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Originally Posted by tabs
Just called Korth USA today, the price on a new Korth with extra cylinder is $12000.00, they can throw in a case otherwise its about $1000 for it. They make less than 100 per year, each gun takes 4 to 6 months to be made by hand. It is all made out of a single block of steel which is 58 on the Rockwell scale of hardness. Production is down because 2 of their employees have just retired. They have been at Korth since 1949 and are now in their late 80's. It takes 5 years of being an apprentice before they let you make a gun. Amazing stuff.
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Just a question: If they are so superior, why are they copying a Colt????
Or, to put it another way, can a copy of anything ever actually be superior to the original?
Just because they made in a way that will cost you over 10x the price of a Colt, does not really (necessarily) make it better, does it?
Full disclosure>>> I have a Colt Trooper, and a Sig-Sauer, and a Browning 9mm Auto, and you are correct, never heard of Korth till now.