Korriphila HSP-701: A Masterful Bespoke German Pistol
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The Korriphila HSP-701 is a boutique luxury pistols designed by Edgar Budischowsky in the late 1970s, which entered production in 1984. It uses a fixed barrel and roller-delayed blowback action with a single roller below the line of the bore. Available in a variety of calibers per customer order (although most were made in .45 ACP) and both 4” and 5” barrel lengths, the Korriphila is more often compared to the Korth semiauto pistols. Both are extremely high-end guns, made by hand to exacting standards.
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"The pistol, sensing Ian wasn't a pure-born German, resisted disassembly valiantly, but in vain."
Bruh. 🤣
😂😂😂😂
In fairness Budischowsky doesn’t sound pure German, either.
"... And so, Gun Jesus proceeded to demonstrate the sublime engineering behind the pistol, and the pistol demonstrated its pure German quality for the world to enjoy, and Gun Jesus said 'Hipster calibers for all'!"
Roughly the same method of slide removal as the Walther PP. Three hands or a wooden wedge stuck in the trigger guard - but shaped _just right_ so it doesn't disturb the trigger and drop the hammer. Until I got a look inside the slide, I would have sworn it was the same action. :-D
The pistol after checking Ian's net worth was uncertain about allowing itself to be disassembled.
Ian owns multiple full autos. His net worth is pretty substantial.
@@ScottKenny1978 That and I'm sure several collectors pieces that would be difficult to find at any price. If I were to open a box containing this pistol it would probably morph into the firearm equivalent of an octopus, escape to the nearest ocean, and attempt to swim home. :-)
@@joekahno me, too. Maybe one day I will have $6k to throw at a pistol, but there's a couple of rifles I want at that price first.
@Nicholas Garcia This is a pistol built for people who describe their financial situation as "comfortable".
@Nicholas Garcia Not a problem. It was a great video, even if it left me wishing I was more "comfortable". :-)
Other youtubers: “I better take 15 takes so everything is perfect”
Ian: “screw it im gonna show everyone what a struggle this is”
I like seeing people struggle. It remind me that Ian, after taking apart thousands of different guns, can still have difficulty. It also reminds me how good he is at making these videos because it happens so rarely.
@@5000rgb I just like watching people struggle.
I love that he does that, you don't realise how fiddly a lot of these guns are until you see someone like Ian struggle to get them disassembled. You might not realise that if he just did the one perfect take.
I have a Ruger Mark III. Taking it all the way apart is... interesting. Almost as complicated as putting it back together.
Jep, was cool from Ian, not to cut his struggle out.
"Hipster Calibers" was absolutely perfect.
I now wish to see a list of what classifies as a "Hipster Caliber"
@@Hybris51129 For a semi-auto everything that isnt 9mm Luger
@@thomaswessel1076
45 ACP is not hipster it's Bubba.
@@calvingreene90 Now .45 Schofield that is hipster in a "I've been shooting .45 from before it got popular." kind of sense.
@@Hybris51129
.45 Schofield is not .45 ACP. I specified .45 ACP.
My dad used to take part in "big bore" competitions (9mm and up) in the late 80s early 90s. One of the guys had one of these, built up to exploit the rulebook to the fullest.
It was chambered in 9mm para, and set up as a competition match pisol with match grips and an extended custom barrel (how ever long was allowed. Must have been more like 6.5" if I remember right). That thing was ridiculous! An absolute jaw dropper. It was not just the accuracy, but with his setup there was so little recoil, you wouldn't believe that this was a 9mm.
A fantastic gun.
“Hipster calibers” lmao
pretty epic. i have to remember that one. in fact i'd expand it to include many popular guns.
"Got any 9mm?"
"No, but I've still got a few boxes of .37249 pinfire hand-crafted for the custom duelling pistols of the archbishop of Bad-Burgenheim."
He's not wrong.
I'm a big fan of .38 Super, but even I know it's an oddball round.
@@PrototypeSpaceMonkey I'll take your entire stock. Think about it. Dueling pistols... You can run those boxes for YEARs if you're a bit frugal with it.
.38 super automatic is not quite a hipster caliber , it’s been around for nearly 100 years... I would say .45 super , .45 GAP , .50 AE and .357 SIG would be more accurate
With an MSRP of "If you have to ask, you can't afford one."
