What I'm about to buy

alanint · 09-29-2009, 04:28 PM

Joshua,

If you are buying an original German PPK, they tend to be rather small in the grip area for modern, larger hands. They are best fired with the magazine, which includes a finger extention floorplate.
If you are buying an Interarms PPK, remember that there are two very different pistols with that designation. The PPK is faithful to the German original. The PPK/S is a combination of the shorter PPK slide with the larger PP frame. It is a hybrid. It can be spotted quickly because it has a solid frame backstrap, which surrounds the grips. The original PPK does not have a solid, wraparound frame, (one of its weak points). The grip panels are like the P38s, in that they meet at the back to form the grip surface. If a PPK, (or a P38, for that matter) is dropped and it lands on the back portion of the grips, these will tend to shatter, possibly damaging the mainspring, which lies just beneath and making the pistol difficult or impossible to hold or fire.
Take the grip panels off and try to hold the gun to get an idea of what I mean.

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09-29-2009, 04:28 PM	#9
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Joshua, If you are buying an original German PPK, they tend to be rather small in the grip area for modern, larger hands. They are best fired with the magazine, which includes a finger extention floorplate. If you are buying an Interarms PPK, remember that there are two very different pistols with that designation. The PPK is faithful to the German original. The PPK/S is a combination of the shorter PPK slide with the larger PP frame. It is a hybrid. It can be spotted quickly because it has a solid frame backstrap, which surrounds the grips. The original PPK does not have a solid, wraparound frame, (one of its weak points). The grip panels are like the P38s, in that they meet at the back to form the grip surface. If a PPK, (or a P38, for that matter) is dropped and it lands on the back portion of the grips, these will tend to shatter, possibly damaging the mainspring, which lies just beneath and making the pistol difficult or impossible to hold or fire. Take the grip panels off and try to hold the gun to get an idea of what I mean.