[Pantera Mike]

All,

I have just bought a 1966 Ulm PPK. I’m wondering if the longer PP magazines will fit. Obviously they would stick out of the bottom, but apart from that would there be any issues? It would seem to me that if I was carrying the PPK and extra magazines, that extra round in the spare magazines could prove handy. I would of course use a proper PPK magazine in the gun to aid concealment.

Thoughts?

 

[Pilotsteve]

Works just fine, and you get an extra shot. But it's just not right. The magazine catch was designed to hold it in place and prevent dropping downward but does nothing to limit upward travel. Any upward pressure whatsoever on the base of the protruding magazine would cause the feed lips to foul against the slide during operation and all but guarantee a malfunction.

-Pilotsteve

 

[Pantera Mike]

This is why it’s important to ask these questions!

I have a Detonics 45 Auto that uses full-length 1911 magazines just fine. They are positively engaged and cannot ‘overtravel’. Seems the same is not true for the PPK. Thanks for keeping me straight! Looks like I will just carry spare PPK magazines and try to make every shot count if I ever get into a sticky social situation.

 

[ViperR]

I believe there is an aftermarket base for PP-PPK/s mags to be used in a PPK to avoid it indexing too high in the well. I'll have to look it up.

http://gregcotellc.com/cart/xgrip-a...k-1-round-32-acp-or-380-acp-xgwppk-p-976.html
Here it is.

 

[Pantera Mike]

Fascinating idea. It seems to effectively turn a PPK into a PPK/S, more or less.

Thanks!

 

[TheWatcher]

This is why it’s important to ask these questions!

I have a Detonics 45 Auto that uses full-length 1911 magazines just fine. They are positively engaged and cannot ‘overtravel’. Seems the same is not true for the PPK. Thanks for keeping me straight! Looks like I will just carry spare PPK magazines and try to make every shot count if I ever get into a sticky social situation.

Keep your eyes peeled on ebay, from time to time you can find 10 round aftermarket magazines for the PPK and PPK/S. I have two of them and they feed just fine and are properly made to prevent overtravel.

 

[ONeal]

Go to Ebay and look for XGrip Magazine Adaptor for PPK. I use them with Mecgar PP .32 mags in my PPK.

 

[Pantera Mike]

Fantastic. They are plentiful and cheap on EBay. Next question is, do later PPK/S magazines work in a 1966 PPK? I know there are grip differences and later grips won’t fit on earlier guns like mine. What about magazines? Will any old PPK/S flat base magazine work?