I finally got a Walther PPK. I believe it to be a very, very early first year pistol. I think it is in really nice condition for a 90 year old gun too! Here are some pictures:
Larry
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Finally Got A Walther PPK
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dsf
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Bang - ouch. Bang - ouch. Bang - ouch ...... 
I have a few and the supposed bite is over rated. Hasn't happened to me at all. You'll really enjoy shooting it, great little pistol and yours looks outstanding.
I have a few and the supposed bite is over rated. Hasn't happened to me at all. You'll really enjoy shooting it, great little pistol and yours looks outstanding.
Ivan the Butcher
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I have had two. First was a 1943 Nazi "Police" PPk in 32ACP, and the second was a West German PPk/s in 380.
The Nazi 32 would disappear from my vault for 2 to 3 months at a time. I traded it off in 1985. It ended up in the collection of a man I knew. In around 1987 I was telling him why I got rid of it, he said he was having the very same problem!
Ivan
The Nazi 32 would disappear from my vault for 2 to 3 months at a time. I traded it off in 1985. It ended up in the collection of a man I knew. In around 1987 I was telling him why I got rid of it, he said he was having the very same problem!
Ivan
bigwheelzip
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Haven't shot one, but the ergonomics and balance feel excellent to me.
Enjoy.
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Enjoy.
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Grayfox
US Veteran
I have a great fondness for the Walther PP series pistols. They just look and feel so good. 
I have several, but none as old or collectible as yours.
Excellent find. Congratulations!
I have several, but none as old or collectible as yours.
Excellent find. Congratulations!
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
That pistol is in superb condition! In fact, I doubt it was carried in that or any holster very much at all.
Using Marschall’s classification the serial 760,198 would make it indeed a very early 2nd Variation, a first-year specimen from the second half of 1931. Marschall sees this variation, starting just before your serial around 760,000, as the actual beginning of PPK series production, as prior to that there was constant tinkering with the design.
I have to ask, is the first shot double action less than a 20 lb trigger pull? I really like the PPKs, but the .22 I had you would think the safety was on when you tried the DA pull. Single action wasn't too bad, about 7-8 lbs, but the DA was unusable.
Faulkner
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Bang - ouch. Bang - ouch. Bang - ouch ......
I have a few and the supposed bite is over rated. Hasn't happened to me at all. You'll really enjoy shooting it, great little pistol and yours looks outstanding.
Since the OPs PPk is in .32 ACP caliber it won't be too bad. I have a PPK/S in .380 ACP that I find is very accurate and very reliable but downright painful to shoot.
Engine49guy
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Was a big fan and carried a few way back in 1987, still have a 1966 ppk and a blue and ss Interarms ppk .
Have a TPH as well, all are neat guns.
Btw u can always tell the early ones by the muzzle slide contour under the barrel
Have a TPH as well, all are neat guns.
Btw u can always tell the early ones by the muzzle slide contour under the barrel
lrb1200
Member
Yeah, I'm gonna go there.
All the crybaby whining about a little hammer bite,
it's you and too high a grip, and reality is I've whacked myself
shaving worse than that little hammer bite from a PPK.
A little bite now and then from mine is such a low level
of priority.....it's not even on the list.
All the crybaby whining about a little hammer bite,
it's you and too high a grip, and reality is I've whacked myself
shaving worse than that little hammer bite from a PPK.
A little bite now and then from mine is such a low level
of priority.....it's not even on the list.
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Absalom,
I always enjoy researching "new to me" guns that I get. This one is no exception. I did see this "By serial number, this PPK is a second variation since it falls in the range 760000 - 774500." That is probably what you are talking about. I also saw that it has a first variation hammer, without a groove, which changed fairly soon after this gun was manufactured. It also has a loaded chamber indicator. Is the serial number the only thing that puts this PPK in the second variation? BTW, I got the vintage AKAH holster separately from the pistol.
I saw this in my research too, and it got me really excited to get this gun!
Originally Posted by Dieter H. Marschall on 11/17/2010 on P38forum.com thread titled "Where did Walther start PPK's serial number".
"The very first PPK in my database is 754 958. But this one and some later ones were still stamped "PP". The first PPK stamped "PPK" was 759 195. I reckon that the proper serial production started around 760 000, as most of the others before still differed from the actual series."
Dieter H. Marschall
Larry
I know traditionally the double action trigger pull of a Walther PPK is very heavy. I don't have anything to measure it with, but I believe the double action pull is less than 20lbs., and the single action is less than 7lbs.
Larry
OP
Thanks, 2152hq. I also found this in my research. It has all of the proper early features including the reversed serial number, a covered 2 piece firing pin, a blued ejection port, an integral (not dove tailed) rear sight, a round half moon front sight with undercut to attach Radium night sights, a left to right grip screw, and a 90 degree safety lever. The firing pin box, inside the slide, is bright silver, and not blued, as it should be. The Safety/Decocker and extractor are both Nitre Fire Blued.
Larry
Absalom
SWCA Member, Absent Comrade
Larry:
I double-checked Dieter’s 3rd Edition. In addition to the serial range, the signal pin is also new vs. the 1st Variation. There are a few other minor things.
As for the numbers, in the book Dieter gives 754,950 as the starting serial, and has shifted the PP stamping to only go up to 757,950. Apparently he got more data.
dsf
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Since no one's made the suggestion - the best cure for PP series "hammer bite" is …. buy one in 22.
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Congratulations!
The Walther PP Series is one of the most attractive, iconic, and influential designs.
My personal favorite is the PPK/S, a combination of the PP frame with the slide and barrel of the PPK.
I own two of them, a German Walther PPK/S-22 and a USA Walther PPK/S chambered in .380 ACP, manufactured under license by Smith & Wesson.
The Walther PP Series is one of the most attractive, iconic, and influential designs.
My personal favorite is the PPK/S, a combination of the PP frame with the slide and barrel of the PPK.
I own two of them, a German Walther PPK/S-22 and a USA Walther PPK/S chambered in .380 ACP, manufactured under license by Smith & Wesson.
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