I recently reviewed a brand new, shiny Walther PP—why I chose a PP over a PPK is still a mystery—and it brought back memories of when I was a young shaver and would go to the movies to catch the latest 007 flick. You know… Bond, James Bond… with all his tricky equipment and flashy … Read more
The Walther PPK is a legendary design that paved the way for a half-century of handgun development. Like the real life and fictional heroes and villains that carried it, the PPK has become something of an archetype. It exists and has been little changed since it was introduced in 1931. But the landscape the PPK … Read more
Want to own a piece of firearms history or maybe just a cool gun you can’t find in your local gun shop or maybe even gun show? Will Sullivan Auction Co.’s Guns & Military Artifacts online auction has 562 items up for bid, but today is the last day to enter your bids. At the … Read more
The pistol illustrated is a result of my diligent searching for interesting pistols to own, shoot, carry and report on. It has been quite a while since HK introduced their polymer-frame P9 and almost as long since Glock introduced their game changing Glock 17. Polymer frame striker-fired handguns are easily the most popular pistol on … Read more
Last month we brought you the Heckler & Koch P7 which Jeremy believes is the best pistol ever made in the history of the world. Now here’s a look at a dearly departed contemporary of the P7, the Walther P5. Born of the same German government request for a modern pistol, the Walther P5 represents … Read more
Before the age of the micro-compact double stack polymer framed 9mm pistol, there was were two elegant, more refined (though lower capacity) options; the Walther PPK and SIG Sauer P230. They were considered by many in the second half of the 20th century to be the classic concealed carry pistols. These guns are from a … Read more
Walther’s design language has become immediately recognizable in the past five or six years, with their distinctive grip, slide, and ejection port shapes gracing all of their modern pistols. The newest entry maintains that Walther look while enhancing the grip texture, slide serrations, and trigger pull for duty use and tweaking grip ergonomics specifically for … Read more
One gun I chased for a long time was the Walther P99c AS. I love the P99 design, the DA/SA striker-fired system is brilliant, and the trigger has always been outstanding. The P99c is the compact variant with the same Anti Stress trigger system. The P99c is also as rare as hen’s teeth. Do you … Read more
Walther initially announced the Walther CCP in .380 way back in January 2019, and then nothing ever happened. The gun disappeared for some reason. In 2020 they sent a press release out relaunching the gun. It was a standard press release as if they had forgotten the CCP in .380. They finally had one at … Read more
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