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From: snitor!petert@uunet.UU.NET (Peter Toth)
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Subject: Re: Walther PPK/S 380 ACP
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Date: 1 Jun 91 15:14:59 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 
##9mm, and would also be very hard on the gun itself.  Walther does make a  

Actually there is a 3in barreled  straight blowback .45 on the US market :^).
You see, straight blowback actions are smaller than recoil ones.
That's smaller, friend, not more shootable. Smaller.

#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.

It's ambitiously called the 9 Ultra.  It's dimensions are the same as the
9 Makarov (9x18), but i believe its rim is different and is loaded to higher
pressures. It's a very nice gun, but forget about finding ammo.
The gun and the cartridge were originally developed for the air force.

Peter Toth