

Also do not use +p ammo in your gun (too much power for it's construction, in my opinion). I only use FMJs in mine because I have never had a problem with them. Your really need to fire both types of ammo & not just a few rounds to see what is dependable in your gun. With that being said, I might need to have the feed ramp polished on mine. (Note that the J is not used.)Īs far as FMJ va JHP bullets, I have had some issues with JHPs hanging when chambering. For example, here are the ones on mine:Įagle over N on slide (German manufacturing mark)Įagle over N, HI, Antler on frame (German manufacturing mark, HI=1978Ī gun marked AE, for example, would have a born-on date of 2004 a gun with a GF stamp would have been made in 1965. You can check the manufacturing info of your gun by using the markings on the frame and slide. i just tracked down the background on mine through these two forums. Needless to say, my mind is blown! I don't know if I should be asking $500 or $5000 for this PPK.Sounds like you have one of the "good" Walthers. 125, by James Rankin, 7000-10000 Walther PPK’s were made with 7 digit serial numbers prior to the K suffix serial numbers being used, which started in 1938.) Caliber. Someone engraved their name on the side of the gun, and someone else has told me that because of this engraving, then gun would be worth no more than some beater PPK to carry in your glove box. Serial Number: 1002268 Year of Manufacture: ca 1937 (According to Walther, Vol. But then I read that it could be a bank issued gun (how do you tell that) because they also had three matching serials, but weren't SS, and those are worth even more. Then another said he looked it up and that serial number wasn't listed as an SS gun (so that puts me back at a regular civilian model). I was selling it just as a commercial Walther, then some guy told me I was making a big mistake, and that it was an SS gun because it is high polish and has the three matching serial numbers. I think that I have established it is a late 1939 gun, probably December (so yeah, I guess that is pre-68). Now that I am selling it, all the PPK info out there is blowing my mind! 38 - caliber Walther PPK handgun had been filed off. When I bought this, it was sold to me as a pre-68 model, and I just wanted one, because Bond used a. That list, the complaint charged, included, two shovels, small. It has the Crown over N marking on the slide, barrel ring (whatever its called) and barrel. The serial number is on the frame, the slide, and back of the magazine (with a 2 under it). I have an old Walther PPK that I have decided to get rid of, serial number 243433K.
