Posted: 8/8/2011 6:34:27 AM EDT
Lately I've been attracted to the PPK for some reason. I really can't explain it. Maybe a Teutonic ancestor of mine had one or helped design it or something, but I just think they're dead sexy. Am I just a freak? 
What is your attraction to the PPK? Is it your primary CCW piece, range toy? |
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The Walther PP series is the 1911 of .380 pistols. No one ever managed to get as many features in as small a package, in as high a quality pistol.
I owned a number of these in .380 and .22LR, and had nothing but reliable, accurate guns. All of mine were American made models except the .22 was a Manurhin imported version during the couple of years when Manurhin imported under their own name. I carried a PPK/s whenever I needed a smaller, more concealable gun for many years. However, when I tried a Kahr Arms K9 I traded my last Walther off. The K9 is as small as a PPK/s, holds the same number of rounds, only in 9mm, and is a simpler, less complicated action with a better trigger and sights. A common complaint about the PP series is the heavy DA trigger pull. This is made necessary because of the limited amount of leverage possible in the small frame and installing lighter mainsprings usually cause reliable ignition problems. Walther users soon get used to the heavy DA trigger and just don't notice it after a while. So, while the PP series is a real classic and one of the best .380 designs ever, it's been overtaken by events. The rise of the micro-mini 9mm and .40 caliber guns put the Walther at a disadvantage, when you can have a far more powerful gun that can actually be both smaller and lighter then the Walther, and in a lighter weight package. As a carry gun a good Walther still delivers the goods. |
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I have a PPK in 22lr. It is a truly great piece. I can hit 12ga hulls at 75 yards with it (No I'm not kidding 75 yards.) I can't do it every shot but doing it ten times in one range trip is pretty awesome. I can't do it with any other 22lr pistol let alone with a barrel so short.
I don't have problems with bite in the Walther PPK, my first pistol was a CZ 70 (PPK copy) that pistol bit hard and drew blood my PPK never has. It maybe a caliber/recoil event. As far as modern day carry in 380 it will work just as well than any other 380 of similar size better than most. Do yourself a favor look around for a true PPK not a PPK/S which is a PPK slide on a PP frame, this was done to get around the 68 import ban and it has made finding PPK replacment grips a real nightmare. |
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Here's my 2 cents :
Bought a stainless PPK/s back about 10 years ago. Always been 100% reliable right out of the box when lubed with a little Tetra Gun Grease. Feeds anything. Can out-shoot any of my 2 inch 38's. Still have it in the toy box. Picked up a "new model" stainless PPK about six months ago. Several FTF/FTE in the first 200 rounds. Lubed with Tetra and now 100% with anything I can feed it. Carried every now and then in an ankle holster as a back-up. Will outshoot any of my 2 inch 38's. Just my two cents . . . . |
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I have a PPK in 22lr. It is a truly great piece. I can hit 12ga hulls at 75 yards with it (No I'm not kidding 75 yards.) I can't do it every shot but doing it ten times in one range trip is pretty awesome. I can't do it with any other 22lr pistol let alone with a barrel so short. I don't have problems with bite in the Walther PPK, my first pistol was a CZ 70 (PPK copy) that pistol bit hard and drew blood my PPK never has. It maybe a caliber/recoil event. As far as modern day carry in 380 it will work just as well than any other 380 of similar size better than most. Do yourself a favor look around for a true PPK not a PPK/S which is a PPK slide on a PP frame, this was done to get around the 68 import ban and it has made finding PPK replacment grips a real nightmare. [/qu With no disrespect I don't agree with his choice I have two of the PPK/S'S both stainless Interarms versions and haven't shot them as much as the rest of the members here, but I always preferred them because of the backstrap which is part of the PP frame, and the extra length of the grip plus the extra round and it doesn't hurt that you could put Pachmayrs on it. |
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Inherited my ppk.
Iterarms, 1968. First gun of my own. Love the damn thing. I've shot it enough over the years that I've had to do a few minor repairs. Two safeties broken, 30 years apart, and a sear/hammer refacing about 8 years ago. Other than that, it's been a great and fun toy. If I could carry here, I wouldn't hesitate to carry my screen name. |
| I have had several and love them. Every time I think I'm going to replace it with something else, I end up regretting it and getting another. While the micro 9s are more powerful, they are harder to shoot well. The PPK is right sized for it's cartridge. I just picked up a never fired interarms stainless PPK today for $250. It is the deal of the year for me. |
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I have a PPK/S when Manchuria France made them. I love it due to its frame, break down and easyness to hold. There a great in close and personal gun..... I believe you mean Manurhin. This one is a .32 PP manufactured by Manurhin. One of my early C&R purchases. $200 from Centerfire a few years back. I like the additional barrel length on the PP. 
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