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Originally Posted by Colonel
While I like the feel and slimness of the PPK or the PPK/S, I find them heavy for what they offer, and never found one 100% reliable. It seems that it made no difference if it was an older German made, S&W, Manurhin or an Interarms, they all jammed, even with ball.../
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I own a pair of PP's in .32 ACP, a couple of PPK/S pistols in .380 ACP as well as a half dozen FEG AP and APK clones in both 7.65mm Browning and 9mm Kurz.
I've found all of them were reliable with ball rounds, all of the .380s were reliable with 102 gr Golden Saber and all but one of them were reliable with 90 gr XTPs. The .32s were also all relabel with ball, as well as both 60 gr silver tips and 60 gr XTPs.
In my experience, and please don't take this too critically, while you can come across the occasional PP, PPK or PPK/S that has feed issues, if someone encounters multiple PP series pistols with feed issues, the problem, is invariably the shooter. The PP series pistols do reward a firm grip, particularly in .380 ACP.