I have shot several hundred rounds through PPK pistols and several thousand through PP and PPK/S pistols. I don't care for the PPK grip. It is too small (for me) and leaves my pinky finger dangling. The PP and PPK/S are far better for my hands.
In short,the 1968 gun control act made the PPK too small to be imported,so they fixed it by combining the PP frame to PPK slide.So the PPK/S was born.I've been researching getting a PPK or PPK/S, but I don't have a local gun store that has one available for me to look at.
When you grip the two, what are your impressions as far as what happens to your pinky?
Let me know any other impressions you have of the two if you've fired or at least held them both.
Thank you.
The PPK does not allow all fingers to be on the grip for me if I use a flat bottom magazine.I've been researching getting a PPK or PPK/S, but I don't have a local gun store that has one available for me to look at.
When you grip the two, what are your impressions as far as what happens to your pinky?
Let me know any other impressions you have of the two if you've fired or at least held them both.
Thank you.
It just went back into production and they're shipping now. The PPK and PPK/S are now manufactured by Walther in Arkansas, and they are allegedly doing away with some or all mimed parts according to a Walther rep.Sheep', it all comes down to hand size. And, since neither one is currently in production (the good Lord knows what they are doing in Ft. Smith), you are shopping for used.
The chance of finding both in a given shop aren't especially high; you are going to have to handle whichever you find first and make a decision.
Moon
If they make them now,they will be much more uniform,because of the CNC machines.It just went back into production and they're shipping now. The PPK and PPK/S are now manufactured by Walther in Arkansas, and they are allegedly doing away with some or all mimed parts according to a Walther rep.
I'll let you know too,because I'll have one too.And what's better than one?Well of course two of them.Sheep', when you have a Ft Smith pistole in your hands, let us know.
Moon
I have one like that,it's stainless steel by INTERARMS.
You and me both, and I don't have large hands.... I have extra large hands and my pinky just curls under the grip and feels quite comfortable. I have multiples of both and prefer the PPK. I don't like finger rests on either one.
And nowhere near as nice as they were pre CNC. You would be much better served by putting the $699 you'll spend on the "new" version into an old one.If they make them now,they will be much more uniform,because of the CNC machines.
I'll let you know too,because I'll have one too.And what's better than one?Well of course two of them.
Good night.
......Why?On the subject of new PPK production...
Do keep us posted.
Moon