How Do I Know If My PPK or PP is Commercial or Military? | WW2 Pre-1946 Walther Pistol Variations 

Thank you so much for doing this video - it was just the "box top picture" I needed to fill in the missing pieces of my PPK puzzle! Seriously - EXCELLENT WORK

Great info. You just answered 99% of my questions on these iconic pistols. Keep up the great content!

Thank you very much. You never "bore me to death". I appreciate you spare us long shooting sessions and metal music. Keep on

Thanks for the info. I have a Walther PP S/N 219666P with matching numbered magazine. It has the "359" symbols. My Father was in the 782nd Tank Battalion and ended the war in Czechoslovakia in April 1945. He also brought home two bayonets with matching serial numbered sheaths. I fired the Walther and it has a very nice trigger.

I just finished reading your book cover to cover. It will take years for me to study all this info. Book with this viedos. Great stuff. Thanks

I found this video after emailing you about a walthher pp/k now i know what to look for thanks for doing the video to help us less knowledgeable on these guns.

Wonderful, educational video! I really enjoyed it.

I just sent you an email on a walther pp that I picked up today. Very interesting and a lot of information. Thank you

great Video, very useful infos...thanks!

I very much appreciate this. Please bore me. Love the information. I can be a much better informed buyer of the earlier models. Thank you. It is nice to listen to someone who knows and is willing to share the information with us.

Very well researched and presented. Great for the historical value and accuracy of information.

Very good video, thanks!!!

Missed you guys!

I really enjoy your very informative videos. And thank you for your personal answers to my queries per email.

The N in this eagle stamp means Nitro- smokeless propellant. Sometimes on very old ones NP ( neues Pulver ). Here in Germany all weapons still have this or a - similar with an N - stamp when they are intendet to fire this powder. Blackpowder only guns are stamped with an S ...

Very interesting video Thank you sir

Just when I thought I new a little something, I watch these videos and realize I don’t.

I just bought my first pp. going to do an inventory of the finish, grip serial number locations and stamps then see what I got. Thanks!

Hi, great informative video, also a great shirt Haha, I have a walther ppk with crown N proof markings, the serial number is 261291K , it's a nice high gloss finish. The mag is not numbered but has finger extension that matches the red/brown grips, any information on this pistol would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Paul

Nice shirt. Awesome PP/PPKs

Hi Tom, I'm looking to buy my first PP, hopefully from Legacy where I have purchased several guns. What is the significance, if any, to the direction of the serial numbers on the frame? Some go downward and others up. Also, why do some PPs have the slide serialized on the right side and others do not, at least outwardly? I can't seem to find a rhyme or reason to it as I've seen variances in both commercial and military ones. Thank you!

Any chance you could make a video on different display options for collectable firearms?

I hear the plumb color comes from the nickel content in the steel

Digging the shirt, boss. Looks great.

Wow great video

Thanks for the great info.

I have a Walther PPK, from my step dad. In great condition and it still shoots like it's out of the box. It has some of these markings on it.

Very good

Hi would love to see what the standard German army holster looked like for the Walter PP military issue..

Very interesting and informative video. I have acquired a manurhin ppk. Would you have much info on the manurhins if I sent you pictures of it?

I have a pair that was part of a Swedish Military/Police order which were marked with the eagle but mine were pulled and given a commercial ( Imperial style) crown proofs.Officers in Europe were expected to buy their own pistol England did so up until WW2 I'm still tracking Capt. Percy T-Horton's Webley -a relative

Hello Tom, Excellent detailed video. In my opinion there is no such thing as too much information :) I recently came across a Walther PPK with a 90 degrees safety, and a crown/N proof mark. So It's pre 1940. It also has a WaA359 proof mark. Serial number 791563. I looked at your cheat-sheet but could not find any reference with that high serial number. Would you say that it is a pre war commercial model and the military proof mark is a fake?

Great video. Say -what is the best way to highlight the proof marks in white? What do people us to do that? Thanks, D.

