A year later, in 1930, Walther released a smaller version of the PP, which it called the PPK (Polizeipistole Kriminalmodell or “Police Pistol Detective Model”). It featured a shorter grip ...

But the grip was comfortable to hold and the short ... outdoors or for enjoyable plinking at the shooting range. The Walther PPK/S is a good example of the breed that functions reliably and ...

and the beginning of Walther’s US-based manufacturing. The PPK/S First Edition features a stainless-steel finish matched with elegant cocobolo wood grips and chambered in .380 ACP. The slide is ...

Walther PPK. 7.65mm, with a delivery like a brick through a plate ... featuring an abbreviated 3.3-inch barrel, and a shortened slide and grip: the perfect choice for the man under cover. Issued to ...

"Walther PPK, 7.65 millimeters ... Other weight and size reductions came by using a wrap-around plastic grip instead of one with a steel back strap. This was combined with a magazine of seven ...

The Walther Pistole, Polizei-Kriminale (PPK) followed the PP and is the pistol ... handguns is the design and construction of the butt grip, which is simplified in the PPK. The PPK was also ...

Carl Walther GmbH introduced the PPK/S in 1968—thirty-seven years after ... and elegance of the original with an additional extended grip allowing for added capacity and improved ergonomics.” ...

True Gun Value states that “A WALTHER PPK S [sic] pistol is currently worth ... steel finish…unless you elect for the fancier walnut grips over the standard black plastic grips, in which ...