No one will pull off a Jet Lee on you with this gun 😂
Well said, Sir!
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That was my thought exactly 😆
Let's be honest, the beretta 92 is about the only gun out there you can do that with
Except in a Chinese martial arts movie since Chinese nationalism apparently exempts you from physics
At 3:11 Ian clearly says ".45 Otto" - which is actually the correct pronunciation when referring to German guns. I really appreciate this level of attention to detail.
is this a joke?
@@floo1465 : It is just fun. Ian speaks the word ,Auto' in a way, that it sounds similar to german name Otto. But when you know the context, it is nearly impossible, to confuse Auto ( german pronouncion) and Otto. But when someone speaks unclear or with a german dialect , you are not familiar with, funny things can happen.
@@brittakriep2938 yep, i was stupid when i wrote that. i can very clearly see the sarcasm now,
@@floo1465 - All is forgiven - you didn't very clearly see the sarcasm. My wife says that I speak sarcasm!
The reason Ian struggled so much to disassemble it is because he forgot to raise his pinkie finger.
When in doubt, pinky out!
Engineered to the highest standards, expensive, roller delayed. It's German alright.
No worries, lots of "well it works and it keeps working" available as well. Outstanding marketing in that case.
Could you believe these were typically sold in a two-piece cardboard box?
And still inferior to most 1911s.
@@douro20
At some point it was just the common thing to do
@@mitchellcorona8 in which matter ?
The type of weapon where they hand you a CZ-75B as a loaner while they service it.
"Hipster rounds" i immediately pictured a dude in LA with a scarf and lame hat talking about a cartridge that no one uses
And probably disclaims that he only owns the gun because of his appreciation of fine craftsmanship, never shoots or carries it, probably stores its austrailian style with the high end handmade ammo in a seperate locked secure container, which is where he also stores the firing pin which he never brings out at the same time as the gun for safety.
When they have 15 handguns all in 7.65 Longue
"You don't use 7.62 Nagant? It's superior in every way, I'm not surprised you haven't heard of it, *real* gun enthusiasts use it. All my ammo is locally sourced and we only make our cases out of copper and the rounds out of brass, because it's just *better*, you know?"
@@irishwristwatch2487 free range brass of course
@@irishwristwatch2487 I have a 7.62 Nagant and thought about making that joke, but figured pretty quickly that someone else beat me to it.
I have this romantic notion of small German towns full of workshops with doctor-engineer craftsmen trying to one up the workshop across the street with the quality and pricetag of his pistols. On Friday night they get together at the pub and laugh at H&K for their mass market appeal and reasonable price points.
Actually, the name is a play on words. The word Koryphäe is Greek for someone that leads a choir. It is in common German usage and means someone that is really good at what they do. In essence, a luminary, or genius of their craft. So, "yes", this gun.
Don't know what you mean by the 'Korifee' in the brackets.
The German Word is Koriphäe. Korifee is something an idiot would use.
@@SeraphReficul almost correct, it's written with Y - Koryphäe.
@@IR4TE Das hat lange gedauert 😂
Well, actually "korifi",in greek, translates to "the top" of something. Koryph(f)eos means top of your field, the best.
3:11 - ".45 Otto" Ah yes, the most Germanic of calibers!
When you see 380 Otto, it's also known as 380 mm Bismarck. :-D
The way the grain of the grips and the slide cuts match up nearly perfectly. Now that's attention to detail.
That's why only a handful are produced each year. Wood of that quality just doesn't grow on trees.
I didn't think my respect for Ian could get higher until the moment he pronounced "niche" correctly
He's also said "nitch" in a few vids.
@@JvS1711 ha ha, everyone can learn, its actually probably because he’s been learning french
@@Joncom98
Maybe commenting about it helped as well.
Meanwhile, my respect for you just went lower when saw that you don’t know that there are several correct pronunciations for the word.
@@fordhouse8b lol, sorry sorry, I don’t mean it seriously. It doesn’t actually bother me when americans pronounce it their way
The market sector of high end yet discrete exists in just about every area.
Many thanks for not editing the takedown portion, it's moments as those I appreciate this channel even more for being real in a world that offers unreal and expects me to accept what is not real.
