Korth Revolvers
BY Herschel Smith
3 years, 5 months ago
There was a recently flurry of articles on Korth Revolvers. Handguns Magazine had one very comprehensive article.
The NXR’s overall length is 11.65 inches, width is 1.72 inches, and height is 6.38 inches. Suggested retail price starts at $5,299 and goes up depending upon any additional features you’d like to add, say, a compensator. That kind of price places the NXR out of reach of a lot of shooters, but is the Korth’s price commensurate with its performance?
Range testing .44 Magnum revolvers can be a real bear, but as .44s go, the Korth NXR is quite manageable to shoot. That oversize, Jim Wilson-inspired Turkish walnut grip really fills the hand, and it provides a comfortable and secure grip on the gun. Plus, like I said, the large, flat base of the grips worked well shooting off the bench.
Also at Special Ops Magazine.
In use the Korth Combat is pleasant to shoot and as accurate as might be expected, capable of delivering tight groups in single-action mode, slightly larger in double-action. So far as performance goes, I would say that it is on a par with other high-quality revolvers; the finish, inside and out is excellent, the design good; but I cannot honestly see where the high price is justified in any concrete manner.
And finally at Shooting Illustrated.
The successor to the innovative Korth Ranger, the NXS is Korth’s first eight-shot .357 Mag. wheelgun. An eight-shot 9 mm cylinder is also available as an upgrade that will allow you to switch effortlessly between the two popular calibers.
It’s a beautiful gun, a work of art. But something would have to be wrong for me to spend that kind of scratch for a handgun, unless I had money to burn. Then again, there are an awful lot of people with large boats, property on the lake and high paying jobs that might not even wink at the price.
Does any reader have a Korth or know anyone who has one? Perhaps Korth would send me a gun for testing and review.
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