Any PPK fans out there?

[Autonomous]

FWIW the PPK has a safety and de-cocker mechanism.
I said "trained to wipe the safety down" à la 1911. To shove the lever up to shoot is not instinctive for me.

Make sense?

 

[kilo charlie]

Big fan here. I have a PPK from S&W, (which everyone seems to hate) but has been extremely reliable and accurate for me. In my opinion, a very safe gun to handle and carry.

 

[3S16]

Thank you to all for the photos and commentary.
"HardKnocks" asked about the fitment of the wood grips. When I took the photo with my Iphone 6, I just slipped the one piece grip on and neglected to put the screw in. It appeared to be misaligned. The fit is actually quite good.
While searching for after market grips, I learned that all PPK's are not the same. Mine is a "Fort Smith Arkansas" gun. It requires grips made from that facility. They seller said they won't fit Interarms, S&W, Manurhin, or WWII PPK's. Nor will they fit a PPK/S.
Also, this version PPK has a rather pronounced Beavertail and I haven't had any issue with slide bite.

 

[quietman123]

Vega makes a nice suede holster as used in several Bond movies. I have one. I believe they are available on Amazon.

 

[ISCS Yoda]

scene in dr no when M takes bonds gun - Google Search

(c) YouTube

Bond gets his .32 ACP PPK in Dr. No. The armorer calls it a 7.65mm, naturally. Says Bond's .22 caliber Beretta has no knockdown power, and then says the Walther .32 is like throwing a brick through a plate glass window. Very amusing.

Plus, I have three more granddaughters and three more weddings.

I'm thinking you ought to buy that tuxedo.....

I had an Astra Constable (PPK replica), NIB, never shot it, traded it for something else as I recall, or maybe it was stolen. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far, away.... A couple of years ago a Forum member put this Interarms PPK/S up for sale and I snatched it up. NIB with 1984 paperwork/original receipt, etc. I just wanted it, that's all. I'll never shoot it.....

Bond.......James Bond..........

 

[Alpo]

I don't understand why anyone would use the safety. It's a double action pistol with a long trigger pull. You no more need to put the safety on on a PPK then you need to put the safety on on a Model 19.



I have a PPK, a PP, a P1, Beretta's 92 and 96, and a Makarov. All of them are double action automatics. All of them have safety. And all I use the safeties for is a decocker. I use it to lower the hammer and then I immediately take it off.



Because my thumb pushes down to take the safety off too. So I don't use the safety on guns that you have to push up.

 

[rockquarry]

I don't understand why anyone would use the safety. It's a double action pistol with a long trigger pull. You no more need to put the safety on on a PPK then you need to put the safety on on a Model 19.



I have a PPK, a PP, a P1, Beretta's 92 and 96, and a Makarov. All of them are double action automatics. All of them have safety. And all I use the safeties for is a decocker. I use it to lower the hammer and then I immediately take it off.



Because my thumb pushes down to take the safety off too. So I don't use the safety on guns that you have to push up.

The safety is there for those who want to use it; some do.

 

[boykinlp]

Those who know me, know that I tend to get “wordy” a lot when I am describing my guns. So here goes.

My first Walther was my Manurhin PP in .22 caliber. I picked it up because I thought the condition was awesome, and I hadn’t seen many with the extended box magazines. I have a period correct box, manual, tool, and a copy of the Bank E'preuve French proof house paper. That allowed me to have most everything......except the test target. This pistol was tested on 11/18/1963. I was extremely lucky to put all of this together, because I was able to get in contact with a fellow on Walther Forums from my state, that had copied pictures of this gun when the original owner, that lived in Germany at the time, posted them about 15 years ago on the Walther Forum. He had actually kept them in his files all that time. It was like finding a needle in a haystack to me!

My second Walther was a PPK/S also in .22 caliber. I bought the pistol mainly because of the adjustable sights, that I knew were kinda rare. From researching, I found out that they are a MMC (Minature Machine Company) sight. They were popular back in the 1970's. Back about 45-50 years ago, Skeeter Skelton convinced a company called MMC out of Deming, New Mexico to make up an adjustable sight for his then new PPK/s in .22. By serial number, this .22 is from 1978-80.

I have saved my best Walther for last! It is a PPK in the original caliber of 7.65mm. It is a very, very early one. Some charts show it as a 1930 and some 1931. The serial number is 760198. It is in superb condition. It has all the early characteristics including: reversed serial number, 90 degree safety, covered two-piece firing pin, a blued ejection port, an integral rear sight, bright silver firing pin box, excellent one piece brown grips with left to right grip screw (rare), and a first variation hammer without the groove. I have a quote from Absent Comrade “Absalom” when I asked him about my gun that I found extremely interesting, “Using Dieter H. 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.”

