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For anyone on the fence on the PPK, it looks like the Hydra Shok Deep .32 is available from multiple vendors now
Seriously, I’ll be curious to see how it functions in older designs like the Walthers as well as in newer ones like the P32 (and in properly done gel testing).
I had two HK4s over the years. I loved the idea of them, but neither one I had actually worked very well. Rather ammo picking for .32 and .380 fmj. Now years later I understand they probably would have worked better with hotter CIP spec ammo, but at the time that wasn't much of an option. Neither one worked particularly well as a 22.
Several of us have the potmetal Not-A-PPKS dedicated 22s here and they are great fun. DA pull is horrible but they just run like little sewing machines with most any decent ammo and make super amusing suppressor hosts.
Agreed. I had one with all four caliber conversions. Sample of one of course. No matter what I tried, parts replacements, etc. it just never functioned well in anything except either the .32 or .380 (I forget, it's been more than a decade). The .22lr conversion was highly unreliable. Overall, unfortunately a disappointing gun IMO.
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I scratched the itch for a war era .32 years ago with a Sauer 38H.
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I've heard other people with similar experience. They do seem to actually work. I mean, it's a .22 so it doesn't need a frame machined out of billet unicorn horn. And it's a legit Walther, even if actually manufactured by their parent company.
I can't explain why it's such a hangup
I may eventually wind up with one anyway.
I get the whole retro thing, but blowback, so,ewhat heavy for caliber etc. They should do a true pocket .32, like a Walther “TP” max, knda LCP ish if you will.
I am hopeful Walther really ups the micro game, with the design drawing amd the novel 1.5 stack size that actually is a double stack, sounds like it may offer max capacity.
Don’t forget S&W too has leaked the “Bodyguard 2.0,” as both an XC and XS version. Hopefully one is a .32 ACP.
I can’t tell you how much more fun it is to shoot my old Taurus TCP in .32 and my tiny Keltec P32, than .380s.