Walther PPK attic found

Douglas Jr. · 10-09-2016, 05:01 PM

Dear friends,

As I had said en passant in some other topics, I recently manage to get a batch of guns with a peculiar story.
These guns were found in an attic of a former WWII Brazilian Army officer that lived in Rio de janeiro. He passed away about 15 years ago and the guns laid forgotten until a couple of months ago. Although all of them were involved by an old thick and dried grease, the mechanism was stuck and nothing moved. All the guns stay 10 days in kerosene, just to remove all the grease and free the mechanism. T

Here is one I going to present: a 1939 vintage Walther PPK, my first one.
The grips were completely deteriorated and the hammer strut and its spring were completely rusted. I got a pair of postwar grips (thanks toa friend from Jan Still forum, Sergey) and the internal parts I bought from Numrich. After cleaning and reassembly I have a decent WWII-era PPK with original bluing (with some light pitting here and there). As the price was OK (USD 295.00) I think it was a good addition. Besides that,this is the kind of project that I enjoy, saving an old gun from destruction. Now I need to go after a legit wartime magazine and grip set.

I'm posting some picture of before and after cleaning for your view.

Hope you enjoy it.
Douglas

Douglas Jr. · 10-09-2016, 05:05 PM

Now I need to go after a wartime grip set and a magazine.

Freischütz · 10-10-2016, 02:39 PM

50/50 AFT and acetone also makes a good grease and crud disolver.

Edward Tinker · 10-10-2016, 03:26 PM

That is really outstanding Douglas!!

Tell us more? What other goodies?

You'd be lucky to get one this nice for $800 - if lucky.

Ed

Douglas Jr. · 10-11-2016, 05:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

That is really outstanding Douglas!!

Tell us more? What other goodies?

You'd be lucky to get one this nice for $800 - if lucky.

Ed

There are more...
Still working on them. Stay tuned.

Curss · 10-11-2016, 05:10 PM

Wow, she's purty! Always like hearing about such firearms being restored to working order.

10-09-2016, 05:01 PM	#1
Douglas Jr. User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: South America Posts: 948 Thanks: 598 Thanked 584 Times in 254 Posts	Walther PPK attic found Dear friends, As I had said en passant in some other topics, I recently manage to get a batch of guns with a peculiar story. These guns were found in an attic of a former WWII Brazilian Army officer that lived in Rio de janeiro. He passed away about 15 years ago and the guns laid forgotten until a couple of months ago. Although all of them were involved by an old thick and dried grease, the mechanism was stuck and nothing moved. All the guns stay 10 days in kerosene, just to remove all the grease and free the mechanism. T Here is one I going to present: a 1939 vintage Walther PPK, my first one. The grips were completely deteriorated and the hammer strut and its spring were completely rusted. I got a pair of postwar grips (thanks toa friend from Jan Still forum, Sergey) and the internal parts I bought from Numrich. After cleaning and reassembly I have a decent WWII-era PPK with original bluing (with some light pitting here and there). As the price was OK (USD 295.00) I think it was a good addition. Besides that,this is the kind of project that I enjoy, saving an old gun from destruction. Now I need to go after a legit wartime magazine and grip set. I'm posting some picture of before and after cleaning for your view. Hope you enjoy it. Douglas Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Douglas Jr.; 10-11-2016 at 05:17 PM.

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10-10-2016, 03:26 PM	#4
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,960 Thanks: 2,062 Thanked 4,591 Times in 2,114 Posts	That is really outstanding Douglas!! Tell us more? What other goodies? You'd be lucky to get one this nice for $800 - if lucky. Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

10-11-2016, 05:10 PM	#6
Curss User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 307 Thanks: 304 Thanked 98 Times in 75 Posts	Wow, she's purty! Always like hearing about such firearms being restored to working order. __________________ -Chris

10-10-2016, 02:39 PM	#3
Freischütz User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Eastern Washington Posts: 125 Thanks: 9 Thanked 26 Times in 19 Posts	50/50 AFT and acetone also makes a good grease and crud disolver.