pretty sure more than a few people on here take issue with that. But that's not the point I'm making. matte finish, rubber grips and railz aren't really what most of the high end revolver crowd are looking for.

>Not even in big bore calibers
>No gold/blue/pearl aesthetics
>No custom engraving offered

Korth cannot into high end marketplace.

>>30030414
>>30030428
Mad you couldn't get your FFL to do a one time import?

Fucking idiots.

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>>30030451

>u M-mad
>y-you're just jealous

KEEP GOING.

>>30030482
I'd rather be butt flustered then own a shitty revolver.

>>30029137
>>30030426
If Colt reintroduced the Python today it'd cost roughly the same as this Korth(probably more), and you'd absolutely be getting less gun for your money.

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>>30030510

You have not substantiated a single reason why it's better than any other revolver. I haven't even compared it to a specific revolver so you're implying literally all other revolvers are bad.

You have no evidence. You have no argument. You are desperately grasping at straws to justify your purchase.

"It's a Korth" is not an argument.

http://larvatus.livejournal.com/312080.html

http://larvatus.livejournal.com/401890.html

http://larvatus.livejournal.com/616206.html

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>>30030570
https://forums.1911forum.com/showthread.php?t=122799

>The gun, frame, barrel, cylinder and yoke are made from a single billet of drop forged steel. The exact steel is proprietary and Korth won't say what it is. The gun however is hard and checks in at Rockwell c scale of 60. Harder than most production guns and it does make a difference as I'll explain.
>I mentioned the strength of the metal in the Korth as well as the care of the hand fitting. I began some tests of the Korth vs. the M28. At the beginng of the tests the barrel to cylinder gap of the Korth was just over .0025 while that of the M28 was .003. With just under 200 rounds of heavy hunting loads through both guns the barrel to cylinder gap of the Korth was where it had begun for all cylinders. The M28 however had opended up and varied from .003 to .004. The S&W showed wear and some additional gas cutting on the frame above the barrel from some hot .125 grain loads. The Korth showed no significant wear.

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>>30027608
>think to myself how bad can the prices be, prolly just poorfags crying when a gun is more than $400
>check the link mfw

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>>30030603
>think to myself how bad can the prices be, prolly just poorfags crying when a gun is more than $400
That about sums it up. The Korths certainly aren't cheap, but they aren't "overpriced" either...and at least you're getting some very tangible increases in quality for the price hike, which is more than can be said about a lot of other guns.

All of these value arguments are silly and subjective.

Nobody is stupid for wanting a Korth. Nobody is stupid for wanting a Smith or a Colt or a Ruger or a Taurus or a RIA or a khyber pass copy either.

Look guys, the Korth is objectively superior to other wheel guns by a very narrow margin at a high cost.

That's how ALL products are. A corvette is cheaper than a Ferrari, because you pay more for each increase at the margin of performance. My Corolla can get the groceries home just as easy as either the 'vette or the Ferrari but I doubt any of you would take the Corolla over the corvette.

This whole discussion is dumb. A Korth may not be worth it *to you* but it can be worth it to others, and that's okay.

Ruger gp100 master race here.

>>30030366
>>30027736
>>30028133

DLC is a superior finish to bluing from a practical standpoint.

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Mother of God...

>>30030892

it's for action pistol revolver

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>>30030428

>>30029026
>>30028359
See >>30029036

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>>30030945
>Some anonymous faggot on 4chan told me Korths aren't any better than Taurus, it must be true!

>>30029137
>>30030426
>>30030519
I remember reading about a Colt engineer being asked about this awhile back. Colt estimated the MSRP of a new production Python at around $4,000 in order to stay at the same quality of the originals. They couldn't come up with enough cost cutting measures to produce a decent gun at a price that would sell. Even the $4k price was assuming they could find enough revolver smiths to start production, which was doubtful.

As an aside I love seeing /k/ argue over a gun they know nothing about besides what they read online and the one guy holding it for a few minutes at the NRA show.

For what it's worth Grant Cunningham says Ruger makes the best new production revolvers.

