The Dallas Safari Club Expo is always fun and today was no exception. There is much to see and enjoy, guns included. At the Nighthawk table, besides their huge line of gorgeous 1911s, they also had several Korth revolvers because they are the importer for Korth.
Quick aside - not being a 1911 fan I didn't pay much attention to those guns but the young man I spoke to convinced me to handle a few and I will admit that they are slicker-n-owl-snot as the expression goes. Incredibly smooth, scary good triggers, and racking the slides is like running a hot knife through butter. So if that's your taste and you have the money (they ain't cheap) go for one!
Back to the revolvers. As you all know, Korth revolvers are very expensive. The one pictured is around 4000 dollars and if you want a 9mm cylinder to go with it add another grand or more. But if you want to talk about slick......!
The main reason I took the picture, though, was to show the new cylinder release (see that lever and the red thing on the top of it - that's it). As large as it is it remains unobtrusive when the gun is in your hands for shooting and all you have to do is press it with your thumb and VOILA! - the cylinder is open. No twisting of your hands. Moreover, it can be swapped out in seconds for a 9mm cylinder and that cylinder doesn't require any kind of moon clips. Very cool. The trigger is, as you might expect, ridiculously good - single action is scary good and double action is super smooth and not at all heavy.
Anyway, of all of the guns and other things I saw today this was the only thing that sufficiently got my attention that I took a picture so I could describe it here......
Quick aside - not being a 1911 fan I didn't pay much attention to those guns but the young man I spoke to convinced me to handle a few and I will admit that they are slicker-n-owl-snot as the expression goes. Incredibly smooth, scary good triggers, and racking the slides is like running a hot knife through butter. So if that's your taste and you have the money (they ain't cheap) go for one!
Back to the revolvers. As you all know, Korth revolvers are very expensive. The one pictured is around 4000 dollars and if you want a 9mm cylinder to go with it add another grand or more. But if you want to talk about slick......!
The main reason I took the picture, though, was to show the new cylinder release (see that lever and the red thing on the top of it - that's it). As large as it is it remains unobtrusive when the gun is in your hands for shooting and all you have to do is press it with your thumb and VOILA! - the cylinder is open. No twisting of your hands. Moreover, it can be swapped out in seconds for a 9mm cylinder and that cylinder doesn't require any kind of moon clips. Very cool. The trigger is, as you might expect, ridiculously good - single action is scary good and double action is super smooth and not at all heavy.
Anyway, of all of the guns and other things I saw today this was the only thing that sufficiently got my attention that I took a picture so I could describe it here......
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