Walther PPK/S .380 Feedback Requested.

[Ektarr]

As someone else noted, I'm a little late here to do any real good, but I have a PPK/S - my second one. The first was a Stainless that I had to get rid of in a deep financial drought. This one is a hand-me-down blue jobby from a cop who used it as a BUG. Like the pants on the guy with the 5 penises, it fits like a glove!

I love 'em! They seem to have a persnickity disposition when it comes to ammo, and mine seems to particularly love Winchester Silvertip JHP's...shoots 10's at 25 yards with them! Quite a treat for such a small item.

As for confidence, I have plenty of faith in both the gun and the ammo. I recommend it fully, but I'd spend some money, and a day at the range, trying all brands and types of ammo until you find the one combination that tells you you've found the right mix. Sure, it's not a .45 . . . but it's way better than a rock or a stick!

Wear it in good health!

[OM44]

I owned one for about a year and a half. I put about 1500 rounds through it before I gave up.

From this and other webb sites I learned that the Smith & Wesson made version is pretty much a
hit and miss proposition (pun intended!). You either get a good one, or you don't. I didn't. I could not
get that thing to fire consistently. It seem that every time I took it to the range, it found a new way to
jam. It absolutely would not fire my reloads without jamming. The thing would not even fire factory
round nose ammo without jamming.

On the good side, it would fire factory hollow-points alright, at more than $1.00 per round.

So, one day I woke up and said ENOUGH! I sold it!

Now one may ask why I took more than a year to decide to give up on it. The thing felt so good in my hand
it seem to be part of me, and it was extremely easy to conceal. I kept trying to find a combination that
would work.

So, if your PPK/S-1 works, you have something worth hanging on to there! Enjoy it!

If like mine, it doesn't work, sell it and buy a revolver!

[Canis-Lupus]

2bear arms,
I sent the S/N, 5 JPG's and S & W & 'Under license of Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Ulm/Do'
This came back 2-days from mail.smith-wesson.com, "Gazda, Paul"
"That is a U.S. made model, Smith & Wesson Maine plant 02/2003 on the build date."
Took 2 days from following your advice and now turns out that Walther PPK/S-1 is one of my newer weapons build-wize.
WOW, thanks a million for helping to date it for me, it's a newer Yanky model alright.
Respects.....


Canis-Lupus

[2beararms]

Originally Posted by Canis-Lupus

2bear arms,
I sent the S/N, 5 JPG's and S & W & 'Under license of Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Ulm/Do'
This came back 2-days from mail.smith-wesson.com, "Gazda, Paul"
"That is a U.S. made model, Smith & Wesson Maine plant 02/2003 on the build date."
Took 2 days from following your advice and now turns out that Walther PPK/S-1 is one of my newer weapons build-wize.
WOW, thanks a million for helping to date it for me, it's a newer Yanky model alright.
Respects.....


Canis-Lupus

Piece of junk, I'll give you 30 bucks for it just to keep it from blowing up in your hand .

Enjoy it, I've never owned one but I've always wanted one.

[Canis-Lupus]

2 Quoth 2beararms "Enjoy it, I've never owned one but I've always wanted one."
"You'll shoot your eye out kid!" JK ;-}
From that stupid 80's movie they run every Christmas 'bout the kid who wants the BB gun above all else from Santa. I think I got a honey of a BUG and with some COR©BAN's .380 HP, I think 8 tries should bring down something. Stick with normal luger .380's for range fire.
Will post some JPG's on the range or ask the BG to hold my camera as I have his/her attention and hope the vibration stabilizer works on my Nikon CoolPix L15.
Thanks again USA Carry.

Canis-Lupus

[HK4U]

Canis, you don't like that movie? I thought it was pretty funny. It has become one of the movies of tradition we watch each Christmas season along with Miracle on 34Th street and It's a Wonderful life, etc.