Today, James Bond would carry as his backup gun the Rohrbaugh R-9:
rohrbaughfirearms.com
Smallest, lightest 9mm, and a true pocket gun. Fit and finish of the finest custom gun. A sublime DA trigger. Worth every penny of the $800-900 price.
Posted on 03/21/2005 11:51:58 AM PST by Servant of the 9
I have owned around a dozen Walthers, including SS PPK/s and TPH models. Both were jammers despite looking nice.
I hate to admit it but the post war PP's made by Manurhin in France have uniformly been great.
I might add that I have two Hungarian copies, one in .22 and one in .380, and I think I like them better than most of the real Walthers, and the price can't be beat.
Today, James Bond would carry as his backup gun the Rohrbaugh R-9:
rohrbaughfirearms.com
Smallest, lightest 9mm, and a true pocket gun. Fit and finish of the finest custom gun. A sublime DA trigger. Worth every penny of the $800-900 price.
The one my dad has was made in Germany, cant remember the exact stamp on it but I know it was made in Germany... As for jamming the weapon has not ever been fired much, was bought new and probably has had less that 100 rounds fired through it... Dont believe him saying anything about jamming.
Besides, it's those nasty high speed, stealthy, single action, assault weapons that causes all of the crime, famines, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, thunder storm electrocutions, and volcano eruptions on the planet. /sarcasm
I agree. Gawd, what a beautiful handgun.
I read about this some time ago, apparently they are tackling the issue of the slide biting back, if you've ever fired one (PPK) before sometimes the slide will give you a little "love bite"...
MD
I understand it is considered proper in Europe for guns to be made in France, shipped to Germany, where they check them over, maybe blue them and stamp them as made in Germany.
Your experiences with these firearms exactly match mine.
Well, the nice thing is that just as you can shoot a .38 special from a .357, you can shoot a .45LC through a .454 Casull. Although I'm not 100% sure that's recommended in the Freedom Arms revolvers, due to the extremely tight tolerances (I could be completely wrong, though).
A fun little prank to pull is load up a cylinder of light load .45LC, and then let someone take a few shots... Slip in a full bore .454 Casull with their cylinder! :-)
Mark
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My Dad brought back a Walther PPK from Germany after WWII. It's .22 caliber. Is it rare?
So, like every other semiauto pistol that S&W has copied or made under license lately, will this PPK/s have lousy tolerances and be a jam-o-matic? Or will it simply blow up (like the Smegma)?
The problem with .45 Colt in a .454 Casull FA is that the lead residue that builds up in the chambers from the .45 Colt can create pressure problems unless it is all cleaned out before firing .454. (If you don't believe me, refer all flames to John Taffin.)
Well... Hitler killed himself with the help of a PPK and some lead.
The new range for the End of the Trail is about 4 miles from my house, how cool is that?
Here is a snipped from the website i linked
Although PPK's are banned from importation, I was able to locate this pre-GCA 1968 model manufactured by Walther. This example has the Ulm proofhaus elk antler and the Eagle-over-N Nitro-proof. There are no import marks anywhere on this pistol. It has the lanyard slot on the butt which is specific to the German made Walthers. It is chambered in the not-so-common (for PPK's made in Germany) 9mm Kurz. PPK's chambered in .22 are even less common. Rating would be 99%. Although new, it has suffered some abrasion of the finish from being in the cardboard box for the last thirty years.
Sounds like a 22 is rare...
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