This topic was discussed on a few other sites and I had posted some explanation on the S&W forum about Korth revolvers. I am a Korth collector but predominantly a shooter and appreciate the fine quality and longevity of Korth revolvers.
Here is an excerpt from my post:
"Korth built the first cartridge revolvers in 1964 to fill an order of the Hamburg port police but by the time he had the guns finished the police had already ordered .32 ACP pistols and the guns were liquidated on the civilian market.
The Korth action was refined over the years and needed from 1964 to 1969 to arrive at its peak with exchangeable rollers ontop of the trigger that changed DA let-off and also incorporating a screw that allowed the trigger weight to be adjusted from the outside.
I have Korth revolvers made in Ratzeburg, the town where Willi Korth started out manufacturing his finely finished revolvers and personally do not find an interest inthe current Korth product line. The Korth revolvers from Lollar share several advantages of the original Korth design, like the roller sear and chambers that got smoothened out by a roller being pushed into it and giving a glassy smooth finish that makes ejection of particularly rimfire cartridges a whole lot easier than on my 1952 vintage K-22.
The finish on the Korths from Ratzeburg is outstanding! Korth did not use a buffing wheel but sanding blocks and outsourced the bluing to a nearby company in Hamburg, the hardening was outsourced to the same company that does the hardening for SIG Sauer. Eckernförde is not far away from Ratzeburg and in the basement of SIG Sauer is the proof house where Korth had the revolvers proofed."
There is a link in an earlier post here to the youtube video about a Korth revolver being tested and it has made some waves and is definitely educational but when I look at the trigger stop not being adjusted properly, I have some serious doubts about the author's comprehension and appreciation of Korth's advantages.
I have a background of shooting competitions successfully for accuracy and the much more interesting and less static action shooting disciplines and burned more money on ammo than guns.
I have been in the old Korth factory in Ratzeburg and at the new facility in Lollar. I love visiting gun factories - and breweries
- and a day at the range with my reloads and hard cast bullets. I prefer the old revolvers made in Ratzeburg between 1969 and 2008 but my favorite revolver - and I own a few - is a law enforcement trade-in S&W M 65 for fast and dirty shooting
. If I don't do well, I can always blame it on the gun ...