?s about Walther PPK/S

Digging threw some of my old files. I found a 1.5 inch five shot group at 15 yards. Shooting federal 90 grain Hi_shok off a bench rest.

I put it right out there. Actual numbers, not a cliche 'accuracy' wisshy wasshy words. That is a tiny gun with tiny sights from an average shooter. Firm consistent grip required.
 
yes. where the barrel moves. Nomenclature aside, I hope the OP will go back 4 posts and read my opinion. The PPK/S is a great gun.

I do appreciate the clarification, though. I just did not know the proper words off top of my head, and my memory is not what it probably never was.
 
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I'm happy with my Interarms PPK/s! I have a stainless slide blued frame model and 3 mags and shoot it several times a year and never had any issues with it! I will say sooner or later you will get "Slidebite" and may not even notice it till blood is dripping down your hand!

Gun is more accurate than I am!

I'm keeping mine, your mileage may vary!
 
Walther PPK/S = SUCKS BIGTIME!
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While I'm glad you have a strong opinion on the subject, without some evidence and/or analysis to back up your sentiment, your post is basically without value. But thanks for playing anyway.
 
My BIL bought a brand-new Walther PPK/S. He and my SIL came to visit and he brought his Walther with him.

Hadn't even fired it yet. We went to a local gun shop with an indoor range. After about 25 rds., I could tell he was very perplexed.

I've been around firearms for well over 55yrs., and was in LE for over 30 of those yrs.

That Walther of his was one of the worst semi-autos I'd ever had the displeasure of firing. The hard plastic checkered grips were horrendous. Racking the slide was a job in and of itself. If you weren't careful, the slide would take a bite out of your hand. Trigger pull was incredibly hard.

I have large (huge hands actually) and I could not get a grip sufficient enough to make it feel comfortable in my hand. Usually, I have no trouble shooting whatever I pick up, and shoot it well. That Walther was pitiful.

That whole incident convinced me that I didn't have any need to look at another Walther, let alone shoot one.
 
Interesting.

The two PPK/S (both used) I handled (one was a S&W) did have fairly heavy DA trigger pulls, but no heavier really than a brand-new J-frame, which I believe come stock at about 15 lbs.(?). The SA pulls were pretty good I thought, maybe 5-6 lbs. or less.

I'm curious about the heavy slide racking thing, as I've heard this a couple times before, but again the two that I handled were actually easier to rack than my Shield. Not a whole lot easier, but noticeably so anyway.

As for slide bite (another PPK issue I've heard a number of times), as I haven't fired one yet, that remains to be seen. Oh, I'm not doubting you or any of the other posters that mentioned this issue, but usually getting bit has more to do with how the individual grips the gun than the gun itself, IME.

I've owned a few guns that bit me over the years, the two worst offenders being a 1st gen Glock 19 and a Ruger LCP. In both cases it was due mostly to how high I gripped the gun in question.

The LCP was the worst offender, biting me about every third round or so. I'd leave the range with most of my hand covered in drying blood. Finally figured out that I needed to make the grip wider, especially right next to the base of my thumb. A bit of tennis grip tape and a Hogue Hand-all Jr. moved my thumb just enough so that the slide no longer bit me.

At any rate, thanks for the info; I'm more convinced than ever that I really need to test-drive one before I buy one.
 
I've heard the older Walthers are a world apart vs. the new(er) ones. That is to say, they are a much better crafted gun.

That's just what I've heard.....no 1st hand experience though.
 
Heavy slide force is an inherent characteristic of small blowback pistols with lightweight slides. IMHO the PPK/S is not substantially worse in this respect than a Makarov, Bersa Thunder, SIG P230, Beretta 84, Astra Constable—I could keep going but you get the idea. :)
 
Hal - I fired the SS Walther PPK/S numerous times and didn't have the same experience you had. Hand size perhaps?



Perhaps! All that I know is that the PPK/S left a lasting impression on me, one that I won't soon forget.

It was so bad, that my BIL sold his once back home. Since I was an FFL at the time, I sold him a Beretta 92FS.

Life is too short to put up with some firearms.
 
Boy, glad I read this thread

I bought a used Interarms SS PPK-S around 1993. I've only fired 2 or 3 hundred rounds through it. It came with two magazines, both fail safe with commercial ball ammunition. On occasion I put the weapon in my right front pants pocket.
The down side. All square cuts, frame, slid, etc., are sharp and will cut when they move . If not careful fat hands will bleed.
 
Hal - I fired the SS Walther PPK/S numerous times and didn't have the same experience you had. Hand size perhaps?
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Possibly. I have rather small hands but the back of my palm between the thumb and first finger does ride up high enough on the PPK-PPK/s that the slide digs into it.
Others have had a similar experience with the Browning Hi Power.
Thank the Almighty I haven't had that issue with the BHP. :)

The felt recoil however was something that I could probably lived with.
My other .380 was/is an 1980's era Titan/Erma/Excam/Tangfolio GT380.
It has a bit more width to it & I replaced the original plastic grips with some wooden ones I made.
That gun is a lot softer shooting than the PPK/s was.
LOL! I can't wait to try out my Ruger LCP! I bet that tiny little thing will make the PPK/s feel like a BB gun :D

Overall, I don't regret on tiny bit buying the PPK/s.

EVERY 007 fan has to have one.
Heck, if the right 7.62 mm (.32acp) came along at the right price, I'd probably gobble that up!
 
The PPK/S is not the James Bond Walther PPK.
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Except in Skyfall.

Q (Major Boothroyd) refers to Bond's pistol as a PPK/S, although it appears to be a PPK with some questionable palm-print-reading technology.
 
You guys do know, that James Bond or Dirty Harry, for that matter, didn't really exist?
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Ahh - go on....
Next you'll probably say something like the Clampets didn't use the front yard of their Beverly Hills mansion as a range and shoot match heads as targets!
:D
 
Fish, in response to the PPK/S in Skyfall: The pistol was referred to as a PPK/S, but the prop itself was actually a PPK with a fancy grip put on it. Collectors looking to recreate it have actually had to buy the standard PPK to make it screen accurate.

/Nerdout
 
Fish, in response to the PPK/S in Skyfall: The pistol was referred to as a PPK/S, but the prop itself was actually a PPK with a fancy grip put on it. Collectors looking to recreate it have actually had to buy the standard PPK to make it screen accurate.

/Nerdout


See what I mean. :D
 
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