.455_Hunter
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The PPK was an early DA, concealable gun, but it sucked.
It sucks even more in .380.
Sigh...
The PPK was an early DA, concealable gun, but it sucked.
It sucks even more in .380.
The PP and the P230/232 are basically the same size. The PP is a bit thinner in the grip. The PPK isnt really all that much smaller than either of those either. Kind of like the difference between a Glock 17 and 19.Something to bear in mind when comparing the Walther PPK to the SIG 230/232, is that the SIG, in .32ACP, was designed as a holster/duty gun for LE...much like the Beretta 84. The 7.65 x 17mm was the default LE round until the German LE trials to adopt a 9x19mm pistol produced the P5 (Walther), P6 (SIG) , and P7 (H&K)
I love the movies never read the books. I understand that the books are very different than the moviesIf you're into Fleming, check out this audio interview he did for the BBC with writer Raymond Chandler in 1958:
https://archive.org/details/ianflemingraymondchandler
With an unhandy and cheaper to make heel clip mag release , unlike the thinner PP . I like the Walther .32 PP and the .22 PP especially the longer barreled "Sport Model" . I took a Walther 9mmKurz PPK with me to VN in 1968 as I was much into the Spy thing from 66 in college ROTC and bought the PPK then and managed to make it into Army MI as a CI guy and a VN linquist. It took me two month over in RVN before I was assigned to a unit where I was issued a weapon so I was glad to have the PPK, two mags and one box of ammo for it . I did point it at a couple unpleasant enemy sympathizers who were trying to do me wrong , so it did save my bacon. I traded it to a pilot , but that is another story.I was never super impressed by my Sig P230, either. It's a rounder smoother lighter PP in 380. It's a fun range toy, but it's still the same basic pistol.
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I put another 150 rounds through my PPK the other day, now that warmer weather is coming I like to refresh with the gun since I'll be carrying it more. It's a great shooter! However, I will say it's one of my least favorite handguns to clean. Between the open firing pin channel, the opening in the breech face for the loaded chamber indicator, and other nooks and crannies in the mechanism... I find the gun gets very dirty, and is tedious to clean. I bought a can of compressed air specifically just for cleaning this gun, to spray the deeply imbedded crud and CLP from the firing pin channel.
I didn't know the PP series ever had a magazine disconnect safety... or, did you mean the hammer block safety?When I got my PP from Simpsons, I experienced a dead SA trigger several times -- found out that enough gunk had accumulated under the trigger bar that it wouldn't always disengage the magazine safety. A good cleaning (plus some judicious stoning of a machining high spot in the channel) fixed the issue.
I didn't know the PP series ever had a magazine disconnect safety... or, did you mean the hammer block safety?