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larvatus · December 29, 2008, 04:44 AM

The Korth is a very well made revolver, and I do not mean to disparage its quality of design and manufacture. The MR73 is something else: as far as I know, it is the last, and arguably the best, revolver designed, manufactured, and adopted to go in harm's way. For a variety of reasons, the Korth is not suitable for that task.

While the MR32 is well known for outshooting the finest ISSF autopistols, the MR38 is capable of equally impressive performance. Here is a test target delivered by Matra, generally regarded as the least meticulous of its makers:

As regards springs getting out of alignment, my bet would be on the hand spring, part #127 in the original design, superseded by part #159 in the current version. That said, contrary to received ideas, revolvers are much more liable to mechanical malfunction than autopistols. The most robust specimen in this regard is probably the French M1873 Chamelot-Delvigne.

December 29, 2008, 04:44 AM	#83
larvatus Junior member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Posts: 925	The Korth is a very well made revolver, and I do not mean to disparage its quality of design and manufacture. The MR73 is something else: as far as I know, it is the last, and arguably the best, revolver designed, manufactured, and adopted to go in harm's way. For a variety of reasons, the Korth is not suitable for that task. While the MR32 is well known for outshooting the finest ISSF autopistols, the MR38 is capable of equally impressive performance. Here is a test target delivered by Matra, generally regarded as the least meticulous of its makers: As regards springs getting out of alignment, my bet would be on the hand spring, part #127 in the original design, superseded by part #159 in the current version. That said, contrary to received ideas, revolvers are much more liable to mechanical malfunction than autopistols. The most robust specimen in this regard is probably the French M1873 Chamelot-Delvigne.