Walther PP 7,65 - The Firearms Forum

samsoma · 03-17-2012, 08:51 PM

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 · 03-17-2012, 09:25 PM

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 · 03-17-2012, 09:30 PM

Try:

http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore...r/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 · 03-17-2012, 09:34 PM

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 · 03-18-2012, 03:18 PM

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 · 05-06-2012, 11:35 PM

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

RJay · 05-06-2012, 11:48 PM

I don't know>

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 · 05-07-2012, 11:51 AM

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

03-17-2012, 08:51 PM	#1
samsoma Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Hampton Roads, VA Posts: 1	Walther PP 7,65 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? -->

03-17-2012, 09:25 PM	#2
Helix_FR TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Imperial, MO Posts: 3,628	Re: Walther PP 7,65 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. __________________ Only cowards shoot with their eyes closed.... helixgunsmith.com

03-17-2012, 09:30 PM	#3
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: Walther PP 7,65 Try: http://www.smith-wesson.com/wcsstore...r/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

03-17-2012, 09:34 PM	#4
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Walther PP 7,65 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. __________________ RonJames

03-18-2012, 03:18 PM	#5
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: Walther PP 7,65 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

05-06-2012, 11:35 PM	#6
fury413rb Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 3	Re: Walther PP 7,65 my interarms is a standard PPK not a PPK/S ive been told. is that not true?

05-06-2012, 11:48 PM	#7
RJay Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arizona Posts: 3,487	Re: Walther PP 7,65 I don't know> 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. __________________ RonJames

05-07-2012, 11:51 AM	#8
Jim K Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 6,408	Re: Walther PP 7,65 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