So I actually called KorthUSA today

[Evyl Robot]

I certainly wouldn't put it past Earl to have a bit of sport with someone he chose not to warm up to for whatever reason.

That's a heck of a business model he's got there.

 

[treg]

That's a heck of a business model he's got there.

Old timer's like him know where the cabbage is.

 

[Evyl Robot]

Old timer's like him know where the cabbage is.

Often. Sometimes, they've already gotten enough of it, so to hell with everything else. Also, they know where the bodies are buried.

 

[Gonzo_308]

I guess Earl wasn't interested in having his time wasted on a drive by shopper.

I wonder how many phone calls he takes a month like that. I'm sure if the OP had offered to give him some earnest money he would have gotten a real number.

 

[PzGren]

If someone is really serious, he just needs to look somewhere else, find a company that will handle the export from Germany and a company that will handle the import on this end. Including shipping, import duties, FFL fees the cost to import will not go over $500. Used Korths can be found starting at $800 if you know where to look.

It gets cheaper if you get more than one gun at a time, like a Hämmerli 208 for an extra $300...

http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=2848501

http://egun.de/market/item.php?id=2845743

 

[escard]

Korth Combat Magnum

I would eventually sell my Korth "Combat Magnum" (.357, ventilated 3-inch barrel) for a fee of EURO 2.000. The revolver was made in the beginning of the 80´s (I bought it 1984) and is fitted in the original Korth-made wood/leather case.
I also have a nearly unused Manurhin MR-73 model "defence" for selling (.357, also with 3-inch barrel length).
Maybe there is some interest on buying those premiums, so let me know it by mail (skbullets@gmx.at), I will try to take some pictures of the guns.
Attend: The transactions would have to be done with via an officially licensed Austrian or German rifle/pistol dealer!

 

[silvermane_1]

it's only worth that price if it is anything like the dy357lx for the n64 game perfect dark, that wheelgun(dy357lx) is 24 gold plated and has real tiger skin grips with a velocity optimized 6 inch barrel.

 

[CajunBass]

I looked at a Korth 38 revolver at a local Gander Mountain once. I had never even heard of them at the time, so I have no idea what model it was or anything else about it, but I'd say it looked to be about like a Model 10, or an Official Police 38. It was "odd" looking in a European way, but wasn't "ugly" by any means. Nothing really beautiful about it either. It just was.

The price on the tag was about $950.00 IIRC. I remember thinking they were out of their minds, but I did a little research here and there and found out that was actually a pretty good price for one of them. I also found out that they were well thought of by people who seemed to know what they were talking about. I was honestly tempted to go back and buy it, just for the novelty of it really. It had been fired, so there would have been no shoot/don't shoot question. I didn't though. It was just too far out of my comfort zone at the time. Maybe today it would be different.

Embedded in this thread is a certain amount of irony. Regularly on this forum and on other forums (S & W, for example) we see posters complaining bitterly about the "loss of quality" at Smith & Wesson because the company's replaced many of its hand fitting processes with computer controlled processes and because Smith has replaced forged parts with MIM parts.

Well, Korth is an example of what would have happened had Smith not modernized its operations. Revolvers that cost a $1000 today or a couple of hundred dollars less than that would be advertised at several times the current price. Or, alternatively, Smith would have gone out of business.

Thanks Steve. I was thinking exactly the same thing as I was reading this thread. Well said.

 

[Mike Irwin]

This thread is going on two years old.

No reason to resurrect it.