A Closer Look at the Walther PPK

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A Closer Look at the Walther PPK

#1 Post by Gotrice23 »

This pistol is crappy, and inaccurate, but is perfect for plinking, since it has authentic blowback. I know there are newbies out there that want to buy it, and I'm here to say "DON'T". It may look cool, but it has many problems. For people out there that just want to have a closer look, here you go:

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PPK with the slide back(I store it like this, like a real firearm. :D )

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PPK's safety (it's at safe)

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PPK's safety (it's at fire, so note the red dot.)

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The "hole" thingy on the slide, it tells you if there is a magazine inserted.

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Magazine.

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I had to cock the slide back, I'm holding it with one finger (at this point I only had one hand to work and take pictures.)

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The slide springs back by itself and as you can see the hammer is down.

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The hammer is down.

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The hammer is down.

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The hammer is not cocked.

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First person view.

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Muzzle of the PPK.

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I'm going to field strip it now. First I pull the trigger guard down.

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Then I'm going to gently pull the slide back.

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Then I'm going to pull the slide off.

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PPK field stripped (slide in the background).

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PPK slide.

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Magazine being slid into the pistol.

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The magazine in the pistol.

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Grip being taken off.

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Pistol with the grip taken off.

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Co2 goes in here.

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This is the magazine release button. It needs to be pressed and held to release the magazine.

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Note that my left thumb is pressing tte magazine release button. My right hand is taking the magazine out.

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Okay, I'm reassembling the pistol now. (Not shown: First I aling the hole at the front of the PPK slide to the muzzle) I pull the slide back. Note it's not completely assmbled at this point, also, the trigger guard has to be pulled back at this point.

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The slide is pushed back onto the pistol (Not shown: I let go of the slide, the slide then springs back to it's original position. The pistol is cocked at this point though; so it will have to be decocked.)

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The pistol in my hand.

Problems with this pistol; After about 1000 shots the slide gets hard to pull back, even with oil. Bad accuraccy, the recoil gets annoying sometimes, comes with sooo much oil on it, the sights are not adjustable, only comes in a package at CT.

If you guys want more photos, don't hesitate to ask.
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#2 Post by Rav3n »

I got one of those, they are pretty fun to shoot but like you said not accurate nor very powerful I think it shoots at like 320 FPS but what do you expect from the blowback action. I lost the piece that makes the slide stay back when your out of ammo so if you guys do have one of these make sure to be careful about taking it apart.
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#3 Post by Gotrice23 »

Rav3n wrote:I got one of those, they are pretty fun to shoot but like you said not accurate nor very powerful I think it shoots at like 320 FPS but what do you expect from the blowback action. I lost the piece that makes the slide stay back when your out of ammo so if you guys do have one of these make sure to be careful about taking it apart.
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This one?
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(This pistol is crappy, and inaccurate, but is perfect for plinking, since it has authentic blowback. I know there are newbies out there that want to buy it, and I'm here to say "DON'T". It may look cool, but it has many problems) :evil:
Thanks i will take your word on that pistol. But it is still a cute little thing.
I will spend my money on something else. :wink:
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#5 Post by Gotrice23 »

under500fps wrote:(This pistol is crappy, and inaccurate, but is perfect for plinking, since it has authentic blowback. I know there are newbies out there that want to buy it, and I'm here to say "DON'T". It may look cool, but it has many problems) :evil:
Thanks i will take your word on that pistol. But it is still a cute little thing.
I will spend my money on something else. :wink:
Dude, I know your not a newbie! Haha. :lol: I saw your "little" gun collection. Nice. :D
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#6 Post by KILLER-B »

I guess I'm a little confused as to why it "would be a good plinker" when it sounds like you can't hit anything with it? :?: My whole idea of plinking is to shoot cans twigs stuff like that. As you say if it is inaccurate then you may as well not even put any pellets in it when you shoot it, at least you would be saving some money on pellets.

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#7 Post by Gotrice23 »

KILLER-B wrote:I guess I'm a little confused as to why it "would be a good plinker" when it sounds like you can't hit anything with it? :?: My whole idea of plinking is to shoot cans twigs stuff like that. As you say if it is inaccurate then you may as well not even put any pellets in it when you shoot it, at least you would be saving some money on pellets.

