Takes a Brausch silencer with very little reduction in muzzle velocity. 7.65 mil, with a delivery like a brick through a plate glass window. To add to the previous writeup, Major Boothroyd introduces the PPK to Bond with the following dialogue: Some have complained about shoddy quality on some American-made versions. were versions of the pistol widely available. Not until Walther licensed the PPK to Interarms Co. Under the rules adopted, the lightweight, reasonably high-power PPK was on the wrong side of the point scaling system. The PPK was hard to find in the United States as it fell afoul of legislation designed to block imports of the small, light guns called ' Saturday Night Specials' in the U.S. 25 was confiscated by Major Boothroyd and M in Dr. This gun was made famous in the non-shooting world by Ian Fleming, who had his famed not-so-secret agent 007 carry one for several books after his trusty Beretta. There was also a safety interlock called a disconnector which ensured the weapon could not fire unless the slide was completely forward. An automatic safety, in addition, locked the hammer action unless the trigger was depressed. In addition, the PPK had a locking safety that, when engaged, intervened between the hammer and the firing pin. The double action meant that it was possible to safely carry the Walther PPK with the safety off and a round chambered the initial action meant that an exceptionally firm trigger squeeze was required to 'cock' the hammer for the first shot, but thereafter all shots would fire on single-action until the magazine emptied.
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Although numerous semiautomatic pistols (or autoloaders) predated the PP/PPK series, the series contained several safety innovations as well as the first commercially successful double action on a non- revolver handgun.
In English this would translate roughly to 'Police Detective's Pistol.' It was a follow-on to the Walther PP, introduced two years before. Carl Walther Waffenfabrik introduced the Walther PPK, or Polizei Pistol Kriminale, in 1931.