A new 9mm without moon clips by Korth

They don't.
They just could not think of any better lockwork design when they went to build a new gun with mechanical madness lockup.
 
Somebody at Korth is going to have to decide what this gun is for.

On the one hand you have the short cylinder, short barrel and Sky Marshall name, which all shout concealed carry.

On the other hand you have the ridiculous rail, which would make holstering impossible if you hung anything on it and difficult even if you didn't.

If you must have a handgun with gee gaws bolted on it, there's no point in the small 9mm frame. You could just as well use a Super Redhawk.

It looks like somebody gave some serious thought to designing a CC gun then gave it to Mossberg's marketing department.
 
Well, the sideways rail mount is certainly different.
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Same as some open class revolver shooters use in competition some call it a kick stand. It keeps the optic/dot in line with the bore. On the Korth it will still allow the use of a dot/optic and still have use of the sights on the gun
 
It looks like somebody gave some serious thought to designing a CC gun then gave it to Mossberg's marketing department.
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I like that. :D

The gun...not so much.

If I want a 9mm, I'll get a semi. Even a Glock looks good next to that thing.
 
It's ugly but I like it anyway. MSRP is right in line with new Smith's, except it doesn't have that stupid internal lock and is probably devoid of MIM parts.
 
Somebody at Korth is going to have to decide what this gun is for.
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While the video was in German, it was clearly stated that the Sky Marshall was built for an international agency to their specs.

The CEO, Mr. Andreas Weber, has decided to introduce the Sky Marshall at the Shot Show.
 
On the other hand you have the ridiculous rail, which would make holstering impossible if you hung anything on it and difficult even if you didn't.
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I don't see how it would not be easier than an under barrel rail, especially with a hybrid/kydex holster. Just leave a large slot in the side for the rail.
 
While the video was in German, it was clearly stated that the Sky Marshall was built for an international agency to their specs.
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That explains a lot. Only a government agency could come up with such a conflicted design.

A camel is a horse designed by a committee.
 
While I love the Korth 357 revolvers - some of the finest ever made and even considered trading a couple of Pythons to get my hands on one; this ugly bugger just made me appreciate my Pythons a little more.

9mm? 6 rounds? Goofy looking? KORTH???
 
Based on my experience with the Smith 547, I don't believe that's using the same 'tiny springy fingers of fragility' the Smith used for extraction; they typically prevented rounds 'falling' in or out of the cylinder.

They also only worked really reliably when IMMACULATELY clean, in my experience, and then were still not as reliable as a traditional extractor. I've never been surprised Smith didn't pursue that design, to be honest.


Larry
 
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They don't.
They just could not think of any better lockwork design when they went to build a new gun with mechanical madness lockup.
So. what are these then? they look like 1911 frames? unless your reply totally went over my head.

http://www.korth-waffen.de/index.php?id=87&L=1
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While externally resembling a 1911, the Korth PRS uses a roller locking system with a fixed barrel, much like the old HK P9S. A fixed barrel is the key to high accuracy potential.

That roller locking system goes back to Rheinmetalls patent for the MG42, which led to the law suit of HK against Cetme for the G3. The CZ52 used the locking system behind the iron curtain.
 
Based on my experience with the Smith 547, I don't believe that's using the same 'tiny springy fingers of fragility' the Smith used for extraction; they typically prevented rounds 'falling' in or out of the cylinder.
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I hope that they improved the extraction system well beyond what they were using in their 9mm conversions for their classic revolvers, those suck imho.

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