I recently picked up a 1971 Walther PPK Interarms import, in the original box with all accessories except the cleaning rod:
http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=384447&postcount=137
From what I can tell so far, these are surprisingly rare, and from what I can gather on the auction sites, they seem to command a pretty good price from collectors. This one is in at least 90% condition, in my non-qualified opinion, and seems to have led an easy life.
However, I don't buy safe queens, so this one will, while it's with me, be treated very well (it lives in a felt bag whenever its not being shot), but will be a shooter. It's my first .22 handgun, and it fills a niche pretty well.
I've only had a chance to shoot it in a handful of sessions, once when I bought it, again at the range the next day to become familiar with it, and again yesterday in a long session at Harvard's indoor range at lunch.
I'm very happy with it, it is of course no target gun -- with its "carry gun" sights and short barrel. This is, however, exactly what I want, and I believe this gun is going to be even harder to learn to shoot well than a j-frame, which should make me a better shooter in the long run.
I shot the two targets at about 15 yards at Harvard using the 9 shot magazine, and an isosceles stance. The ammo was Winchester Xpert 22 HP, which the gun was finicky with. I used up some Federal the day before that it seemed to like better as far as the action was concerned.
The first target is pretty representative of the way I am shooting this gun right off the bat, and shows the results that I was getting, from 15 to 25 yards, the first few sessions with the gun, on many, many targets, and roughly 300 rounds of ammo. I can only say that I was shooting it the way I'd shoot my 1911, which would've given me good results.
After realizing I was doing this, for the last target before I headed out, I took a deep breath, relaxed, thought about it, and did the "Zen" thing and "became the gun"![[smile]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/001.gif "Smile [smile]")
, and shot the last target, which made a difference. I did two sighting shots to see where the gun wanted to hit, and then let the other seven rip. It seemed to work.
I think the gun gave me a little glimpse of what it can do if I do my part, but it's not going to be an easy gun to shoot well, and I like that!
http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=384447&postcount=137
From what I can tell so far, these are surprisingly rare, and from what I can gather on the auction sites, they seem to command a pretty good price from collectors. This one is in at least 90% condition, in my non-qualified opinion, and seems to have led an easy life.
However, I don't buy safe queens, so this one will, while it's with me, be treated very well (it lives in a felt bag whenever its not being shot), but will be a shooter. It's my first .22 handgun, and it fills a niche pretty well.
I've only had a chance to shoot it in a handful of sessions, once when I bought it, again at the range the next day to become familiar with it, and again yesterday in a long session at Harvard's indoor range at lunch.
I'm very happy with it, it is of course no target gun -- with its "carry gun" sights and short barrel. This is, however, exactly what I want, and I believe this gun is going to be even harder to learn to shoot well than a j-frame, which should make me a better shooter in the long run.
I shot the two targets at about 15 yards at Harvard using the 9 shot magazine, and an isosceles stance. The ammo was Winchester Xpert 22 HP, which the gun was finicky with. I used up some Federal the day before that it seemed to like better as far as the action was concerned.
The first target is pretty representative of the way I am shooting this gun right off the bat, and shows the results that I was getting, from 15 to 25 yards, the first few sessions with the gun, on many, many targets, and roughly 300 rounds of ammo. I can only say that I was shooting it the way I'd shoot my 1911, which would've given me good results.
After realizing I was doing this, for the last target before I headed out, I took a deep breath, relaxed, thought about it, and did the "Zen" thing and "became the gun"
, and shot the last target, which made a difference. I did two sighting shots to see where the gun wanted to hit, and then let the other seven rip. It seemed to work.I think the gun gave me a little glimpse of what it can do if I do my part, but it's not going to be an easy gun to shoot well, and I like that!
![[wink]](/xen/styles/default/xenforo/smilies.vb/002.gif "Wink [wink]")
Oh, and nice gun and range report. I had a .380 ppk for a while and they are a tough bird to shoot. I didn't know the .22 versions existed. That's definitely a keeper.
