Stainless PPK Interarms era

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johnwilliamson062

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Just a little light surface rust on the trigger guard. Looks like from fingerprinting. I think I could clean it up with white scotch brite.

$500 seem like a good deal?
 
Stainless or blued?
This gun is more than 95% and 98% is likely. I had to really inspect the gun to see the rust. Where the thumb sits on the left side and a single very small spot on the right side of the trigger frame where the index finger might rest. SO i'd say that is about right.
 
I wouldn't call a gun with even a little bit of rust 95-98%. 95-98% to me is a pretty much perfect finish with some internal wear from being fired.
 
Dragline, the percentage rating is a measure of the finish which is intact. It is a weird system to be the standard IMO, but it is the standard.

One flush and one with extension:)
 
One flush and one with extension.
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That's the way they came. At least that's the way mine came. You might check to see if the owner has the original plastic case and manual. There was probably a test target as well.
 
Dragline, the percentage rating is a measure of the finish which is intact. It is a weird system to be the standard IMO, but it is the standard.
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Gotchya just looked up what you were talking about, good to know.
 
I have one.....

Am holding as I type this as it is my daily carry and I am on business. I have owned two. They seem to be between $499 - $550 when you see them at the LGS here in Bama. The two I have owned have been WAY more accurate than a small 380 should be.....

J
 
With the Interarms PPK's you should fire a few mags through it to test functioning, a lot of this era had feed/extraction problems. When they work it is a sweet pistol.
 
Are we talking an American made gun or the W. German/French model . I don't remember the European being available in stainless .
 
PPK's could not be imported after 1968 so Interarms was licensed to manufacture them here, most were SS and .380.
 
That one looks mint/unfired, perhaps the only odd issue. I'm suspiscious of the bidding though. Either somebody truly wanted it or it's shill-bidding. I paid $350 for a stainless mint PPK/S just a few years ago.
 
PPK's could not be imported after 1968 so Interarms was licensed to manufacture them here, most were SS and .380.
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Are we all talking about the same model of gun here? You guys know that PPK/s is a PPK with a PP frame don't you? It is my understanding that when they were manufactured here, they make both the PPK and the PPK/s. The PPK seems to be more scarce.
 
dahermit said:
Stainless with rust?
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Stainless steel WILL rust if it's subjected to the right (wrong?) combination of adverse environmental conditions and neglect.

FWIW I've observed that the Walther PPK and PPK/S are among the types of guns that are often impulsively purchased by non-enthusiasts and then unceremoniously stuffed in a drawer in unfired or barely-fired condition, only to emerge decades later when the original owner dies or finally decides he/she will never need the gun. (S&W J frame snubbies are another example.) I believe that's why these guns are often found in near-LNIB condition, but with weird finish wear spots that can be attributed to the place the gun was stored - e.g. the owner spilled coffee into the desk drawer, the cardboard box soaked up the coffee, and the gun rusted where the trigger guard touched the coffee-soaked cardboard.
 
The rust here is from a fingerprint. Like someone held the gun then stored it in a drawer for a decade. I could literally make out a fingerprint on the edge of the trigger guard. Really light though. I wasn't sure if it was a dirty finger print or dust at first.

I was able to confirm it is a PPK/S
 
Dasher it, I meant what I put down, referring to a PPK. Obviously the PPKS was Walthers solution for import but the PPK was required to be made here.
 
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