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Walther/Interarms PPK value?
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Interarms is an importer, not a manufacturer. They initially imported West German made ppk/s and others after the 1968 ban.
FYI... Firearms Training Academy gun store on 140 or Cherokee Gun and Pawn ( don't remember which one) had a PPK/S in their display case today marked $799.00. It wasn't German but didn't notice if it was Interarms or S&W flavor. Don't know if this is a covid cost or normal sell.
Welp, @isuolympic is not giving any details. I've PMed him twice, and commented in this thread, and he's visited the forum many times since, all with no reply. I don't get it..... why post a picture and then be silent about any questions??
When I was in my early 20s and just got a carry licenseI seriously looked at getting a Walther 380. The only model available would've been the PPK/S which I understood to be "in between" the tiny size of a PPK (which was not importable after 1968) and the full sized PP which is a police pistol.
Interarms was the only importer and these guns were all made in west Germany.
I tested one that belong to a friend.
It had a very heavy double action trigger pull, and an "acceptable but still gritty and heavy" single action pull.
The little gun had surprisingly snappy recoil, but maybe if I owned it and practice more with it I would master that aspect of it.
The cost in the late 1980s was around $400 for the stainless steel model, which I would have preferred, so if you can find one for $700 now I think that would be commensurate with the inflation rate.
Interarms was the only importer and these guns were all made in west Germany.
I tested one that belong to a friend.
It had a very heavy double action trigger pull, and an "acceptable but still gritty and heavy" single action pull.
The little gun had surprisingly snappy recoil, but maybe if I owned it and practice more with it I would master that aspect of it.
The cost in the late 1980s was around $400 for the stainless steel model, which I would have preferred, so if you can find one for $700 now I think that would be commensurate with the inflation rate.
Here's some other guy's review and range report of a interarms imported Walther PPK/S.
www.thetruthaboutguns.com
Gun Review: Interarms Walther PPK/S - The Truth About Guns
◀Previous Post Next Post▶ (This is a reader-submitted review as part of our gun review contest. See details here.) By Adam Prestopnik Bond. James Bond. The faux British accent didn’t even sound right inside my head as I spied the little Walther sitting under the glass at my local gun store...
www.thetruthaboutguns.com
So all the Interarms were made in West Germany? Or did I misunderstand? Thanks
Well, i'm not sure if Interarms was the exclusive importer of Walther pistols before Smith & Wesson formed a partnership with Walther in the late 1990s, but certainly all through the 1970's and thru the early 1990s Walthers that were made in Europe came into America through Interarms.
However, many of the Walther PP / PPK / PPK-S pistols that are stamped "made in West Germany" were actually built in Manurhin, France. Walther subcontracted the job.
But the French left the final polishing, stamping, and finishing to the Germans, and that way the gun could legally be sold as a German product.
However, many of the Walther PP / PPK / PPK-S pistols that are stamped "made in West Germany" were actually built in Manurhin, France. Walther subcontracted the job.
But the French left the final polishing, stamping, and finishing to the Germans, and that way the gun could legally be sold as a German product.
