The company that I purchased the pistol from is located in Creedmore, so they aren't far from me and I paid with a credit card, so I am not worried about the situation. I'll have to go back tomorrow with everything and my permit to get my gun. I was given a copy of that and a receipt for the purchase. I went ahead did the financial part of the purchase and filled out what paper work that I could. So there I was with the gun I had been looking for in my hand when it dawned on me that all 4 of my pistol purchase permits were sitting at home on my desk where I had laid them out to take with me. When I finally got the the opposite corner, having covered the whole floor, at the last table I came to I found the Walther PPK/S. After saying hi to Paul and getting a few dollars from the ATM, I started walking the isles from the corner by the food court.
I bought a German made, Interarms distributed PPK/S this afternoon at the gun show. While my question in the earlier post is still interesting, the point is now somewhat moot. Has anyone heard any stories of fraudsters trying to take advantage of this situation with faked up clones of USA made guns masquerading as these French made pistols?
Below that is a picture of the slide, showing proof marks, from the gun that I found for sale. Does anybody know what happened between the ending of Ranger's license (unknown date) and the beginning of S&W's license in 2002? In Walther's 2008 worldwide defense product catalog, Walther indicated that, with the exception of the PP and the new PPK/E model, S&W is the current sole source for new PPK-type pistols.īelow is the documentation for one such gun- Anyone read French :dunno: - that has a 1960 date on it. While I have not found documentation of it, Interarms distributed Walther PPKs made in France until 1978 when Ranger Manufacturing of Gadsden, Alabama was licensed to manufacture the PPK and PPK/S, also distributed by Interams. It was apparently distributed here by Interarms of Alexandria, Virginia. It was apparently made by Manurhin in France, were virtually all European PPKs were made from the end of WWII (circa 1952)until 1986.
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