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Well it is inaccurate, but just accurate enough to be able to shoot large objects like cans, toilet paper, phone books, glue stick (if your lucky). But what I do with it is I set up a tower of cans, then I shoot the top one off with out the whole tower falling over. Then I shoot the one below that one that I already shot and....well you get the idea right? Trust me, it's a real challenge with the PPK! :D
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#8 Post by KILLER-B »

Gotrice23 wrote:
KILLER-B wrote:I guess I'm a little confused as to why it "would be a good plinker" when it sounds like you can't hit anything with it? :?: My whole idea of plinking is to shoot cans twigs stuff like that. As you say if it is inaccurate then you may as well not even put any pellets in it when you shoot it, at least you would be saving some money on pellets.

KILLER-B
Well it is inaccurate, but just accurate enough to be able to shoot large objects like cans, toilet paper, phone books, glue stick (if your lucky). But what I do with it is I set up a tower of cans, then I shoot the top one off with out the whole tower falling over. Then I shoot the one below that one that I already shot and....well you get the idea right? Trust me, it's a real challenge with the PPK! :D
I guess that would be fun, just was not sure just how inaccurate it really was. Thanks

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#9 Post by Gotrice23 »

KILLER-B wrote:
Gotrice23 wrote:
KILLER-B wrote:I guess I'm a little confused as to why it "would be a good plinker" when it sounds like you can't hit anything with it? :?: My whole idea of plinking is to shoot cans twigs stuff like that. As you say if it is inaccurate then you may as well not even put any pellets in it when you shoot it, at least you would be saving some money on pellets.

KILLER-B
Well it is inaccurate, but just accurate enough to be able to shoot large objects like cans, toilet paper, phone books, glue stick (if your lucky). But what I do with it is I set up a tower of cans, then I shoot the top one off with out the whole tower falling over. Then I shoot the one below that one that I already shot and....well you get the idea right? Trust me, it's a real challenge with the PPK! :D
I guess that would be fun, just was not sure just how inaccurate it really was. Thanks

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No problem, Merry Christmas.
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#10 Post by TCooper »

My opinion is the PPK has a short barrel, low velocity, and short distance plinking ability.
PPK Review at http://my.tbaytel.net/~coopers@tbaytel. ... PKSReview/

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#11 Post by Gotrice23 »

TCooper wrote:My opinion is the PPK has a short barrel, low velocity, and short distance plinking ability.
PPK Review at http://my.tbaytel.net/~coopers@tbaytel. ... PKSReview/

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Exactly! :D
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#12 Post by ABshooter »

[quote="under500fpsThanks i will take your word on that pistol. But it is still a cute little thing.
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Agreed. 'Tis a cute gun.
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Hey, don't hate. It releases negative energy, which is bad for everyone.
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#13 Post by alexi goranov »

I bought this gun today just for fun since I found it for only 53 USD. My problem is that I cannot filed strip it. I cannot pull the trigger guard down. The guard is clearly hinged and has about 1-2mm give but I cannot pull it down completely. The gun is Walther PPK/S made for Crosman in Japan.

It looks exactly like the gun in the pictures above but is all black. The only modification that I do not see on any of the other pictures of this gun over the net is a small pin in the body a cm or so in front of the pin that hlods the trigger. I wonder if this pin keeps the guard form being pulled down completely.

Anybody have a suggestion? I like being able to field strip my guns. I am thinking about removing the aforementioned pin to see if that helps, but before I start banging on the gun I want to see if I am overlooking something.

Thanks,

Alexi
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#14 Post by Gotrice23 »

alexi goranov wrote:I bought this gun today just for fun since I found it for only 53 USD. My problem is that I cannot filed strip it. I cannot pull the trigger guard down. The guard is clearly hinged and has about 1-2mm give but I cannot pull it down completely. The gun is Walther PPK/S made for Crosman in Japan.

It looks exactly like the gun in the pictures above but is all black. The only modification that I do not see on any of the other pictures of this gun over the net is a small pin in the body a cm or so in front of the pin that hlods the trigger. I wonder if this pin keeps the guard form being pulled down completely.

Anybody have a suggestion? I like being able to field strip my guns. I am thinking about removing the aforementioned pin to see if that helps, but before I start banging on the gun I want to see if I am overlooking something.

Thanks,

Alexi
You have a newer version, for some reason, Crosman took out that feature on the newer models. Sorry..... :cry:
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#15 Post by alexi goranov »

Gotrice23 wrote: You have a newer version, for some reason, Crosman took out that feature on the newer models. Sorry..... :cry:
The problem is fixable :D . I removed the trigger guard pin that seems to be the newly added modification and now the pistol is field-strip exactly like yours. I cut the pin into smaller pieces that fit into the hole but do not block the trigger guard being pulled down :twisted:

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