Walther PP 7,65

[samsoma]

I have a Walther PP 7,65 Police pistol which I bought in Germany from the Army Rod & Gun Club. I would like to have a users manual & specs on this weapon. The Walther sites are useless. Any ideas?

[Helix_FR]

If you can find a older non smith and wesson manual for the PPK then you could go off of that. The PP is just a shorter barrel.

[Jim K]

Try:

http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore/Walther/upload/other/PPK_PPKs.pdf

for a downloadable pdf manual. The PP, PPK and PPK/S share a manual as they are all basically the same.

Jim

[RJay]

If you leave a PP and a PPK unchaperoned in a dark room, the resulting offspring would be a PPK/S. A PP frame and a PPK barrel and slide.

[Jim K]

The PPK/S was Interarmco's solution to the "point" system set up under GCA '68, which effectively banned import of the PPK. The extra weight and caliber (.380 ACP only) allowed the PPK/S (the "S" stands for "States") enough points to allow importation.

The PPK could have been manufactured in the U.S., but the PPK/S has some advantages so Interarmco chose to have it made here, and it is still in the Walther/S&W line, along with the PP and PPK.

Jim

[fury413rb]

my interarms is a standard PPK not a PPK/S ive been told. is that not true?

[RJay]

I don't know>:D Interarms imported both the PPK and the PP prior to 1968. It could very well be true, but with without more information it is a guess and by golly.

[Jim K]

When Interarms (formerly Interarmco) became the U.S. distributor for Walther, they imported the PP and PPK. Then after 1968, they imported the PP and PPK/S, since the PPK was banned from import. When currency problems increased the cost of German made pistols, Interarms began to manufacture the PPK/S in the U.S. while still importing the PP. (They could have made the PPK in the U.S.; I don't know why they chose to make the PPK/S.) They never made the PP or PPK in the U.S. At the present, Walther USA-S&W makes all three pistols in the U.S. for the domestic and world market; AFAIK, none of those guns is being made in Germany.

Jim