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Why The Walther PP Series Is Collectable: First commercially successful DASA pistol.

Available in.22Lr,.25 ACP,.32 ACP and.380 ACP.

It operates on a straight blowback system and a doublesingle action with a double-action trigger pull for the first shot and a lighter single-action pull for follow-up shots.

This type of action has set the standard for double-action pistol manufacturers worldwide during the past 90 years.

Features included a visible hammer, loaded-chamber indicator, hammer-block safety and a combination safetydecocking lever, all still commonly found on many DASA semiauto designs.

The PP model. Introduced in 1929, the PP became a popular police sidearm in Germany and later were issued to officers in Hitlers army.

A popular variant, the PPK (Polizei Pistole Kriminalmodell, or Police Pistol Detective Model) was introduced a few months after the PP.

It was designed for undercover use and had a shorter barrel, frame and grip.

Both the PP and the PPK were initially chambered only for the 7.65mm (.32 ACP), but the.22 Long Rifle and.380 were soon added.

A few pre-WWII PP and PPK pistols were chambered for the.25 ACP, but these are very rare and pricey.) The PPK became famous in the early 1960s as the main sidearm of fictional British spy James Bond.

Just as Clint Eastwoods Inspector Harry Callahan in the 1971 film Dirty Harry caused prices for SW Model 29s to soar, Bond made the PPK a big contributor to Walthers bottom line.

Serious Bond fans know the story of Geoffrey Boothroyd, a retired Army Major and gun collector, told Ian Fleming that the.25 Auto Beretta featured in his novel Casino Royale as Bonds main gun, was not powerful enough for the job.

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Smith Collectors Corner: The Browning SA-22 Colt Python: The Cadillac Of Revolvers Winchester Model 42 The Greatest Little Shotgun There are many variations of the PP series, with numerous finishes, grips, engraving patterns and special editions, making collecting the PP series somewhat of a challenge.

More than 70 different listings for PP and PPK values are found in Standard Catalog of Firearms, and many are included in the sidebar on the next page.

One variant was the result of the infamous Gun Control Act of 1968 that prohibited the importation of small handguns.

The ATF came up with a point system that determined whether a gun could be brought into the USA, and the PPK didnt make the cut.

Walther engineers came up with a simple solution, which was simply to mount a PPK slide onto a PP frame.

A new model was created that passed the point system and it was named the PPKS.

While not quite as concealable as a PPK, some shooters find the PPKS to be more comfortable to shoot.

The gold engraving and Nazi markings make this PPK quite rare.

Its a.22 LR and, with the box, could be worth 7,500.

In addition to the Walther company, several other manufacturers have made the PP series of pistols.

The factory had been destroyed in WWII, and because firearms production was prohibited in Germany after the war, Walther contracted in 1953 with the French company Manurhin to make the guns.

Manurhin made all the post-war PPs and PPKs until the Gun Control Act of 1968 went into effect.

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