Hello,
First post, long time listener. ..first time caller 🙂. I've been a huge ppk fan since watching the bond films as a young boy. Long story short I've owned various incarnations of the pp and ppk from interarms and Smith.
Last October I finally found a stainless interarms .32. From what I understand these are somewhat rare.
I am posting today to get an idea of about how many stainless interarm 32s are actually in the wild.
It cost me a pretty penny. I ended up trading 3 other firearms to fund the purchase. I believe it was worth it. It was new in the box with all papers and unfired. I picked up another magazine and have run a few hundred rounds through it.
At the range, it is a sweetheart. This is the caliber this platform was made for. There is a night and day difference in recoil. Shooting the ppk in 32 is an absolute joy. Recoil is similar to a 22 in my estimate. It places rounds where you want them. I wish that 32 was more affordable, but I have found a store that sells armscor 32 for about 16 a box, which is commiserate to 380.
I have never had a single malfunction or issue, unlike my former interarms ppk blued in 380, and one of my smith 380 ppks. To me, recoil was always unpleasant in that set up and I would only fire a box or so before moving on.
I would gladly post pictures later if there is interest.
I would also be curious to know an estimate of my 32s value if possible. As mentioned, I bought it new and it was listed as unfired. It was pristine save a tiny squiggle scratch on the slide, which I could remove. I've now fired 2-3 boxes of 32 acp brass cased ammunition through it. I am ocd in cleaning and maintaining my firearms after each use.
I don't suppose it would be worth selling, as I am unlikely to profit. I paid about 850 all said and told, and purchased an additional magazine. That said, I don't get to the range nearly as much as I was anticipating (once or twice a year if I'm lucky). Work, family, etc just doesn't leave me the time. If, after providing pictures of course, there might be an interested collector I may consider parting with it.
I do very much enjoy owning and shooting it, and I look forward to participating in all things Walther!
Thanks for your time!
Jon (defjon on several firearm forums
I've been shooting and collecting since 2004, positive feedback etc.)
First post, long time listener. ..first time caller 🙂. I've been a huge ppk fan since watching the bond films as a young boy. Long story short I've owned various incarnations of the pp and ppk from interarms and Smith.
Last October I finally found a stainless interarms .32. From what I understand these are somewhat rare.
I am posting today to get an idea of about how many stainless interarm 32s are actually in the wild.
It cost me a pretty penny. I ended up trading 3 other firearms to fund the purchase. I believe it was worth it. It was new in the box with all papers and unfired. I picked up another magazine and have run a few hundred rounds through it.
At the range, it is a sweetheart. This is the caliber this platform was made for. There is a night and day difference in recoil. Shooting the ppk in 32 is an absolute joy. Recoil is similar to a 22 in my estimate. It places rounds where you want them. I wish that 32 was more affordable, but I have found a store that sells armscor 32 for about 16 a box, which is commiserate to 380.
I have never had a single malfunction or issue, unlike my former interarms ppk blued in 380, and one of my smith 380 ppks. To me, recoil was always unpleasant in that set up and I would only fire a box or so before moving on.
I would gladly post pictures later if there is interest.
I would also be curious to know an estimate of my 32s value if possible. As mentioned, I bought it new and it was listed as unfired. It was pristine save a tiny squiggle scratch on the slide, which I could remove. I've now fired 2-3 boxes of 32 acp brass cased ammunition through it. I am ocd in cleaning and maintaining my firearms after each use.
I don't suppose it would be worth selling, as I am unlikely to profit. I paid about 850 all said and told, and purchased an additional magazine. That said, I don't get to the range nearly as much as I was anticipating (once or twice a year if I'm lucky). Work, family, etc just doesn't leave me the time. If, after providing pictures of course, there might be an interested collector I may consider parting with it.
I do very much enjoy owning and shooting it, and I look forward to participating in all things Walther!
Thanks for your time!
Jon (defjon on several firearm forums
I've been shooting and collecting since 2004, positive feedback etc.)