Walther PPQ

[WayBeau]

Just saw this on their website and am curious if anyone has experience with it. I'd like to hear your thoughts. Is it: the best thing you've ever shot, worth the money, a hunk of junk, fair to middling? I kind of like the look of it, but looks don't trump function.

 

[lexjj]

On a scale of one to awesome: awesome.

 

[lexjj]

On a more serious note, it is a great pistol.

It is accurate, ergonomic, and light. The trigger is the best I've ever felt on a striker fired pistol.

Downsides include: magazines are expensive and the rear site is somewhat wide (though some prefer that)

 

[YJake]

My one and only plastic gun. And I plan to keep it...

-Jake

 

[GI_Jared]

hickock45 does a nice review of it on his channel, it looks like a sweet gun and it is supposed to have a nicer/lighter trigger pull than a Glock. Check it out here.....

 

[Phil W]

Can't beat it for the price. Love shooting it. This may be the one they pry from my "cold dead hands".

 

[sigarms228]

The Walther PPQ is the bee's knees.

First pistol that has knocked my socks off shooting it the first time since I got into SIGs.

 

[18DAI]

The finest striker fired plastic gun made, and the only one I own.

Superb trigger right out of the box contributes to the PPQ's excellent accuracy. Why anyone would bother with an M&P when they can have a PPQ is beyond me.

GET A PPQ!! You will be glad you did!

 

[WayBeau]

Guess it's time to start shopping around for one.

Thanks guys.

 

[86250rrippin]

the ppq is my next pistol purchase also. ive read the trigger reset on these is fantastic

 

[Chuck R.]

I shot mine today for the first time, 200 rounds, all reloads, mix of plated 124s and JHPs. Zero issues. The trigger has to be experienced to be believed. I’ve got a couple Les Baer 1911’s and a couple SIGs, the PPQ trigger is the closest I’ve felt to a 1911 once you get used to staging it prior to let off. It really does enable some decent accuracy.

I mostly bought mine as a range gun to match with my Walther PPS in order to get used to a striker fired gun and the mag release. I compered its size to my Baer “Stinger” (CCO 1911), the PPQ is slightly smaller, lighter, and the sight radius is actually longer. It really is a well put together gun and based on size/weight would make a decent CC gun.

Chuck

 

[balance 740]

Excellent Chuck R.

I'm curious how it compared accuracy-wise to your Les Baer in your hands? Would you consider it any easier or harder to shoot? I'm hoping to get a custom 9mm 1911 some day.

 

[Chuck R.]

Seriously, a $1900 semi-custom 1911 Vs a $500 Polymer striker fired pistol is not a fair comparison for several reasons. I’m also not the best guy to compare because I’ve been a 1911 guy for decades, and shooting polymer striker fired guns for a couple months (Started with a PPS in NOV).

But, for what I was doing today, drawing from concealment, shooting IDPA silhouettes and steel swingers it was about a wash accuracy wise. Whatever accuracy edge my Baer might have was moot. I'd have to run both on the same COF with a timer to see a tangible difference. And IF that COF called for 10rds I’m thinking the PPQ would have an edge simply based on capacity.

The Baers trigger is better and the 1911 IMHO handles recoil better due to weight and its lower bore axis. I’m much faster with a 1911, but I think that will come with time shooting the PPQ.

Chuck

 

[balance 740]

Seriously, a $1900 semi-custom 1911 Vs a $500 Polymer striker fired pistol is not a fair comparison for several reasons.

I thought as much, but I had to ask.

The PPQ has to be the closest thing to a polymer pistol with a good trigger that I've ever run across. I find that I do better with pistols with good grips and triggers, so I was curious.

 

[m2steven]

I think it's very fair to compair a $500.00 PPQ with a $1900.00 Les Baer. The cost of making precision parts to get improvements valuable to a good shooter cost a heck of a lot of money. You can make very good equipment for 500 bucks as has been shown. You can take a stock Glock 17 and for 1300 to 1500 dollars, you can turn it into a seriously great pistol.

Tiny advantages cost large sums of money for most custom shops. If the PPQ is great (and it is) - how much is it worth to make it just a bit better? It should cost less to smooth out a Glock than it should the PPQ. There is not that much to be done with the PPQ. A stock Glock is highly improvable.

 

[YJake]

I ran 260 rounds through mine at the range a week ago and it performed flawlessly. I shot Federal ball, Tulammo ball, Winchester ball, Georgia arms 115gr and 124gr JHP, and it never gave me so much as a hic-up. There was so much carbon inside the gun from that Russian ammo that the feed ramp was solid black (They come polished). Still no feeding issues with HP ammo and the acuracy/trigger was fantastic for a $500 plastic gun.

I may even pick up a PPS to use for carry since the controls are the same.

I'm begining to like plastic guns with Eagle and Stag Horn proof marks...

-Jake

 

[bdjansen]

I handled one and dry fired it a bunch in a shop today. It fit my hand really well and that trigger was great. Nicest trigger I've ever felt on a plastic gun. I'd love to try shooting it sometime.

 

[2WheelsGood]

I haven't shot one yet, but based on my PPS and P99, the PPQ is one gun I'd buy without even looking at it.

 

[toocool]

I handled one in a gun shop and wasn't all that impressed. Seems a little big, and the trigger pull wasn't that great. But I dislike any pistol with the trigger safety lever, as I haven't found one yet that doesn't "bite" my trigger finger. I much prefer my M&P 9...

 

[balance 740]

Seems a little big, and the trigger pull wasn't that great.

Compared to an M&P?

 

[Ian Johnson]

my buddy just got one, VERY ACCURATE gun, nice trigger, very ergonomic too

 

[iLikeOldgunsIlikeNewGuns]

gotta say this is the first I've heard of the PPQ, thought this was going to be a PPK/BBQ gun thread, which was already confusing in itself LoL

 

[Murphster]

I really like mine. Great trigger. Reliable and accurate. Feels good in the hand. No downsides at all.

 

[WayBeau]

I really need to put one in my hand. Y'all have me itching to get one.

 

[oasis618]

I'm in the market for one right now but the only one I can find is a First Edition model and I can't see spending the extra $190 for a threaded barrel that I won't use and night sights that from what I hear are mediocre at best. Now if I planned on picking up a suppressor in the future it would definitely be worth the extra dough.