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By Chad Adams
Any private armory isn’t much different than a garage in many ways. There are your working-class vehicles and then there’s the Sunday driver. The everyday F-150 parked next to the roadster. A multitude of factors color the makeup of that garage—or gun vault—economics chief among them to be sure. Such frames the gun belt when we look at the incredible Korth Ranger.
But to frame the Ranger as merely a Sunday driver—to omit its working-class capabilities—would be an unfair portrait of this extremely high-end revolver.
Because the Korth Ranger is built to handle anything a shooter could throw at it, while looking damn fine in the holster.
Korth Ranger Details
The Ranger comes in both 4- and 6-inch variants. On the range, I blasted away, putting .38 Special on steel as many times as I could fight to get a turn with it. It’s simply as good as it gets in terms of wheelgun finery.
A bit non-traditional in appearance to be sure, the Ranger comes equipped with a full Picatinny rail atop the barrel, along with another section underside. So, you can smartly fit this Roscoe with the desired optic and light/laser combo for defense.
Built with fully machined components in Germany, and imported by Nighthawk, skilled gunsmiths fit it all together. The final feature set includes a beautiful, skeletonized barrel shroud—the machined windows precisely placed to see the 416R Lothar Walther barrel. A gold bead front sight pairs with a fully adjustable rear, but this gun begs the addition of an Aimpoint ACRO. Turkish walnut grips and a rich DLC finish set the gun off in every way.
On the range, the Ranger tracked incredibly well, moving flat from target to target in transitions. Chambered for .375 Magnum, it also accommodates an optional, interchangeable 9mm cylinder, greatly adding to its versatility.
This is one overbuilt, bombproof revolver that will be passed on to multiple generations of trigger pullers. Your kids will fight over who gets this one in the will.
The Sunday Driver
When you look at the price, unless money truly is no object, the Ranger then becomes that aspirational acquisition. Like an old Porsche 911 or spit-window ’63 ‘Vette, you don’t necessarily need this machine in your garage. But somehow you still absolutely must have it.
And if you’re ever lucky enough to find yourself on the range and get to bang out a few cylinders—if you’re any kind of gun guy at all—the Korth Ranger will immediately become the next dream gun for your armory.
It’s one hell of a drive.
Price: Retails for $5,224.
Pros: Incredibly accurate and perfectly fit into the hand—this is the kind of wheelgun you can shoot all day, every day, and never get tired of blasting steel.
Cons: The only downer here is the financial investment, which is steep. But sometimes you can’t hide money, brother.
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