Herpestes edwardsii

[Jim Watson]

Nighthawk now offers a Korth revolver for a mere $3499.
It has a cutout hammer and slanted thumb latch like the ugly Sky Marshal but the rest looks traditional Korth. Which would make it an economy model of the brand, at least compared to the Classic with its asking prices of $5000 and up.

Do they call it a Mongoose because it will eat up a similarly high priced Snake?

http://www.nighthawkcustom.com/pisto...se-357#slide-2

I guess rubber grips kept the price down, eh?

[Hizzie]

That thing is Rumplefugly. Hogue's on a $3500???

[mtnbkr]

Are Korths really that good? $3500 will get you a nice custom job from most of the "big names" and probably be more recognizable by the average joe as a high-end custom than Korth.

Chris

[BillSWPA]

I like the way it looks, prefer rubber grips on my revolvers, and particularly like the DLC finish. However, $3,500 is more than I have seen Pythons sell for.

[Jim Watson]

Here is a Python with actual bids up to $3500.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=558337949

Here is an uncommon three inch with actual bids over $7500.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=557298481

Neither is up to Reserve, those people think they are going to get rich.

On the other hand, here is a penny auction over $6000
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=556101593

And a plain vanilla gun already up to $3280 with no reserve.
http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=554628863

There are others in the high twos and some way on up there with high bids short of ambitious reserves.

Point is, there are probably people out there with enough spare money to be interested in an even more exclusive revolver.

Are we seeing signs of saturation in the boutique 1911 market?
NH has Brownings and now Korths; Wilson is doing well with Berettas and now offers a dedicated PCC.

[Nephrology]

Korths are nice, but hogue grips.... WTF

[coconutdave]

I'll stick to my Rugers, thanks.

[Robinson]

Korths are nice, but hogue grips.... WTF

It makes me wonder if Hogue produced a new grip for this gun or does the gun have S&W grip dimensions? If the latter, that means lots of good grips/stocks will be available.

[Nephrology]

It makes me wonder if Hogue produced a new grip for this gun or does the gun have S&W grip dimensions? If the latter, that means lots of good grips/stocks will be available.

It's a German gun.... the odds of them not requiring proprietary grips are quite low.

[zeleny]

I fired the Korth-badged versions of these revolvers at this year’s SHOT Show. There were some teething problems with some of the guns on the stand, but the ones that worked did a good job of approximating the feel of what Korth Lollar calls its Classic line, at half the price. Compared to the Ratzeburg originals, it is a different design wherein the cylinder rotates the wrong way, with its latch moved from the back to the side; made of different materials, i.e. CNC billet rather than ground forgings. Also, according to Korth, the National Standard is designed to minimize hand-fitting. They seem to be angling for what Manurhin did with its MR93, as accurately and enthusiastically reviewed by Emmanuel Baechler some 20 years ago. Of course, that futuristic revolver was a “clean sheet” design adapted for casting technologies, not a simplification of an existing design for CNC manufacture. Also, whereas Manurhin got out of the gun-building business as a result of banking on the MR93 just as “wondernines” came to dominate the administrative procurement market, Korth Lollar has a better chance of enduring within the sport shooting niche.