Why is the PPK unpopular?

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It's quite heavy, the DA trigger pull is atrocious, it is incredibly expensive for what you get, and to top it off it is just not reliable.

I'd take a Ruger LCP over a PPK any day of the week.
 
+1 on much of the above: eclipsed by newer designs, heavy for size/power, DA trigger like a squeeze clutch on a 1920's Case tractor.

That said, I still own one....

;)

Safe queen, though.
 
I found the one I shot to be uncomfortable to shoot, it was one of the owners carry guns. One thing bad that happened is that it squibed!:eek:
 
It's my wife's favorite gun to carry, and a great shooter for her. She has a PPK/S by S&W that we bought used in great condition for $375. No problems with any ammo we have tried. She enjoys shooting it, and while there are a number of different pistols available, that's the one she prefers for carry.
 
#32 got it right. Back in the day it was the James Bond cachet, sorta like Dirty Harry and the Model 29. Now 007 has moved on to the P99 so it's understandable that the PPK isn't as popular.
 
Mine was so unpopular that I sold it for $250 more than I originally bought it for. The Great Obama Panic was a great time to sell - ah, good times, good times.
 
I wouldn't buy one because I bought a P64 for $169, which shoots 9mm Makarov, at half the price. No brainer IMHO, nothing wrong with it per se - it's just significantly more expensive than it's communist twin.
 
PRICE...heavy trigger pull...older design. I sold a Walther .22LR for $700 a couple of years ago and used a hundred dollars of the price on hard chroming my like new Beretta 70S, which I think is a better gun.

The Walther was gorgeous, but not worth the "James Bond" premium that's worked into each copy of the gun.


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The responses make sense.

I know in my own experience, the first time I held one my first thought was "Whoa this is much bigger than the pictures make it seem."
 
Slide bite and snappy recoil. Sold my .380 PPK in favor of a Hsc.

Still the PPK is a classic, and if it had fit my hand I would have kept it. I do have a PP, which is better for me. To say it is unpopular is a bit off, I think, considering the prices they bring.
 
Not that they are bad guns, but, like Beretta, there are guns comparable which are cheaper/better handling/lighter weight/etc out there, and Walther and Beretta are not bad, just in some ways outclassed by more modern rivals.

For me, anything in .380 is automatically a NO. Why bother with 9x17 when I can carry 9x19 in the same or smaller package.
 
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So often I hear the remark, " the PPK line is just an old design and smaller and less heavy 380 now being produced"! True, the PPK is an old design and heavy, but the same can be said of the 1911 as being an old design, yet u never hear any bashing of these fine guns. PPKs are heavy, but that also cuts down on perceived recoil, so like the 1911, the PPKs are STILL wonderful guns that will get the job done if the owner does his job.
 
yet u never hear any bashing of these fine guns.
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Sure you do. Just put your ear to the ground. You won't hear it from me, but the noise is loud enough.
 
Unpopular? :what: It's the gun that's "always there". No muss, no fuss. I bought mine new in 1967 and for about 30 years was my #1 carry gun - once I found non reloaded ammo that would not stovepipe (it has to be hot stuff like CorBons). Yes I had (have) a 1911, yes I had (have) a handy sized revolver or two or three (I like my Charter .44, but at that time there wasn't a convenient way to carry spare ammo. Now there is). I carried them briefly always going back to the PPK in a Thad Rybka pocket holster. Perfect in suits. Lousy with jeans. Cozy Partner worked great in jeans. It was only when the KT P11 came along - same size, lighter weight, 10+1 of 9mm - that I "upgraded". If I had to, I would have no problems with going back to my PPK - with appropriate ammo - however my Kahr K40 has the same capacity of .40. :D
 
If I had to, I would have no problems with going back to my PPK - with appropriate ammo - however my Kahr K40 has the same capacity of .40.
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Which tells it all --- Size. I like the PPK, and almost bought one about a year ago. Yet, realistically, 9mm's can be had for the same size, and .380s can be had much smaller.
 
It is one gun that I really want to like. Saddly I do not. I have owned 2, a German made PPK & and German made PP. Both early 60's manfacture.
Both were reliable and accurate enough for pocket guns, but the slide bite was horrible.
If I had to use one as a pocket gun I would not feel I was carrying junk, but there are other choices I like better.
 
It's quite heavy, the DA trigger pull is atrocious, it is incredibly expensive for what you get, and to top it off it is just not reliable.

I'd take a Ruger LCP over a PPK any day of the week.
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+100000

I bought one, absolutely beautiful gun, but it was unreliable, heavy, horrible DA ( worst I have ever felt) and to top it off it was the most painful gun I ever shot. Sure in the middle of a firefight I doubt I would notice the recoil, but if I can't practice with it then it does me no good.

I really wanted to like that gun....maybe I'll buy another walther one of these days....a walther PPS that is.
 
I was looking at the PPK today on the internet and quit looking when I saw the price was $300 higher than a Glock.
 
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