4/22/2021 0 Comments Walther Pp Serial Numbers Chart
It seems to me with all I have heard about German record keeping being way above board, that Walther, which built an excellent firearm, just couldnt get its numbering system down.Discussion in Handguns: Autoloaders started by dfariswheel, Jan 28, 2007.
Are there any online serial number references where I can get a production date Thanks. I dont know of any list, but if it helps mine (serial number) is approximately 362,000 with a manufacture date of 1966. It has CAI Vt as the importer, and a Stag horn with a 75 which I am taking to mean the barrel was proofed in 1975. When it was assembled and sold might be something different. Ser. Number is something like 435356 and the 356 has been etched into the plastic of both magazines. Im also confused about the weapons restriction of 68 and how it impacted the PPPPK with one holding 8 rounds and the other holding 7 but making sense of gun laws is a contradiction of terms. KKKKFL. You Walthers Place of Birth is officially the Walther plant in Ulm Germany. In fact, your gun was made at the Manurhin plant in Mulhouse, France. After the war, the Walther company had no production plant, so they contracted with Manurhin to produce Walther firearms. By the later 1950s Walther had a new plant up and running at Ulm and took back production of most guns. However, the Manurhin company had done such a good job, and the price of production was so attractive, Walther just left production of the PPPPK series guns in France. In Europe, the country where a gun is final proof-fired is considered to be the country of manufacture, so this is legal. This set standards on importation of firearms, including the size of the gun and presence of safety systems. The PPK was determined to be too short in the grip to pass the size standard, so Walther took the shorter PPK slide and barrel, and mounted them on the longer PP frame. The PP with its longer grip and magazine holds 7 rounds in the magazine. The PPK frame is open on the back side, exposing the mainspring, and there is no back strap. Instead, the PPK uses a wrap-around plastic grip to cover the open frame, and provide a rear grip surface. The PP has an enclosed steel grip frame that uses slap-type plastic grips, and the PPKs also has the same frame, along with the longer PP 7 shot magazine. Im kinda familiar with that UlmMulhouse area as we lived in Germany for more than a couple of years. Any idea when Walther shifted totally to the Ulm facility Since mine was proofed in 75, I am guessing it was assembled about the same time and then went to some Politzei Patorlman that crusied the Autobahn for a number of years before being retired and making its way to U.S. Hoffschmidts Know Your Walther PPPPK is very useful and cheap. Walther started up their own re-manufacturing of the PP line in 19851986. Walther Pp S Chart Serial Numbers Started AtThey also started a new serial number sequence, For the PP the serial numbers started at 700,001 and the the PPK at 800,001. ![]() Jim. Still, the numbering system is vague even for Manurhin and German made Walters.
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