No more PPKs! Crap, a gun I never really wanted, now I must have one.
Yeah, according to The Unofficial Walther Homepage
Dang! I guess I just made it.
Phoenix is closer 
That would be an AWESOME Dopefest!
Mauvaise: Hm… Did someone tell you about the roast prime rib and Yorkshire pudding?
voltaire: Just checked out your link. I could be wrong, but I think that Interarms is not going to be making any more PPKs. Walther has entered a partnership with Smith & Wesson:
I went down to fill out the DROS forms today, and the dealer said that it would be strange for Walther to stop making PPKs since they’ve only just got them “California Legal” (or is that “PRK-legal”?). The guy at the shop says they sell every one they get, and one of the guys was surprised they actually had one on display since they are usually pre-sold.
Johnny L. A., if you are moving back to Washington state you will be pleased to hear that we don’t do the same thing as California in regard to guns. The federal requirements are all I have had to deal with. The local gun shop always gets my new pistol to me just as soon as the mandatory waiting period is over. I don’t know if you can get a concealed carry permit in L. A. but you can up here if you want one and think you need one. Have you tried any of the SIG pistols? I have the SigPro 40 S&W, it is capable of converting to SIG .357 merely by changing the barrel.
You have to wait for guns? When I show them my CCW they don’t even have to phone in the background check. Just fill out the 4473 and go. Even if I didn’t have a CCW there would be no wait unless the NIC turned up something.
Sigs are nice but they march to a different drummer. My carry piece is a Sig P245. 45 ACP natually. It’s a shorty version of the Sig P220 the state highway patrol carries but with a shorter barrel and 6 round single stack magazine. Basically stock except for a Wolff 17lb hammer spring to give it a controllable double action pull. I may add Trijicon sights but otherwise keep it as issued.
AHHH-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 
Aw, geez, that’s rich! “Get a concealed carry permit in L.A.” 
I’m rollin’, here!
Anyway, Haywood, If I wouldn’t lose about 2-1/2 or 3 months’ severence pay if I quit before I’m laid off (I was notified just under a year ago!), I’d pack up and move now. If I can get hired in WA, then I wouldn’t mind quitting quite so much. I’m thinking about buying a house around the Bellingham area while I’m employed. Then when I’m laid off I’ll have a “head start” on payments, about 20 weeks severence (assuming I accumulate maximum vacation hours), CA unemployment payments, and whatever’s in the bank after I make my downpayment (which means about 75% or 80% will be left). Plenty of time to find a job in B’ham.
Padeye: I got the PPK/S because I’m a James Bond fan. One of these days I’ll get a blue one made in W. Germany like the one I used to have. BTW: Do you know the difference between a PPK and a PPK/S?
You have to wait for guns? When I show them my CCW they don’t even have to phone in the background check. Just fill out the 4473 and go. Even if I didn’t have a CCW there would be no wait unless the NIC turned up something.
Sigs are nice but they march to a different drummer. My carry piece is a Sig P245. 45 ACP natually. It’s a shorty version of the Sig P220 the state highway patrol carries but with a shorter barrel and 6 round single stack magazine. Basically stock except for a Wolff 17lb hammer spring to give it a controllable double action pull. I may add Trijicon sights but otherwise keep it as issued.
Goddamn double posting hamsters.
The PPK/S has the longe frame of the PP with the short slide and barrel of the PPK. It was done to get around the bizarre point system the BATmen established for imported handguns after the '68 CGA.
Ok, this is a snippet from a press-release on Walther Germany’s site:
So it looks like PP/PPK’s will no longer be made in Germany, nor by Interarms in the U.S., both of which were the two traditional plants, other than France. It could be that Smith&Wesson bought the rights and will start making them again sooner or later, but I’m pretty sure that production has currently ceased. I know that Smith&Wesson is making the S99, which is exactly the same as the P99, but I haven’t heard any plans for the PP or PPKs.
It’s a shame if they do permanently cease production. The PPK was a revolution to semi-auto pistols when it was introduced, and it’s design remained unchanged for over 70 years!