Earlier this year the Dutch police announced the adoption of a new pistol, the Sig Sauer PPNL (Police Pistol Netherlands). Heckler & Koch and Walther, who lost out on the contract, have announced their intention to take the government to court over the decision. [ [Read More…]
The new Walther PPQ has finally been unveiled. The pistol is striker fired and features a new trigger system with a claimed crisp 5.5 lbs trigger. It will be available in .40 S&W and 9mm Parabellum.
The BBC reports … A pistol held by Sean Connery as James Bond in a poster to promote the 1963 film From Russia With Love has sold at auction for £277,250. The Walther air pistol fetched more than 10 times its estimate of £15,000-£20,000 at Christie’s in [Read More…]
Carl Walther GmbH has filed for a patent on a mechanism which prevents a pistol being disassembled if a round is chambered. It works by using the extractor to manipulate a pin which prevents the disassembly. Personally, I think all gadgets like this are unnecessary. [Read More…]
Defense Aerospace reports that many of the Walther P1 pistols, which Germany donated to the Afghan police force, have found their way onto the black market. Defense Aerospace reports: German military pistols are being sold on the black market in Afghanistan and [Read More…]
Over at my blog post about the Walther PK380, readers have anxiously awaiting the arrival of the pistol that was announced in January. S&W have finally announced that it is shipping. More more about this .380 ACP pistol here.
There seems to be a problem with the PPK hammer block in newly manufactured PPK pistols. The press release: Smith & Wesson has identified a condition that may exist in certain PPK and PPK/S pistols which may permit a round to be discharged without the trigger being [Read More…]
Austrian gun designer Wolfram Kriegleder ,who designed the Walther P22, has designed a new pistol in response to what American shooters said they wanted in a target and shooting pistol. The M-22 features: * 3.5″ or 5″ match barrels. * adjustable rear sight. [Read More…]
Walther have scaled up the P22 pistol and produced the PK380, a .380 ACP chambered pistol. The PK380 features: 8+1 capacity polymer grip, steel frame and slide 3.66″ barrel Overall length of 6.5″ Picatinny-style rail Ambidextrous mag release and safety. [Read More…]
Zack @ The Next Chapter has reviewed his 1967 .380 ACP Walther PPK : Suppose that I did not own this PPK; some might ask if I would I run out to purchase a Walther PPK over all other handguns available for home defense or concealed carry. No, I probably would not, but I [Read More…]
These run the end of the year. Smith & Wesson Through December 31, 2008, consumers will have the opportunity to take part in two promotions from Smith & Wesson – the Hunting Fall Spectacular and the Holiday Handgun Promo. During the designated months, [Read More…]
The P99 RAD was unveiled at MSPO 2008. As far as I can tell it is a standard P99 with a Picatinny rails and a different, but still interchangeable, grip. The “RAD” part of the name refers to the hometown of the Lucznik Arms Factory, Radom. Interestingly [Read More…]
ExistingThing has a very cheap solution to the Walter G22 (.22lr bullpup rifle) trigger problem. The Walther G22 has a terrible trigger, lots of take up, and a very mushy break. I saw it as an opportunity to practice my trigger control, and got pretty good with it. [Read More…]
A very detailed review of the Walther P99 pistol has been post on the PAFOA forum here. It also includes some beautiful photos of the P99. So, the real verdict, how does it shoot? Well, for me, it shoots better than any gun I have ever fired, which includes an [Read More…]
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