Problems with PPK
I have owned several Walther PPK's but my last one, a stainless model in .380 is the worst handgun I've ever had. I had shot 1 round when it locked up. Gunsmith opened it up and a extra spring fell out. Worked for a total of 15 more rounds, all shot slow fire when the gun stopped working all together. It is now in the shop with three broken parts. It has been there for a month now waiting for Smith and Wesson to send the parts to fix it. I used only Remington factory ammo. Smith and Wesson says they have had a lot of problems with the PPK and the parts are on back order. So, I used to carry a PPK for a backup gun in the summer, but now I just can't trust them to fire when I need them too. It's a shame cause they are neat little guns. But can I trust my life to one from now on. Unfortunately no. I wasn't even aware that Smith and Wesson was making them until I needed to have it fixed. Now I'm back to carrying my Colt Officers model .45 and it's a lot bigger gun to try to hide. But until I can find something small that will do the job I'm stuck with the extra bulk of the Colt.
I have owned several Walther PPK's but my last one, a stainless model in .380 is the worst handgun I've ever had. I had shot 1 round when it locked up. Gunsmith opened it up and a extra spring fell out. Worked for a total of 15 more rounds, all shot slow fire when the gun stopped working all together. It is now in the shop with three broken parts. It has been there for a month now waiting for Smith and Wesson to send the parts to fix it. I used only Remington factory ammo. Smith and Wesson says they have had a lot of problems with the PPK and the parts are on back order. So, I used to carry a PPK for a backup gun in the summer, but now I just can't trust them to fire when I need them too. It's a shame cause they are neat little guns. But can I trust my life to one from now on. Unfortunately no. I wasn't even aware that Smith and Wesson was making them until I needed to have it fixed. Now I'm back to carrying my Colt Officers model .45 and it's a lot bigger gun to try to hide. But until I can find something small that will do the job I'm stuck with the extra bulk of the Colt.