Hi all,
I saw this on Walther's Facebook page today:
https://waltherarms.com/pdp-f-series/
The F in the name seems to be geared towards women (females). Dimensionally the grip circumference is reduced and either as a result of that or in addition to that the trigger reach is reduced. They also mention a two-piece striker that supposedly reduces the "racking force" by 20%. From other videos on the page it seems the slide is the same width and it uses the same magazines as the existing PDP/PPQ.
As someone that has seen his wife have issues with trigger reach and grip due to small hands, I'm interested in this. At the same time, this is an entirely different firearm. As opposed to something like a P320 where I could buy this new grip frame separately and put my existing pistol's firing control unit into that frame, I have to make a new gun purchase just for this. I have a PDP Compact, this would have to be in addition to that PDP. Walther has marketed the PDP and this as being "modular" and I understand why they say that, but in a world where pistols like the P320 and others exist there are other designs that are much more modular and result in less cost to the end user.
Thoughts?
-TR
I saw this on Walther's Facebook page today:
https://waltherarms.com/pdp-f-series/
The F in the name seems to be geared towards women (females). Dimensionally the grip circumference is reduced and either as a result of that or in addition to that the trigger reach is reduced. They also mention a two-piece striker that supposedly reduces the "racking force" by 20%. From other videos on the page it seems the slide is the same width and it uses the same magazines as the existing PDP/PPQ.
As someone that has seen his wife have issues with trigger reach and grip due to small hands, I'm interested in this. At the same time, this is an entirely different firearm. As opposed to something like a P320 where I could buy this new grip frame separately and put my existing pistol's firing control unit into that frame, I have to make a new gun purchase just for this. I have a PDP Compact, this would have to be in addition to that PDP. Walther has marketed the PDP and this as being "modular" and I understand why they say that, but in a world where pistols like the P320 and others exist there are other designs that are much more modular and result in less cost to the end user.
Thoughts?
-TR