>>30031324
>As an aside I love seeing /k/ argue over a gun they know nothing about besides what they read online
Business as usual around here, but it's understandable in this case because until now most Korths were complete unobtanium that costed twice as much or more than these new Nighthawk-badged models. Don't think we have very many millionaires posting here...

>For what it's worth Grant Cunningham says Ruger makes the best new production revolvers.

When your choices are basically either Ruger or S&W I absolutely agree. Doubt Grant had expensive French and German unicorn guns in mind when making that statement though.

>>30031486
Life Size Potato has a decent set of video analyzing the difference between the Manhuirin and Korth and if they would be worth it.

mr73 are better imo. they're made to be used and abused more so than the korths. the adjustable trigger is awesome, does the korts have that?
korths excell in fit and finish though, especially compared to the new production mr73s. that blued finish is amazing.

anyways a used manurhin made mr73 will set you back about 1000-1200$ here in europe. and its functionally better than the korth imo

>>30031574
I just wanna mention that the bluing on the korth i handled was the most amazing thing I've ever seen in my life. they are polished to a mirror finish, and you'll fucking mistake it for nickel or chrome from a distance. you have to take it inside to see its true blued color

>>30030482
I know right? The butthurt is glorious.
Blown. The Fuck. Out.

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>people complaining about the price

Diminishing returns always comes into play, but the prices are on par with any high-quality custom 1911. On a side note, this would look gorgeous with a set of custom Nill grips

Nighthawk is absolute cancer that destroys anything it touches. They have a piss poor reputation in the 1911 smith circles for a reason.
t. KAC, and now the formerly beautiful Korth model line

Fucking trash. People would buy stippled ass plugs for concealed carry if they were marketed as tactical.

>>30031574
Look at the sky Marshall its a joke how many tool marks are on that revolver

>>30030892
If only one was made in .44

>>30028133
>The people who spend $3k on a revolver are the blued/wood types

Except no

>>30028163
>Heirloom smith > korth
but that's wrong. the smith will always have inferior materials.

>>30027608
>"Mongoose"

Colt Python BTFO

>>30032275
>sky marshal
>proper korth
the sky marshall is 800 euro. and looks like shit anyways. not designed by korth. so I dont have experience with that

doesnt korth make the old mirror blue, with the right side cylinder release anymore?
all i can see on their site are these ugly as fuck nighthawk guns

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>>30033980
they do, but that's now "custom".

>>30030444
>No gold/blue/pearl aesthetics
>No custom engraving offered
Thank god. That shit is tacky as fuck.

>>30033980
It's just matte black and rubber grips. Throw on some Nill grips and it'll look great. Stop being so autistic

>>30030300
>doesn't recognize

>>30036086
I have nothing against matte black, when the price is lower than a korths.

matte finishes are easier and much cheaper to make than the insanely polished deep blue old korth finish. thats the appeal of those guns. good finish.
a manhurin mr73 beats it in every other way.

>>30036340
That's great, except Korth quality compared to Manurhin is debatable and you can't buy a new MR-73 stateside

>>30036340
>I have nothing against matte black, when the price is lower than a korths.
It's not like it's parkerized, or black fucking paint. Personally I'm glad they went with a more durable, practical finish. Still looks great imo.

>>30036340

blue wears off much more quickly. yes it looks fantastic, but stainless/DLC/hard chrome is so much more practical.

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>>30027608
>$3,000
>fucking hogue

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>>30028359
I don't think anyone who's shot a Korth would agree with you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJZwhrxokGA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkMYO96yOPw

They're not shit guns, certainly, but they are absolutely not worth the price, from a trigger quality standpoint. They are beautiful, precise German, handcrafted pieces of art, but they are not good guns.

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>just discovered that korth has a roller delayed blowback pistol

>>30037227
>>30038611
if you want a durable solid carry gun, there are better cheaper options
if you want an accurate competition revolver, there are better cheaper options.

the korths had their niche, now they are kinda moving away from it, and into the sporter market it seems. they might have done some wonders in the accuracy department with these new guns, haven't seen one shoot.

the reason they dont use stainless btw is that generally have worse properties than the ordonance steel they're using.
getting a stainless steel that can be hardened to 60 hrc would be expensive as fuck.

>>30039206

so DLC or hard chrome it.