The wood grain matches the slide serrations... so sweet.
Thanks for making me notice that!
I've seen one at a friend's shop today, we did not really knew much about it so started resarching.
Thanks to this video we learned a lot about it.
We also checked a couple of forums and pages about them...
After reading your comment i re checked each picture i've found.....
THEY ALWAYS MATCH THE FRINKING WOOD GRAIN WITH THE SERRATIONS!
Art, top level craftsmanship, individuality, handmade, against sheetmetal, mass produced functional stuff with interchageable parts.
A Rolls-Royce vs a Corolla,
Beautifully craftsmanship, such a shame it sounds like it ends with him.
It's already the Nth gun I see on this channel thinking: "I'd like me one o' those!" Then I realise they probably cost houses.
Same as me then I realise I’m in the uk lol
eeh, they aren't usually *that* costly. RIA did have an engraved Colt of some kind go for almost 1.7 *million* dollarydoos once...
Sometimes you just want to 2A in style.
I want every gun on this channel. All of them. Ave nex alea.
For real!
Very cool design and execution of roller delayed blow back.
@Headshot Patreon early access
dude, the metal work on that thing is clean af. uhh and the fit of that sleeve
Seeing how much fun that was to strip gives me an idea of why it hasn't been fired much :)
It actually reminds me of certain Italian motorcycles; they mightn't be faster or better handling than the average bike but they are mechanical works of art.
“Big Boy Pistols” That’s what we like to think we all have 😏
If guns were a phallic symbol I would buy bigger guns.
in a Freudian world, anything can be a dicc..
but then the question becomes,
what happens when a girl has a bigger gun than you?
How does that make you feel? Inferior? Transphobic?
Nice profile pic, playing that game to this day
@@gimmetheloot1213 Yep!
@@Riplee Under gunned ?
I'm glad to see that sometimes even Ian has trouble with disassembly, just like me!
Such an unassuming pistol to be made so well. Thanks for sharing such a beautiful firearm!
"Giles, our turf has been threatened and I simply won't have it. Take the Korriphila and cook a few fools, would you please? Thank you old chap."
German, high end, and roller delay. What a nice Friday treat.
Imagine the woodgrain not lining up with the flutes on the slide!
Bernd Felsche - It appears that the Korriphila copied the S&W 52 grips.
So i guess we will not get a mud test with this one either?
Soaked and hidden in caviar for defence at those yacht parties
@@oJoJo some of my favorite things are expensive and smell somewhat fishy
@@Rumpleskin Those ladies needs to shower more often.
@@RiderOftheNorth1968 I agree
I think Rock Island will _hurt_ Ian if he even mentions mud testing that one.
Every time I see such great machining and smooth surfaces on a pistol, I'm reminded of your video about the Rogak and something inside me just dies for a moment.
The bluing and brushed finish on this alone, is beautiful.
When I saw the image I was thinking "CZ Vz52 mated with a SIG-Sauer P220." Externally, perhaps so (I'd be curious if SIG P220 mags would fit or could be made to fit) but that internal system took a whole new level of genius. Beautiful piece of functional art.
I love that the wood grain in the grips is perfectly parallel to the slide cuts.
The way the wood grain lines up p e r f e c t l y with the slide grips ohhhhhhh goddd im drooling
Getting extra magazines for this pistol must be rough.
@Disobedient Nomead There is a lot more to making a magazine than just finding skilled people.
@@bindingcurve yeah true. There PLA+ filament and a good 3D printer 😆
It's doable.
@@claudiodiaz9752 It might actually be easy. Looks a lot like a 1911 or Kahr .45 magazine. I would be willing to bet that you can modify them to work. And I would almost be willing to bet that the magazine started life as a 1911. Hand making a magazine is NOT simple at all and is the single hardest thing to get right.
Seems to me that the kind of person that spends money on a pistol like this would only be interested in authentic accessories. It’d be like driving a Lamborghini and having your machine shop pal make you a muffler when yours craps out.
Just for reference - it's pronounced "Boodishofsky" in german - the pronunciation of the first half was correct but Showski is pronounced "Shofski" with the Sh like in fish - then a normal o and f sound and "ski" like it was pronounced in the video.
