*NEW PICS* Vintage Walther PPK .32 fans? Help!

[rickjones]

I recently took a gamble on a nice older looking Walther PPK in .32. It has a 75XXX serial and the N Crown stamp. It could be a WWII model and is in better shape then the pics give it credit for. I was hoping for some help on history and value. The original magazine is missing so I assume I'll have to get a vintage OEM one if the guns value is there. I did some research and it should be a nice find! Thank you! ** I added new pics**
- The gun was wiped down and shows very light pitting marks but is in excellent condition with perfect barrel rifling. The grips are also excellent on piece wrap around. I couldn't find any cracks or problems with them. i hope this helps keep the conversation going before I move it on over to the for sale section lol!

 

[Ozark Marine]

I think the .32 ACP Walther PPK's are of more value to collectors.
And yours looks great. I'd love to find a 32 at a gun show.
On GB even a 22LR PPK/S is over $325.00
I'm just starting to get into PPK's with a PPK/S .22 nickel NIB.
Get a mag and enjoy that baby.

 

[armorer951]

Some info on serial numbers.....

Pistols of the German Wehrmacht

 

[RGVshooter]

I recently took a gamble on a nice older looking Walther PPK in .32. It has a 75XXX serial and the N Crown stamp. It could be a WWII model and is in better shape then the pics give it credit for. I was hoping for some help on history and value. The original magazine is missing so I assume I'll have to get a vintage OEM one if the guns value is there. I did some research and it should be a nice find! Thank you!

Nice clean pistol, I like it! The N over crown is a proof mark that german gun makes use to note that the firearm is designed for smokeless powder.

 

[rickjones]

Thank you for the info! I checked the table and that number looks like its a 1930's (early) model. hopefully more info keeps coming, I'm getting happy lol

 

[Genetically Swiss]

It is a commercial pistol, not military. Military would have waffenampt acceptance stamps. If the serial number is 795423, it was made in 1933. But I’m not sure I got the number correct.

GS

 

[PPS1980]

I believe you can contact Walther and they will provide some information. I know folks on that forum have done so and gotten good info out of Germany. Nice pistol.

 

[mauser9]

Wow super nice. Love those early Walthers. Can be tough to find in that shape.

 

[rickjones]

That number is correct and so are you sir thank you! Anyone have an idea on value? They seem to be all over the map, this one is really nice, hopefully I made a solid pick!

 

[Catwrangler]

re: Walther .32 PPK

Growing up a friend's had one, friend was showing it to me s dry fired breaking the firing pin, we were about 13 or so and in big trouble.

 

[BAM-BAM]

1933 would be a fairly early gun.... IIRC............... nice find.

Walther P series are real classic old school guns; like the Browning HP..... but they work ; and do it with a lot of class.

Carried a .380 PPK for almost a decade as my suit gun until I got my first 3913...... still like to wear it with a tux, or to the opening of a new Bond movie

Came across a Interarms .32 PPK/s in stainless a few years back..... w/ 4 magazines for ???$280???......

 

[les.b]

Well, I have one, but it has been awhile since I let it out of the safe!! Thanks for bringing the subject up.... I'll try to snap a couple of pics tomorrow, and compare. They are really wonderful little guns, and IIRC, they were the first double action semi autos....

Best Regards, Les

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

The wartime Walthers all had a eagle over swastika (there are several different eagles!) proof with a letter over, under or beside the mark, those determine the "branch" of government they went to. I had a national police pistol. One letter different and it would be Gestapo, and worth about 75% more!

I had an original mag but I also had a couple of post war PPk commercial mags and they worked fine!

Ivan

 

[armorer951]

My dad recovered this pre-war PPK while serving in an Army Artillery unit as a forward observer, WW2.

Serial number dates it to 1939.

 

[Genetically Swiss]

First year of production for Walther PPK was 1931, first year for Walther PP (PPK’s bigger brother) was 1929.

GS

 

[Absalom]

It is a commercial pistol, not military. Military would have waffenampt acceptance stamps. If the serial number is 795423, it was made in 1933. But I’m not sure I got the number correct.
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Actually, from the photo I’m reading 759423, which would put the gun into mid-1931 according to Dieter Marschall’s book, the “Bible” on Walthers

 

[Qball]

These pistols are very nice shooters to. Hard to shoot, but very straight.
Had no problem putting 5 round in under 2" at 25 meters.
Even the .22 is very good

Used to own a PP and a PPK in .32acp
Can't have them for SD, only target shooting in Sweden

 

[Pete from Perth]

N over Crown marking was used up till 1940! I have a 1957 NATO marked PPK/L (alloy frame) & a 1940 Swedish Police PP (with lanyard ring) both in 32ACP. I also have a .22 PP made in 1960!

 

[BigBoy99]

It is very early model as it has the 90 degree travel of the safety lever. Then the safety lever travel was changed to 60 degrees of travel. I don't recall the year the change was made but the early 90 degree travel safety models are very collectible. You have a very nice piece there!

 

[lawandorder]

I think any of us who watched Sean Connery as James Bond have a fondness for the PPK. Had an Interarms PPK/S in .380 that I carried for a while as a backup. Blue with ivories and a shooter to boot (or from the boot) but lost in a house fire.
My WWII vet Uncle gave me a pre-war civilian PPK he brought home.
Never fired it need to do so.