Here are pictures of my PP. Pictures of the other 2 will follow.
Larry

 

[boykinlp]

Here is the PPK/S.
Larry

 

[Yendor357]

I have a stainless one. They’re cool. That darn SIG P365 covers so much of what is asked of a small pistol, it’s kind of hard to justify anything else. The SIG is a little gun that performs like a big gun.

Not many small guns have the Cool Factor of a PPK.

 

[boykinlp]

Here is my third and my favorite one. I picked up 2 holsters for it. The first one is an original Walther PPK AKAH Holster in the scarce leading edge style. A brown one is much rarer than a black leading edge holster. This style of proprietary holster was manufactured by holster maker AKAH. The leading edge magazine pouch were designed for finger rest mags. The nice brown leather holster is in very good condition with honest wear. The leather is soft and pliable yet still retains the original Walther PPK ink stamp on the interior leather, as well as, a faint AKAH crossed rifles/crossed pistols/wreath trademark and strong D.R.G.M. stamp under the closure strap. The second one is an original AKAH Walther PPK Holster from WW2. The holster has an AKAH (Albrecht Kind) maker stamp (Crossed Rifles and Pistols pointed down above AKAH with a Wreath around it) under the D.R.G.M. stamp. DRGM stands for Deutsches Reich Gebrauchsmuster, which means German Reich/Empire registered Design. In the US, it is a kind of Copyright notice, which basically means that it was licensed for production in Germany. These stamps are under the closure strap. The interior leather has an original faint Walther PPK ink stamp.
Larry

 

[glenwolde]

Bond, at least in one of the early books of the series, carried a .32 ACP PPK. I used to have .380 Walther PPK back in the 1980's. I think it was during the Interarms days, long before Smith got it.

It was nice. Only "con" was that I got cut by the slide if I was not careful.

I thought the original gun in the books was a Beretta .25.....

 

[ridewv]

Love seeing pics of the old ones here!

I have a W German PPKS and Ft Smith PPK, both in .380. The recoil is fine for occasional shooting or carry, less than a P232 I had. I like the polish and bluing on the older German PPKS but the newer Walther made in Arkansas is very nicely made as well.

 

[Puller]

Everyone loves the PPK, myself included.

Until they shoot it.

The PPK/s in .380 is downright painful to shoot.

 

[Imissedagain]

Took the Smith sisters to the range yesterday.
63-3 worked just fine.
460 with 33gr of 4227 under a 300gr coated Penn PC with Mag primer.
And SNAPPY, best description, was 3.0gr BE under a
100gr Penn TCBB PC.
Penn PC was his premium cast but I can't remember the Brinell number.
That's the only way I ordered the leads for all calibers.
380-458

 

[ISCS Yoda]

Not many small guns have the Cool Factor of a PPK.

You can look cool with a .22, also.

 

[PALADIN85020]

This is an original PPK made in 1941 in Germany. It was owned by a good friend who was a P-47 pilot over Germany during WWII. He used it for personal protection in case his aircraft was disabled. In fact it was, and he had to parachute down over the Germany/France border. He was lucky that French civilians got to him on the ground - and stripped him of his flight jacket for their own use! They did not, however, take his PPK.

He willed this gun to me on his death several years ago and it is one of my most prized possessions.

John

 

[Kasian]

I own Walther PP 7.65 mm German Made

I own Walther PP 7.65 mm German Made, early 60's according to #. Shoots like a marvel after Earl/CARL WALTHER repair, "like new".
No hand cutting though I have big hands.
Tried dry shooting with A-Zoom 15153, Pistol Metal Snap Caps, 32 Automatic, Per 5 - they fail to eject; has to struggle manually.

 

[boykinlp]

This is an original PPK made in 1941 in Germany. It was owned by a good friend who was a P-47 pilot over Germany during WWII. He used it for personal protection in case his aircraft was disabled. In fact it was, and he had to parachute down over the Germany/France border. He was lucky that French civilians got to him on the ground - and stripped him of his flight jacket for their own use! They did not, however, take his PPK.

He willed this gun to me on his death several years ago and it is one of my most prized possessions.

John

While the PPK pistol is superb, the story is even better!
Larry

 

[Dirtman]

I once had a PPK .380, and while it was a neat novelty, it was impractical for me to keep and so I sold it off. Kind of neat but the novelty ran out. Cheers and enjoy

Me too. Had one & sold it. Cute but not too practical.