"Boo-Dee-Shoffs-Kee" ;)
@@elchinator Better and easier than my way.
The most fun I've ever had watching someone else not take a gun apart. Loved it!
"Hipster caliber"
And the meme has been born
It took seeing all the precision machine work required to squeeze the bolt mechanism into the slide for me to finally understand why roller delay slipped out of favor with HK. The action is simple, reliable, and accurate. But my guess is on a factory scale of rapid production you can't get sloppy with the finish and dimensions of roller surfaces. As a military contractor. If you can get even 5 more gas system guns made in the same time as 1 roller delayed gun. They'll find other ways to make up for the slight drop in accuracy in the action.
Good take - a true rarity in this thread.
Amazing piece of gunsmithing!
Nicely polished internals.
Even the wood grain is in perfect alignment with the slide groves.
First thing I noticed. Such attention to detail.
This is what my $200 PA-63 evolves into if it gets enough XP.
Thanks again for a fantastic video, shows again what a work of art a gun can be!
"I carry one of these in .18 with a suppressor.
You probably haven't heard it"
Elaborate?
Well done. ^_^
A good looking piece of kit!
The Company's slogan:
"Korriphila....for the man who can afford ANYTHING..."👍🏻
I liked the gun so much I bought the company ..... ooops, wrong product.
@@garrardcole864 Lol! 😆
love the decocker thing
I can't believe I missed this episode; after seeing this on LifeSizePotato it'd become my favorite obscure handgun. It's so rugged yet so classy, like only a certain kind of serious professionals would think of carrying and using it with care.
I would just like to take a moment to thank you for all the research , time, and information you put in each and every one of your episodes ! ! I'm new to this , all this , using my phone to watch your notifications ! To watch anything on my phone is amazing to me . So when I say I have your channel on my phone I do , and I look forward too them ! I love history , and anything to do with mankinds quest to build and produce weapons for the sheer and it seems ( love ) to do so !! And some of them have a aura all about themselves, the military ones that seem combat especially , so once again thank you and I look forward to your next one .
This has massive design cues from the CZ52. Someone must have really liked the gun, but hated all of its many fundamental problems!
I think they incorporated the best of both the CZ 52 and CZ 75BD.
@@robertbeckman2054 It really has very little in common with either, aside from being a semi-automatic handgun.
@@jasonrogers6454 I mean, they're both roller delayed which isn't a very common operating mechanism at all, let alone in handguns...
Even the markings are crisp and clean.
Fine machining!
I’ll still take that Korth PRS that Ian did a video on once. After seeing that video that gun instantly became my dream gun. Used to be a Wilson Combat EDC X9, now it’s a 4” Korth PRS.
I own two of them, including a SAO version with the 5” barrel in 9mm and the original 4” 45ACP from the first year of production.
They are exquisite handguns.
This pistol looks like the lovechild of a Walther and a Browning Hi-Power.
i was thinking Sig P232 and 1911
Hi. Ian. Firearm artwork indeed. Reminds me of the V12 Maybachs and the Duesenberg Model J, and dinners at the alpine villa. I have no idea about which Americans could appreciate, and afford this pistol. It is truly a Connoisseur's choice. I am sure you would appreciate it, from afar, of course. Most of these pistols probably reside in Texas. Thanks for sharing! Stay healthy!
Probably one of the most gorgeous sidearms I've seen to date!
What a beautiful handgun!!
Edgar Budischowsky made these with damask steel finish as well.
Earlier this year MDW Guns sold a lot of last two .45s Budischowsky made. These guns were from the owner's personal collection, were never fired outside of the proof house, and were sold in a custom wood case, which is actually unusual since they were almost always sold in a two-piece cardboard box. His asking price was $55,000 for the pair.
Defaced with his hideous import mark too.
@@jasonrogers6454 Unfortunately it's the law.
@@douro20 True, but the mark was applied very conspicuously on the underside of the dust cover, when it could instead have been applied much less obtrusively on the edge of the magazine well.
I've wanted one since I first read about it in 1985.. The slide release decocker is meant to be used to drop the slide on a loaded mag, leaving the gun decocked ready to be holstered in double-action mode.
