Hi everyone, new guy here, first time PPK/s owner with a question. First off, glad I found this place, there seems to be a wealth of info. here. I ran thru a lot of the subject, and didn't find anything relating to my question, so hopefully this isn't an often asked one.
I just purchased my first PPK/S, it's a S&W one, but an early model I believe, (still in the Walther box) I'm the second owner, the original owner bought it 2 or 3 years ago and never fired it.
My question is, are all of them fairly hard to remove the magazine when it is loaded? If you load the mag, and insert it, it's fine, but if you chamber a round, and then try to remove it, it's very hard. What I've noticed is, it's pulled the next round forward a little in the mag, I'm assuming making the bullet drag on the frontstrap. Normally I guess this wouldn't be a problem except when chambering a round and then topping off the mag. It does it with both HP's and FMJ's, and also both mags.
The gun works great, I've only shot 50 rounds of American Eagle FMJ's, but function was 100% .
I'm a long time shooter 40+ years, and I've wanted a PPK since I saw my early James Bond movies. It's a fun gun, probably a little more snappy then my Kel-Tec P3AT, but it's just like shooting a piece of history.
Thanks for a Great Forum
Regards Sonny
I just purchased my first PPK/S, it's a S&W one, but an early model I believe, (still in the Walther box) I'm the second owner, the original owner bought it 2 or 3 years ago and never fired it.
My question is, are all of them fairly hard to remove the magazine when it is loaded? If you load the mag, and insert it, it's fine, but if you chamber a round, and then try to remove it, it's very hard. What I've noticed is, it's pulled the next round forward a little in the mag, I'm assuming making the bullet drag on the frontstrap. Normally I guess this wouldn't be a problem except when chambering a round and then topping off the mag. It does it with both HP's and FMJ's, and also both mags.
The gun works great, I've only shot 50 rounds of American Eagle FMJ's, but function was 100% .
I'm a long time shooter 40+ years, and I've wanted a PPK since I saw my early James Bond movies. It's a fun gun, probably a little more snappy then my Kel-Tec P3AT, but it's just like shooting a piece of history.
Thanks for a Great Forum
Regards Sonny