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From: leem@jpl-devvax.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Lee Mellinger)
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Subject: Re: Walther PPK/S 380 ACP
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Date: 30 May 91 22:51:17 GMT
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In article <35058@mimsy.umd.edu> cash@convex.com (Peter Cash) writes:
:In article <35033@mimsy.umd.edu> boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes:
:#In article <34989@mimsy.umd.edu>, gordonh@milton.u.washington.edu (Gordon Hayes) writes:
:##Is there a full 9mm Walther PPK?
:
:#No.  The direct blow-back action of the PP's would be rather painful in 
:
:Correct. But Walther _does_ make a PPK that shoots a 9mm round that is
:about halfway in power between a "short" (.380) and a parabellum. This
:round is apparently used by the German police. Unfortunately, 1) I can't
:remember what the round is called (probably 9 x something), and 2) since
:the round isn't popular over here, Walther doesn't import these guns.
:Peter Cash   |       (apologies to Ludwig Wittgenstein)      |cash@convex.com

It was 9X18 and was also called the 9mm Ultra.

Lee

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