Ppk/s ?.

[G23.40]

Hello all.

Seeking help from PPK/S owners.
I'm looking at two ppk/s's one in .32 and other is .380. The .32 has PPK/S .32 on the slide and the other is Smith & Wesson PPK/S .380 on the slide, other than the calibers are different, what's different between with and without S&W name on it?, the overall quality, the internal different or just the added name on the slide?.

This will be for my wife and she like the .32 better, she has .380 and 38 special and still wants more :shocked:.

[Rebel_James]

I had a PPK/S and sold it to get my wife a G26. She likes shooting it better and says the recoil seems a little less on the G26 even though it's a larger cal. pistol.




http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v32/Rebel_James/GlockP031.jpg

[michael t]

get her the 32. next question.

[Arc Angel]

:) If a Walther pistol doesn't say, 'Smith & Wesson' then it is an early gun from before Walther and Smith formed their mutual marketing agreement. It is, then, one form or another of an Interarms pistol.

The history gets confusing. As I remember it, during the 70's and early 80's Interarms imported Walthers from West Germany. Thereafter Interarms, first, built small Walthers, here, in the United States, and then contracted with Smith & Wesson to build the small Walthers for them.

Prior to S&W's involvement, a lot of American Walthers didn't work well; consequently, the German Walthers began to demand a premium price; and, it got really hard to sell the American-made guns. To their credit, at some point, S&W got the manufacturing problems straightened out; and, today, American Walthers enjoy a good reputation.

Here's a partial history:

http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/quarters/2188/

The 380 PPK/S is a blow-back design; and, it has a very healthy kick to it! Doubt that your wife would enjoy shooting it - Mine leaves my hand red after about 3 magazines. (And I've got big hands!)

I have to imagine your best bet would be to get a new, 32 acp, S&W/CNC machined, Walther PPK/S. (I've been told the, 'S' probably meant, 'states' and signifies a slightly longer frame length than the standard PPK. It was meant to satisfy the import requirements of the 1968 GCA.)







This is the best I can do working from memory. Walther historians are welcome to fill in any dates and details they like! ;)

[G23.40]

Arc Angel. Thank-you.

Your memory card is not even half full yet :tongueout: .