Would love to have you on our podcast! Like your classy button-down too lol!

I love walther ppk wery good video RESPECT =)

I inherited a Walther PP from my father after he passed, from the info I got, it was manufactured at the original Walther plant in 1944. Past that I have no idea about it.

That wooden pp looks beautiful, it must feel nice in the hand

Ha! I'm the other guy still on AOL!

I love Walter PP

well its been a long journey trying to find the date and more info about my PPK , some of the places where there should be some sort of marking if there was intented to be are scatched from mal-use even towards the end of the K in PPK something else is scratched. Not sure if i give you my serial number on here you would be able to find any info. The serial number and only serial number found aside from the inside of the upper which is scratched in very lightly i had to angle a light to see the shadows of the number which were 199 but the serial number on the side is {883199} . if theres any way to find any info that will be greatly awesome... thank you and i love your content.

if you bore them they should take a hiiiike! thanks for the video. very informative!

very interesting.... but i found another one that fit my hand i like.... old.... heavy.... but i love the Beretta 1934 that no one seems to talk about much and has stayed cheaper to get my hands on.....

Fantástico review! Actually the PPK/S is only made in USA? Not more in Germany?

my PP seems to be a late war unissued walther. 383####P with the AC code under it and no Waff marks on the frame. Had it for several years and just now got around to doing a bit of homework on it. Im assuming that having no Waff proofs means that it is unissued.

are there also some made without any stamp or number at all ?

My Walther PP has the dull finish and looks like a 4th or 5th variation. It is in very good condition. However, there' s no writing and/or markings on the left side of the pistol?! It has a 383XXX serial number followed by a P, and the letters AC underneath on the right side. There's no caliber markings but is a .32 ACP. Is my PP sound common or unusual? Thanks.

I have a ppk that was gifted to me by a late friends son , I dont know much about it sn. 330322 it has a holster extra clip and someone wrote their name and 1941 on the inside flap . Any info you can share would be great . thank you .

Were there any in 380 or is that only modern PPKs like the Smith&Wesson version and now the current PPKs made in Fort Smith, Arkansas ?

I'm that one guy watching who still uses AOL, lol.

I got a Walther PP and a P38 recently. Also got a M1914 and a Luger. German handguns are my favorite, and it's hard to decide which I like best. Luger collecting definitely allows for the highest amount of variability; there are just so many different models and makes throughout the years. I still want to add a PPK and a Mauser C96 to the collection. Any other recommendations?

I have a 1922 F&N Browning 32 is the ammo it fires, but it has 7 waffen stamps all around the gun and on the end of the barrel. It's in great shape, what is it worth or I would like to know some kind of history of it.

I at one time had a Mauser that had 3 iron eagles on it.

I have a PPK circa 1943, so will send my serial...

I bought a Walther 9m PPK/S from a dear family friends late husbands collection. Her husband was a DEA agent in NYC and Seattle. I’m having a heck of a time tracking down the manufacture date. It was manufactured in (at the time) West Germany. I emailed Walther but came up pretty much empty. Can you suggest a website the link or??? Thank you

What is difference between PP and PPK? Which is the reason?

I wish I had a shirt like that....

Good video...might want to point out not regular 9 mm but rather 9 mm Kurz more commonly known as a 3.80

7:17 Is that 9mm Kurz (aka .380 ACP) or 9mm Parabellum?

My father used to have the 9mm what a classic! Do you guy's know if it's easy to find that model these days?

Mine has only 6 digit serial starting with 349xxx and it's been rechambered for 9mm kurz. Has markings I know nothing about. Any advice? Bc I'd like to know more about it. Value etc

Just found your site. I have a wartime, no slide stamp walther pp. Serial number 374935 P. I also have the holster and Eurpoean theater HQ certificate.

I have an original PPK my dad brought home after WWII, and from what I could gather from the video, it is a pre-1940, having the N stamp. I went to your web page looking for the cheat sheet, but could not find it, