Smith and Wesson Walther PPK/S Rare?
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I'm just speculating but I believe PPK/S pistols were still being manufactured by Ranger for a short time after S&W took over the distribution of Walther pistols. While your pistol may be stamped S&W, it might not have been made by them (which could be considered a good thing in some circles).
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Rare or not, I don't think it is going to command any significant value, not any time soon, anyway.
I disagree that it won't command significant value.
Range made PPK/S pistols are preferred over S&W made pistols, in large part because of the annoying beaver tail and some other detail changes S&W made (when they should have left the design alone).
However, with that said if you do indeed have a Ranger made PPK/S that was roll marked as an S&W product, it is an unusual variation - to the point of being rare. There were only 6600 PPK/S pistols in .380 ACP made at the Gadsen plant in 2000 - between the Interarms agreement and the new S&W agreement. It's not clear how many of these 6600 were S&W marked, so 6600 is the outside figure.
The odds are good that it's worth a fair bit more than either an Interarms marked Ranger made PPK/S or an S&W marked PPK/S.
Range made PPK/S pistols are preferred over S&W made pistols, in large part because of the annoying beaver tail and some other detail changes S&W made (when they should have left the design alone).
However, with that said if you do indeed have a Ranger made PPK/S that was roll marked as an S&W product, it is an unusual variation - to the point of being rare. There were only 6600 PPK/S pistols in .380 ACP made at the Gadsen plant in 2000 - between the Interarms agreement and the new S&W agreement. It's not clear how many of these 6600 were S&W marked, so 6600 is the outside figure.
The odds are good that it's worth a fair bit more than either an Interarms marked Ranger made PPK/S or an S&W marked PPK/S.
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