New Walther PPS subcompact pistol

[dhoomonyou]

Am I THAT tired, I am not seeing or finding a PICTURE?
I gotta have more caffeine.

 

[modifiedbrowning]

The PPS First Editions are now available. Head over to www.waltherforums.com to see some write ups.

 

[tackleberi]

Judging by the oft-heard chatter about wishing for a premium single-stack, ultra-concealable 9mm/40, I am optimistic that this gun will take off, and maybe a few more manufacturers will jump in with their own takes on the concept.

I, for one, am willing to see how the gun shakes out quality/reliability/durability-wise and consider whether one might find its way into my waistband.

It will be interesting to see how many holster makers step up to accomodate the new gun.

 

[HorseSoldier]

I believe (my books are in storage while remodeling) when Saive stepped in, the Browning design had a striker and when the Colt 1911 patents expired in the late '20s, Saive incorporated the Colt barrel bushing design, the Colt locking system replaced the breech bolt and the Colt takedown system was incorporated. The barrel bushing morphed into the fixed bushing we see now sometime in the early '30s. Saive added the curved backstrap. The slide was shortened and slimmed, and the magazine capacity was reduced from 15 to 13 to meet weight requirements.

Correct, except that if I'm not mistaken the curved backstrap was a feature on the design as far back as the prototypes from when Browning was alive. Besides that and the two lug, linkless barrel set up, there's not much left from Browning's original design. (The double stack magazine being the other exception, but that is reported to have been Dieudionne Saive's design from the start -- Browning reportedly felt that a nine round single stack was more than adequate.)

The psuedo-1911 lines of the P-35 stem from FN telling Saive to get the design finished one way or another, and his utilizing the expired 1911 patents for features he needed to work (they expired shortly after Browning's death, if I recall correctly, and his prototypes may have been so distrinct from the 1911 and his earlier designs due to his working for FN and Colt holding the patents). I guess that incorportation by Saive indirectly makes Browning much more involved in the pistol's design than his direct contribution actually amounted to.