My kingdom for a Korth (or Manurhin)?

[zeleny]

Pol,

I specifically said, "...there are still a few excellent revolver smiths who can make it as slick as I want it to be..." I did not say anything about matching the object of your affections.

Dave

S&W doesn’t make a revolver sized like the MR73. In the 4" configuration, the L-frame M686 weighs 42 oz, whereas the MR73 weighs but 33.5 oz. Even the anemic K-frame M19 is 2.5 oz heavier. The MR73 is on record outlasting both.

Good luck making the S&W rebound slide as slick as its roller-supported MR73 counterpart. You might as well try pitting a drag sled against a wheeled kart.

[zeleny]

Your last blog post on the MR73 is dated back to 2017. What’s your opinion of current production MR73’s? As good as the original manufacture units?

Not enough information.

[Rex G]

I tried in vain to get one of those 9mm Korths. How did you manage to score one?

Collectors Firearms, In Houston, Texas, had several in stock, for a while. That was pre-2020, of course. I seriously considered putting one of them on lay-awake.

Collectors Firearms is a Nighthawk/Korth dealer. They have a dot com, but not all items get listed quickly on their e-commerce site. I saw some of the larger, higher-dollar Korths there, in December, at a time when I do not think they were listed on the web site.

Well, I just looked. The Korths that I saw, in December, are listed now.

https://www.collectorsfirearms.com/s...d=All+Products

I am not an employee of, or rep/influencer/pitch-man, for this dealer, or any business. At the moment, I cannot financially justify starting a 90-day lay-awake, on either of these, much less buy one outright.

[Wingate's Hairbrush]

This thread needs more @bac1023

[Brian T]

Have a look at an S&W rebound slide vs. that of a MR73. The S&W relies on a metal on metal contact, the Manurhin moves on rollers. No matter what you pay a gunsmith, no amount of stoning and polishing available on this planet will make the S&W rebound slide as slick as that of a Manurhin. Now consider that just about every component that effects strength, accuracy, reliability and trigger feel in the Manurhin is an improved version of what you find in an S&W.

I could swear I have seen someone in the past offering a roller rebound slide part for S&W K/L/N in the past. That or it was a part and a frame modification.

[Lex Luthier]

I could swear I have seen someone in the past offering a roller rebound slide part for S&W K/L/N in the past. That or it was a part and a frame modification.

It would be really cool to see one modded up.

[Tod-13]

Collectors Firearms, In Houston, Texas, had several in stock, for a while. That was pre-2020, of course. I seriously considered putting one of them on lay-awake.

We like Collector's. When my wife is with me and asks for a gun, they show it to her and talk to her -- not me.

We got both our Korth revolvers there.

[Dave T]

FLMAO!

Bless your heart Dave.

Pol,

I should have put a smiley face at the end of that. I really wasn't trying to be a smart ass, just a silly one.

Dave

[jtcarm]

To sum up, if you want the best revolver ever made for social work, get an MR73. If you want the finest revolver for sport shooting, get a Korth.

More details can be found on my gun blog.

Very informative, thank you.

Now, what makes the MR73 better suited to SD and the Korth to sport?

[Scal]

I could swear I have seen someone in the past offering a roller rebound slide part for S&W K/L/N in the past. That or it was a part and a frame modification.

Cylinder and Slide made a Smith trigger and hammer kit with a roller bearing on the tail of the trigger where it engages the sear. That’s more similar to the Korth revolver than the Manurhin roller bearing rebound slide, though.

I don’t know about anyone making a roller bearing rebound slide for Smiths, but I am sure as hell not as knowledgeable as some other folks on this board to say that it definitely was never a thing.