Nice photo, and I do hate to bring this up, but that is not a German manufactured PPK. It is not even the original design.
It is a S&W licensed copy made of stainless steel, of which Walther has never in their history produced one made of this material.
The P99 is a second generation frame, first variation. The movie P99 is a first generation first variation with the two-part safety trigger.
The second variation eliminated this trigger arrangement.
Nice photo, and I do hate to bring this up, but that is not a German manufactured PPK. It is not even the original design.
It is a S&W licensed copy made of stainless steel, of which Walther has never in their history produced one made of this material.
The P99 is a second generation frame, first variation. The movie P99 is a first generation first variation with the two-part safety trigger.
The second variation eliminated this trigger arrangement.
The watches do look nice though.
I buy for function not because it is the close replica or the actual one used in the movies. The P99 is the QA versions which I feel shooots better. The SW version of the PPK has the extended slide guard that protects your hand from getting cut. I used to hate shooting my old "German" PPK, it cut my hand and jammed all the time. THe new SW is a much improved version, IMHO
Nice photo, and I do hate to bring this up, but that is not a German manufactured PPK. It is not even the original design.
It is a S&W licensed copy made of stainless steel, of which Walther has never in their history produced one made of this material.
The P99 is a second generation frame, first variation. The movie P99 is a first generation first variation with the two-part safety trigger.
The second variation eliminated this trigger arrangement.
The watches do look nice though.
I buy for function not because it is the close replica or the actual one used in the movies. The P99 is the QA versions which I feel shooots better. The SW version of the PPK has the extended slide guard that protects your hand from getting cut. I used to hate shooting my old "German" PPK, it cut my hand and jammed all the time. THe new SW is a much improved version, IMHO
The first generation is becoming scarce and is no longer made.
I had just the opposite experience with my '68 PPK. Never had a malfunction in that Walther, unlike the two Interarms models I owned. Some however, have never had any trouble (or very little) with their Interarms or S&W models. The problem with both Interarms and S&W is consistancy in manufacturing tolerances.
At the many gun boards I frequent I do not hear of complaints with the German (French actually) manufactured PP series. The same cannot be said of the domestic Walthers.
As a collector, S&W's version of the PPK has been *******ized. The extended grip tang may protect your hand, but it ruins the line of the gun. I find it difficult to believe Walther would authorize the change.
Never had a problem shooting any of the PP series, but my hands are average size. Having the slide dragging across your hand doesn't do any good for reliability either.
Nice photo, and I do hate to bring this up, but that is not a German manufactured PPK. It is not even the original design.
It is a S&W licensed copy made of stainless steel, of which Walther has never in their history produced one made of this material.
The P99 is a second generation frame, first variation. The movie P99 is a first generation first variation with the two-part safety trigger.
The second variation eliminated this trigger arrangement.
The watches do look nice though.
I buy for function not because it is the close replica or the actual one used in the movies. The P99 is the QA versions which I feel shooots better. The SW version of the PPK has the extended slide guard that protects your hand from getting cut. I used to hate shooting my old "German" PPK, it cut my hand and jammed all the time. THe new SW is a much improved version, IMHO
The first generation is becoming scarce and is no longer made.
I had just the opposite experience with my '68 PPK. Never had a malfunction in that Walther, unlike the two Interarms models I owned. Some however, have never had any trouble (or very little) with their Interarms or S&W models. The problem with both Interarms and S&W is consistancy in manufacturing tolerances.
At the many gun boards I frequent I do not hear of complaints with the German (French actually) manufactured PP series. The same cannot be said of the domestic Walthers.
As a collector, S&W's version of the PPK has been *******ized. The extended grip tang may protect your hand, but it ruins the line of the gun. I find it difficult to believe Walther would authorize the change.
Never had a problem shooting any of the PP series, but my hands are average size. Having the slide dragging across your hand doesn't do any good for reliability either.
I have not had good luck with any of the PPK's I have owned. I have not shot the new one yet, so I will see how the change has effected the sight.
TYhe P99QA is a great gun, I actually also have the SW99 in 45cal which is very similar and shoots very well.
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We can still buy real guns maddy, as long as they are de-activated, better than nowt (just).
It is a S&W licensed copy made of stainless steel, of which Walther has never in their history produced one made of this material.
The P99 is a second generation frame, first variation. The movie P99 is a first generation first variation with the two-part safety trigger.
The second variation eliminated this trigger arrangement.
The watches do look nice though.
I buy for function not because it is the close replica or the actual one used in the movies. The P99 is the QA versions which I feel shooots better. The SW version of the PPK has the extended slide guard that protects your hand from getting cut. I used to hate shooting my old "German" PPK, it cut my hand and jammed all the time. THe new SW is a much improved version, IMHO
Melbourne. Are you living in Florida?
The first generation is becoming scarce and is no longer made.
I had just the opposite experience with my '68 PPK. Never had a malfunction in that Walther, unlike the two Interarms models I owned. Some however, have never had any trouble (or very little) with their Interarms or S&W models. The problem with both Interarms and S&W is consistancy in manufacturing tolerances.
At the many gun boards I frequent I do not hear of complaints with the German (French actually) manufactured PP series. The same cannot be said of the domestic Walthers.
As a collector, S&W's version of the PPK has been *******ized. The extended grip tang may protect your hand, but it ruins the line of the gun. I find it difficult to believe Walther would authorize the change.
Never had a problem shooting any of the PP series, but my hands are average size. Having the slide dragging across your hand doesn't do any good for reliability either.
I have not had good luck with any of the PPK's I have owned. I have not shot the new one yet, so I will see how the change has effected the sight.
TYhe P99QA is a great gun, I actually also have the SW99 in 45cal which is very similar and shoots very well.