Walther PPK attic found

[Douglas Jr.]

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