Ok, so despite the slide markings, it's actually a PPK/S. And, sadly, being a .22, I'm guessing it's lacking in the traditional "brick through a plate glass window" delivery. On the other hand, I don't shoot a lot of plate glass windows these days. No doubt about it though, this is a VERY classy little pistol!
Bill R
Posts: 1121 | Location: Wet side of WA | Registered: October 24, 2008
They are awesome little pistols, and accurate as hell. I've owned 3 of them , have one of the German versions currently.
The 2 German ones were just as accurate as a Ruger MK 4 6" pistol, but the Mahurhin version was not as accurate as the 2 German ones.
I probably shot 5,000 rounds through the first one I owned, even carrying it as a CCW for many years. I don't plink as much as I used to , but the one I own now is tin can certifiable !
Nice Walther , the 22's are slim and trim!
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Posts: 6673 | Location: Near the Metropolis of Tightsqueeze, Va | Registered: February 18, 2007
Congrats. I would love to have an old school .22 PPK, /S or otherwise. I've always thought it would be a fun .22 to shoot with its smaller size. If you don't mind me asking, how much does one go for?
Posts: 2807 | Location: Texas | Registered: July 13, 2009
Classy and historic firearm. I picked up a pre-war PPK in .32 ACP. I'll bring it to the range anytime I'm introducing someone to the sport. They always want to shoot Bond's gun and usually enjoy it. Of course you have to remind them to hold it carefully so the slide does not perform minor surgery on their hand.
Originally posted by wgsigs: Congrats. I would love to have an old school .22 PPK, /S or otherwise. I've always thought it would be a fun .22 to shoot with its smaller size. If you don't mind me asking, how much does one go for?
This one was a gunbroker find. Described as "PPK France 1950s", I think it went abou 500. The thing is, ANY post war PP or PPK was manufactured at Manhurin in France, and as far as I've been able to figure out, they should all have been PPK/s, not PPK.
I wonder if perception kept this price down... I know I usually see reasonably nice PP in 22 around the 500 mark, so I thought this one was fair as a PPK/S. And, if it had ended up somehow being an actual PPK, I'd have been "very" happy!
Bill R
Posts: 1121 | Location: Wet side of WA | Registered: October 24, 2008
Originally posted by stylophiles: ...and as far as I've been able to figure out, they should all have been PPK/s, not PPK...
If you mean that all post-war PPK Walthers were built on the PP frame, that's not true. They started when GCA-68 took effect, and before then used the shorter frame.
I've never encountered one like yours, that frame/slide combination without the PPK/S marking. My own pre-war PPK has only one serial number, on the right side of the frame, none on the slide, so it would be possible to assemble one like yours from parts (only needing the barrel, complete slide, and recoil spring to put on a PP frame), but I imagine some early GCA-68 compliant guns may have been unmarked. If yours is one, it may have some collectors value. Check it out with the experts.
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Posts: 9154 | Location: Illinois farm country | Registered: November 15, 2008
Nice pistol. My eye was drawn to the Parker Duofold Pearl and Black Centennial fountain pen though. I think I have that exact pen. I bought mine new in 1994, when Parker still had the nib exchange program -- buy with a Medium then send it back to switch to whichever you want. I got the Oblique Italic nib.
This one was a gunbroker find. Described as "PPK France 1950s", I think it went abou 500. The thing is, ANY post war PP or PPK was manufactured at Manhurin in France, and as far as I've been able to figure out, they should all have been PPK/s, not PPK.
I wonder if perception kept this price down... I know I usually see reasonably nice PP in 22 around the 500 mark, so I thought this one was fair as a PPK/S. And, if it had ended up somehow being an actual PPK, I'd have been "very" happy!
Bill R
Thanks. That's not a bad price. I guess I'll have to start cruising GB again.
Posts: 2807 | Location: Texas | Registered: July 13, 2009
