I don't think you could make a S&W cost as much as a Korth if you tried. I mean even if you really put your mind to it, new barrel and cylinder, line-bored, custom rib and underlug, best-in-the-world action job, gold-plated, hand-engraved, hand-made anatomic grips, blah blah blah. After all that I bet it'd still be less than the Korth (which is like $4k, no?).