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Honest Outlaw: Walther PPK First Shots: Did Bond Make a Mistake?
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<blockquote data-quote="druryj" data-source="post: 3690075" data-attributes="member: 10465"><p>For all you naysayers...the original incarnation of the PP series was almost universally met with great enthusiasm. Leave it to S&W, when they acquired the license to manufacture the pistols (for a very short time thank The Good Lord) to change things around inside and to extend the tang, which virtually and visually <em>ruined</em> the classic lines of Fritz Walther's genius design). I have a <em>beautiful </em>West German PPK/S dating back to the mid-80's in .22LR that you would think was a <em>rifle</em> from the way it groups. I do happen to have a few more that are close to being it's equal... those made in either West Germany or in France, by Manurhin, under license of Walther, are precision firearms made by real craftsmen. The Interarms guns are not bad, not bad at all, particularly in .22LR and .32ACP, but they did choose to eventually go with cast frames and some MIM parts. If you have one from Interarms that say's "Made in the USA" on the left side of the slide, chambered in .380ACP, watch for that almost inevitable time that your safety lever begins to drop down into the SAFE position while firing. Not a good thing to have happen in a gunfight. Easily fixed, but an annoyance to say the least.</p><p></p><p>Photo is an older one; add 3 PPK or PPK/S pistols since taken. Yeah yeah...I know, I need to update the 'ol pic thing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="druryj, post: 3690075, member: 10465"] For all you naysayers...the original incarnation of the PP series was almost universally met with great enthusiasm. Leave it to S&W, when they acquired the license to manufacture the pistols (for a very short time thank The Good Lord) to change things around inside and to extend the tang, which virtually and visually [I]ruined[/I] the classic lines of Fritz Walther's genius design). I have a [I]beautiful [/I]West German PPK/S dating back to the mid-80's in .22LR that you would think was a [I]rifle[/I] from the way it groups. I do happen to have a few more that are close to being it's equal... those made in either West Germany or in France, by Manurhin, under license of Walther, are precision firearms made by real craftsmen. The Interarms guns are not bad, not bad at all, particularly in .22LR and .32ACP, but they did choose to eventually go with cast frames and some MIM parts. If you have one from Interarms that say's "Made in the USA" on the left side of the slide, chambered in .380ACP, watch for that almost inevitable time that your safety lever begins to drop down into the SAFE position while firing. Not a good thing to have happen in a gunfight. Easily fixed, but an annoyance to say the least. Photo is an older one; add 3 PPK or PPK/S pistols since taken. Yeah yeah...I know, I need to update the 'ol pic thing). [/QUOTE]
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