Walther CCP

[Tamara]

There's a significant amount of gun nerdery required to know much about those guns...

Possibly a reason for that? I've found that a gun using an obscure operating mechanism that other, less successful guns used can be what some might call a clue...

Unless you've found that not to be the case for the CCP?

Other than the frame heating up with a lot of high-ROF shooting (and the polymer CCP frame is a better insulator than the steel P7 one) the only other major downside I can think of is the PITA factor of cleaning the gas cylinder with high-volume shooting. I don't think this pistol is necessarily marketed to the high-volume crowd, so I don't know how much that will be a factor.

One seeming advantage to the gas-delayed system is that it appears to have a certain amount of self-regulation built in: Higher pressure rounds bleed off higher pressures into the gas cylinder and therefore retard the slide more than lower-pressure ones. The recoil spring is stupid light and the slide is easy to run even for people with not a lot of grip strength. I've got half a mind to see if the gun will run with these weak-ass Fiocchi 115gr loads that stalled more conventional designs.

If they'd chamber this thing in .22 TCM, it would be gun hipster kryptonite.

[45dotACP]

If they'd chamber this thing in .22 TCM, it would be gun hipster kryptonite.

Not 5.7x28mm? I thought 5.7x28mm was the caliber that hipsters can't resist?

Well that and if they somehow added a rotary barrel system. Those reduce recoil and provide better accuracy because the barrel doesn't tilt

[Tamara]

Not 5.7x28mm? I thought 5.7x28mm was the caliber that hipsters can't resist?

It just has to be uncommon. .41AE, 9x23 Win, .357SIG, 10mm Auto... Gun hipsters love that stuff. "You know what caliber my carry gun is? Probably not; it's pretty obscure."

[SouthNarc]

Tam when are you going to have a full review up?

[GardoneVT]

Not 5.7x28mm? I thought 5.7x28mm was the caliber that hipsters can't resist?

Even hipsters want something with better ballistics then a thumbtack.

[Tamara]

Tam when are you going to have a full review up?

I'll be submitting it to the editor before the end of the month.

[SouthNarc]

Sweet!

[shane45]

Tamara, can you comment on the manual safety?

Thanks,
Shane

[Tamara]

Tamara, can you comment on the manual safety?

Thanks,
Shane

Without going into detail, I think it's kind of extraneous for most users, but not difficult to operate. It would work well with a properly-designed holster.

[JodyH]

The safety ruined it for me.