Bought my first hand gun - The Firearms Forum

scubadiver12165 · 10-11-2012, 08:09 AM

My father had a Walther PPK .22, the James Bond gun that he got from a friend of his at Los Alamos back in 1967 prior to going to Vietnam. Last year, my father passed his PPK to me. During all the years my father had the PPK, he said that he must have fired it at a target no more than a dozen time. The only cleaning he ever did was to wipe it down. The rest of the time, the gun was kept in an old electric shaver container. The gun looked great when I got it and when I cleaned it for the first time, there were barely any smudge on it.

Ever since I got the PPK, I wanted to get a more serious hand gun, I wanted something that I can have fun with at the range and able to use for self defense and home protection as well. I thought of getting an HK, but my brother suggested that I should look at the new Walther PPQ. As I read the review on it and saw all the positive response people had on it, it made me interested in it even more. As I thought about it, I also like the idea of having the Walther lineage, the old from the 60s and the new from the new century.

The PPQ get sold out just about as soon as they arrive in this area. I was fortunate enough that a favorite LGS in my area hand one left on the Saturday morning when I stopped by. I bought it and a few days later, I took it to the range after cleaning and put over 100 rounds through on the PPQ 9 mm and another 100 rounds through the PPK 22. I was so giddy at how good both guns performed. To say that I am a happy gun owner is a mild statement.

howlnmad · 10-11-2012, 08:49 AM

Congrats on the new addition. Bringing home a new firearm always makes me giddy.

Pics would be nice.

carver · 10-11-2012, 08:58 AM

Glad you are happy with your guns! Nothing beats being comfortable at the range, or when carring concealed! You gots to post some pics of your range time! We love pictures!

lead · 10-11-2012, 09:42 AM

Congrats to you. I'm a Walther fan and you picked a good gun to have.
Those old PPK's in .22 have gone in value alot since your dad's time.
I envy you, my dad's gun was a dep't gun that had to be turned in when he retired so I don't have any reminder of him like that, shoot it and enjoy it.

Dennis C · 10-11-2012, 12:30 PM

I am like a kid on Christmas morning when I get a new gun. Congrats on the new addition!

76Highboy · 10-11-2012, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by howlnmad

Congrats on the new addition. Bringing home a new firearm always makes me giddy.

Pics would be nice.

Ditto here and I agree with Howlnmad about bringing a new gun home.

firefighter1635 · 10-11-2012, 04:31 PM

Pictars! or it didn't happen!

BETH · 10-11-2012, 04:55 PM

Glad u had a good time

bluesea112 · 10-11-2012, 06:16 PM

When i get a new gun I hold it in my lap and stroke it like a dog. It is well petted before and after it's first trip to the range or field.

10-11-2012, 08:09 AM	#1
scubadiver12165 Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 13	Bought my first hand gun My father had a Walther PPK .22, the James Bond gun that he got from a friend of his at Los Alamos back in 1967 prior to going to Vietnam. Last year, my father passed his PPK to me. During all the years my father had the PPK, he said that he must have fired it at a target no more than a dozen time. The only cleaning he ever did was to wipe it down. The rest of the time, the gun was kept in an old electric shaver container. The gun looked great when I got it and when I cleaned it for the first time, there were barely any smudge on it. Ever since I got the PPK, I wanted to get a more serious hand gun, I wanted something that I can have fun with at the range and able to use for self defense and home protection as well. I thought of getting an HK, but my brother suggested that I should look at the new Walther PPQ. As I read the review on it and saw all the positive response people had on it, it made me interested in it even more. As I thought about it, I also like the idea of having the Walther lineage, the old from the 60s and the new from the new century. The PPQ get sold out just about as soon as they arrive in this area. I was fortunate enough that a favorite LGS in my area hand one left on the Saturday morning when I stopped by. I bought it and a few days later, I took it to the range after cleaning and put over 100 rounds through on the PPQ 9 mm and another 100 rounds through the PPK 22. I was so giddy at how good both guns performed. To say that I am a happy gun owner is a mild statement. -->

10-11-2012, 08:49 AM	#2
howlnmad Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Harriman, Tn Contributor Posts: 2,637	Re: Bought my first hand gun Congrats on the new addition. Bringing home a new firearm always makes me giddy. Pics would be nice. __________________

10-11-2012, 08:58 AM	#3
carver TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: DAV, Deep in the Pineywoods of East Texas, just west of Shreveport, LA Contributor Posts: 11,555	Re: Bought my first hand gun Glad you are happy with your guns! Nothing beats being comfortable at the range, or when carring concealed! You gots to post some pics of your range time! We love pictures! __________________ Y'all be safe now, ya hear! Lamentations Chapter 5: 1. Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. 2. Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. 3. We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers [are] as widows. 5. Our necks [are] under persecution: we labour, [and] have no rest. 16. The crown is fallen [from] our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! 21. Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old.

10-11-2012, 09:42 AM	#4
lead Advanced Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Missouri Posts: 1,522	Re: Bought my first hand gun Congrats to you. I'm a Walther fan and you picked a good gun to have. Those old PPK's in .22 have gone in value alot since your dad's time. I envy you, my dad's gun was a dep't gun that had to be turned in when he retired so I don't have any reminder of him like that, shoot it and enjoy it. __________________ The best things in life, are not things.

10-11-2012, 12:30 PM	#5
Dennis C Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: South Dakota Posts: 789	Re: Bought my first hand gun I am like a kid on Christmas morning when I get a new gun. Congrats on the new addition! __________________ "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." - Thomas Jefferson

10-11-2012, 04:31 PM	#7
firefighter1635 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: US of A Contributor Posts: 1,838	Re: Bought my first hand gun Pictars! or it didn't happen!

10-11-2012, 04:55 PM	#8
BETH Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: naugatuck,Ct. Contributor Posts: 6,686	Re: Bought my first hand gun Glad u had a good time

10-11-2012, 06:16 PM	#9
bluesea112 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: West, TX Contributor Posts: 1,262	Re: Bought my first hand gun When i get a new gun I hold it in my lap and stroke it like a dog. It is well petted before and after it's first trip to the range or field.