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Originally posted by David Lee:
Geezus jumped up bac1023, I was going to poke fun at you one evening, thinking, I bet you don't have a PRS and by golly, there is one. All 3 of those pistols are some fine engineering. I gotta ask of the first 2 in your picture, do they have an open top slide? Almost Beretta like?

David, thank you

Yes an open top. What you’re looking at up top is the barrel sleeve. I have a pic of one disassembled here somewhere, but a topic for another thread. Very unique design, but the falling block was made popular by the Walther P38 and later, the Beretta 92. Korth just did it a little differently.

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Originally posted by RFSALES:
I bought a Korth Mongoose with 9mm cylinder. I really like being able to use one gun with 2 calibers.
Trigger is very good only minor complaint is Hogue rubber grips on a gun priced like the Korth.

I have run those Mono grips on all my L frame guns and they are hard to improve on for DA work. I find them too narrow for N frames with the larger cartridges. I like the Mono grips better than Pachmayrs with the finger grooves.

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Originally posted by bac1023:

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Originally posted by David Lee:
Geezus jumped up bac1023, I was going to poke fun at you one evening, thinking, I bet you don't have a PRS and by golly, there is one. All 3 of those pistols are some fine engineering. I gotta ask of the first 2 in your picture, do they have an open top slide? Almost Beretta like?

David, thank you

Yes an open top. What you’re looking at up top is the barrel sleeve. I have a pic of one disassembled here somewhere, but a topic for another thread. Very unique design, but the falling block was made popular by the Walther P38 and later, the Beretta 92. Korth just did it a little differently.

Save that for another day yes. I got the curiosity juices flowing here as I see what looks like a slide catch and notch but no release lever. There is something very clever going on there..

Korth revolvers are very well made--function flawlessly and their triggers are equal or better than an old school Python.
Grips--Hogue monogrip is nice but any Hogue grip will fit the Korth. You don't have to buy Turkish walnut from Korth.
9 mm cylinder doesn't require moon clips. Extracts 9 mm cases easily.

I have owned one, a 64 or 65 police gun,
basically an overbuild K/L frame snubnose,
built like a tank
smooth as silk
bit heavy,
never got to shoot it, but I rarely get to shoot my shop inventory,



a friend bought one a couple of years ago and loves it,

he has the 9mm cyl too, and I am not sure of the exact model name, (need to catch up with him)

he was shooting it at an indoor range using their ammo, which was reloads, and had a squib,

he sent it back to the US office, who sent it back to Germany, and then it was returned to hime a couple months later,

the squib was just stuck in the barrel, no damage that you or I could see, but Korth took it back and went thru it 100%,, charges paid for by the range, and I do not know how much that was


guy is an older fellow that likes accuracy and precision, and trades most after a year or 3, he gets bored with them

For those who have them, which 3” model would carry better, between Korth, Manhurin or Sphor?

I live in humid places, and would probably shoot about 50 rounds a week.

If weight is a factor, the Manurhin MR73 is the way to go. I believe it's between 31-32.5 oz with a 2.5 to 3" barrel, respectively. Not exactly common but you can also have a gunsmith cut down one with a longer barrel... of course that adds to the cost.

If corrosion is the biggest concern, you could have the MR73 refinished in something other than factory blue. The other option is to purchase a 3" Spohr either in stainless or with a black PVD finish.