doubleh
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I received an email from Walther about their new PD 380 pistol yesterday. It appears to be a pretty nice offering. If any one has an interest in the 380 platform you might take a look.
New Walther 380 pistol
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CoalCrackerAl
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Nice it looks a lot like my PK380.
zaitcev
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It appears to be a warmed-up PK380 with PDP-like slide serrations. The safety is still backwards, capacity is tiny, no optics, and it continues to use the paddles that are only the 2nd worst implementation ahead of Beretta Pico. So essentially no design changes. Hopefully they tightened up the quality.
P.S. Did you see the video where Walther's marketing squirms like a snake in a frying pan in order to avoiding saying the G-word:
P.P.S. They managed to cram 9 rounds in. That's almost there, although of course the butt is longer than that of the Ruger LCP MAX. The magazines in videos are indistinguishable from the old ones. I wish Glock did a G42X like that: do not invent a whole new magazine type, but extend the grip to the size of PD380.
P.S. Did you see the video where Walther's marketing squirms like a snake in a frying pan in order to avoiding saying the G-word:
P.P.S. They managed to cram 9 rounds in. That's almost there, although of course the butt is longer than that of the Ruger LCP MAX. The magazines in videos are indistinguishable from the old ones. I wish Glock did a G42X like that: do not invent a whole new magazine type, but extend the grip to the size of PD380.
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PistoleroWadcutterGANG
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I live and work in the N.C. Arkansas retirement area by the lakes. Man do the seniors in my area love the 380. Thanks for the heads up. Something new to pitch to perspective buyers is always good.
lee n. field
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"Industry standard sights". I looked at it, didn't see a dovetail at the muzzle end of the slide, and thought "Glock compatible".
(I've seen a few different guns using Sig compatible dovetails.)
Does Walther not have product manuals on their web site? I poked around their site, trying to figure out if this was a locked breech or straight blowback gun . I only figured it out by seeing a review in one of the print mags.
gc70
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So the PK380 got a facelift and new name, which should keep Walther fans happy for another 14 years. Specifically it got:
- PDP texturing on the grip
- steel sights (presumably with a Glock cut)
- a different slide profile
- front cocking serrations
- a torx screw for the manual safety rather than a straight slotted screw, and
- capacity boosted from 8 to 9 rounds
- PDP texturing on the grip
- steel sights (presumably with a Glock cut)
- a different slide profile
- front cocking serrations
- a torx screw for the manual safety rather than a straight slotted screw, and
- capacity boosted from 8 to 9 rounds
Dave DeLaurant
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I see the new slide contour makes rear sight wider than its dovetail. Not so stylish, but probably benign.
Zendude
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I was expecting the PK380 to be completely phased out by now, with the CCP 380 taking its place. This new iteration is a surprise.
