Have always loved the way the Walther PPK looked and wanted one, until I shot one and remembered the horrible recoil and the big reliability issues with the various US Made and imported models.

Was out visiting a gun auction in the middle of PA (or what felt like) and found this guy that I needed to liberate.

1940 Walther PP.  1 Mag, no holster unfortunately.

Generally not a fan of Nazi stuff but this was a very good piece of history at a very reasonable price.  Really good condition, regular holster wear.  

Nice! I have one in .22lr with the eagle N stamps on it that I inherited from my grandfather 

4 hours ago, fishnut said:

Nice! I have one in .22lr with the eagle N stamps on it that I inherited from my grandfather 

Cool. Certainly really cool and historic guns and may request a new USA made one from Walther.  I never had issues with slide bite with other guns but I can certainly see getting hit with this one. 

I have never been bitten by mine. 

Interesting side note, my 22lr will take any .22 ammo and cycle properly. Even with sub sonic ammo. 

Nice one Maks!  Looks great for an 80 year old!

1 hour ago, JohnnyB said:

Nice one Maks!  Looks great for an 80 year old!

Thanks. 

You hear the stories of all of these superb bring backs being stored on a farm by a vet. 

This was a general estate auction in a big Quaker area.   Guy passed away and this the auction.  Farm equipment, guns, etc. 

Also for sale we’re some nice old Smiths, Colts, and a few shotguns. 

Colts were in beautiful condition. This was a smaller auction house that does not do online bidding and had no buyers premium which is just a wow. 

Colt Trooper Mark 3 E-nickel finish $675(worth about $2k)

colt King Cobra $1k

really nice Les Baer 1912 $1050

Norinco MAK90 like new in box $650

Armscor M1A $1100  (someone mentioned possibly mismatched barrel?) but apparently really good price. 

Just goes to show,  keep options open and you can come across some nice guns and collector pieces for a good price. 

Overall, seems like gun auctions you either have some really good deals and a lot of stuff that goes for above retail. 

 

 

 

 

@Maksim nice gun. I've always had a PP/PPK around since 1973.  I have a few now.  I have a late war (1944) PP in 32. That was when they stopped marking them except for serial number and an acceptance stamp. It has some serious pitting but for $125 I couldn't pass it up.

The pride of my PP/PPK assortment is a mid-60s PPK in 32.  JUST LIKE THE GENUINE JAMES BOND!!! I've wanted one since 1962 when I started reading Bond and eventually got one. It was unfired but I changed that!  Some of the forum members got to shoot it at one of our informal meets.

I share Skeeter Skelton's opinion that a PP/PPK in 32 or 380 with FMJ  is about as effective as a 2" 38 with 158 RNL. Not something you want to dismiss.

A bit better pic.

You and I should look so good at 80! She's a keeper for sure!