Thank you , Ian .
a very nice pistol . thanks ian
Phenomenal piece of machining, what beautiful precision. Also, that loaded chamber indicator, that's brilliant. That should be standard on all handguns somehow, though that's not feasible in the slightest. But you could even check for safe on that in a holster.
right, so i wonder how can somebody in the comments ,say it fails over 1911 , lol?
The loaded chamber indicator on this reminds me of the Walther CCP M2. It has a little red tail that comes off the back end of the striker so when you have a round chambered you see a bright red nub sticking out the back of the gun.
6:55 You know.... I heard Marilyn Manson actually had two wrist bones removed to more easily disassemble his OWN Korriphila.
Thanks for the vid sir. Hope you had a good turkey day.
I'll say it a million times: FORGOTTEN WEAPONS it's the best weapons channel I've seen so far.
Saw a couple of these at the range just last year before the lock down. Very nice. Didn't
realize what they were worth.
Interesting. Not something you see at the range often. Only 250 were made.
At 6.15, with much difficulty disassembling the weapon... That German doesn't like that Frenchman! Great Video. Take Care and be safe, John
The explanation of the mechanism is all crooked, sadly.
When the slide is in battery the roller is down in the frame recess. It is pushed down by angled surface on the slide. While firing, case pushes the breech block back. The roller needs to go up from its recess to allow the slide to go back. When the roller goes up against the angled surface on the slide, it moves the slide back. Before the roller is out of its recess every miniscule movement of the breech block translates into significantly more movement of the slide. This increases time of extraction and splits the energy from the case into one that goes to the slide and the other that goes into frame itself (through the frame recess).
That is a beautiful bit of craftsmanship. I wonder if it fires as well as it looks? I particularly like those grips, lovely work. No wonder they were expensive!
I've admired these guns for a long time, I also like the CZ52.
I appreciate that you take fast enough that I can't really play it back faster than 1x speed.
Wow. That's amazing.
That's the kind of quality you want in everything, really.
The higher the quality the harder it is to take apart.
Never had a problem taking apart fancy machines ... putting them back together, however...
Tbh, kinda wanna see how one would manage reliability testing.
Not true!! You need tools to strip a Hi Point.....
Probably more like a bell curve - the most cheaply made and the more precision ones are both difficult, for different reasons lol
They are actually very easy to fieldstrip. Takes a couple seconds.
That was a beautiful firearm!
What a beautiful weapon.
Beautiful pistol.
I had one of those little stainless steel .25's in the early 70s.
Fascinating.
Been waiting on a vid on the PP10 but this is close enough
That screw at the heel would drive me nuts if I had one of these.
Just thinking about owning one of these in .38 Super makes me drool like Homer Simpson thinking about donuts.
nothing fancy, just a perfect .45
For this type of action, I think "leveraged" is a better way to describe the in-battery state than "locked".
It took a while to figure out what some the lines, and general dimensions (particularly bore height) reminded me of. The Five-seveN.
That was not an expected comparison.
That breech block is much more simple than the one on my H&K P9S, also in .45ACP.
I love these oddballs.... even more if it does not only look cool but also works differently :)
As soon as I saw the disassembly lugs I thought CZ-52.
Pistol even has the same silhouette, it's very similar
That's about all it has in common with it, though, aside from being a semi-automatic handgun.
It’s a completely different design from the CZ 52. They have virtually nothing in common.
Hey Ian! I was just curious if you’re a daily concealed carrier or open if that’s your preference and if so, what is your daily carry or perhaps a few in the rotation?
Keep up the great work and thank you for doing so!
Lovely machine. I can sympathize with your frustration. I have an aftermarket flat recoil spring in my Sig P290 that's about a half an inch longer than OEM. Sometimes it goes back together with no drama. Other times it can drive me crazy. And do NOT try to reassemble the gun with sweaty hands.
Not only the craftsmanship (made in USA?.... I am pleasantly surprised... bows deep!) but also the German (what else...) engineering makes this truly a high end masterpiece. The level of designquatily on the Breachblock,somewhere at 08:00 minute, tells it all.
Ian, keep up your excellent vids, best regards from the Netherlands.
Not made in the USA. Made in Heidelberg, Germany. U.S. law since 1968 requires that imported firearms be defaced with the name and location of the importer, except in limited circumstances.
Very nice pistol.