PPK and PPK/S aquisition

It is not that the recoil hurt; it just seemed inefficient

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That is well put. Exactly how I saw my PPK in .380. I got rid of it (an InterArms) despite being a beautiful gun and have now replaced it with a 1965 PP in .32 ACP, the caliber that was meant for the gun. It is a wonderful shooter.

PM sent. I have the newer S&W version of the PPK/s. I know there is alot of bashing on this version over the older German made ones, (no doubt fine pieces of workmanship) and the Interarms ones as well, but mine has recieved nothing but singing praises from all who have fired it. I made a few mods to it though and I did have to send it back for the safety replacement as well as a trigger job completed by S&W free of charge when I sent it back for the safety replacement on their mandatory recall.

A great little pistol!

I loved mine, it was a 1976 German nickel plated with cocobolo style grips, and it shot dead on. But as mentioned it got traded for other small 9mm's, after 2 trips to the factory it still jammed and stovepiped. Since it was NYC, and you only got one gun "at first", I went to a revolver, a 38 snub model 60. this was in the 70's and 80's, pre glock. Once I moved to FL, in the 90's, & all the small pistols started to appear, like the AMT backup 45, "another problem gun", and the glock 26. I got rid of it.
The colt mustangs and pony's, were smaller and more reliable in 380. I should have held on to them, the way they skyrocketed.

I still own a PPK/S (Interarms) and shoot it occasionally. It is reliable with no jams of any kind. When shooting the heavy self defense loads there in a sharp recoil, but nothing painful.
I Love how accurate the PPK/S is and I was able to score some ammo when everybody was grabbing all of the 9MM and 45 ACP ammo.