Please Help on a Walther PPK Rebuild

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At least that's what I think I have here. The slide is unmistakably a Walther PPK. Here's what I do have:

1 small bag filled to the brim with tiny parts and screws.

1 slide and slide spring.

1 trigger guard.

1 ring hammer.

1 magazine. If I had to guess, it looks like it could either be chambered in .25 or .32 ACP.

What I don't have for sure, is the gun's frame, and that's what's killing me. I am 90% sure I don't have the trigger. I also do not have the barrel. And no ammo has been found yet. Found it in a plastic bag, at the bottom of a box lot I bought at a local auction near Winchester, VA. I guess my questions at this point are, where can I get the missing parts, how can I be sure as to the make and model of my gun, and can a regular joe like myself put this thing together without the help of a gunsmith?
 
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If it's a Walther PPK it will almost certainly be either .32ACP (7.65mm) or .380ACP.
The slide should be stamped with the makers ID and the caliber.
If not, it's probably one of the Eastern Block small Soviet era small pistols similar to the Walther.

If you don't have the frame you don't have anything but some parts to sell.
Walther PP series frames are just not available, since if the frame is good, it's usually a working gun.
In addition to the frame, you'd need the barrel, magazine, and a good number of internal parts.

Here's a schematic of a Walther PP series gun showing the parts involved.
A PPK will not have the steel back strap, the PPK has a wrap-around grip that serves as the backstrap.

http://www.stevespages.com/ipb-walther-pp.html

Bottom line, since the frame IS the gun, without a frame you just have some loose parts.
 
First make sure what you have. Post a picture here of the left side of the slide or take it to a gun shop. If you have a Walther PP slide, you can probably assume the rest of the parts are from the same gun, so post them as a lot on one of the gun auction sites. There are always folks looking for Walther PP parts. Trying to find the frame and any parts you might not have will be frustrating and expensive and could take years.

Jim
 
Jim K, the rollmarks on the slide are there, but they are extremely faint.

The first picture I was able to take is a photo of "PP", shown just to the left of the rear slide serrations. The second photo is a photo of the Walther logo, the right edge of the logo just next to a little bit of rust on the slide. I hope the photos are visible.
 

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Yeah, my photos came out terribly. Sorry. But I have seen the PP and the Walther logo with my own eyes. I'm 100% sure.
 
Some repressive jurisdictions, in order to get income without letting a "gun back on the street", will scrap the receiver and sell the rest of the parts. I think that is what you got in that auction.
As said, there is no real chance of finding a PPK frame to put them on.
Nothing to do but pass them on as spare parts.
 
If the slide is as bad as it looks, it would be pretty much worthless. You might have to do what many of us (the writer included) have had to do with some acquisitions, toss or give away the stuff and chalk it up to experience.

Jim
 
Kylaen said:
...and can a regular joe like myself put this thing together without the help of a gunsmith?
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Even if you found the frame, assembling what you have is not a job for a "regular joe." The PP-series guns do have some parts that are hand fitted, which are not of the "drop-in" variety. One is the hammer release lever - which comes in 9 sizes; A critical part where all the tolerances of the frame components, cocking piece, sear, etc., are reconciled. If you do not have knowledge of what this part does and how it does it, the gun might be prone to accidental discharge. Unless you have an understanding of how the PP-series pistols function, it would be futile to attempt assembly with mismatched parts. That's a job for a qualified gunsmith.
 
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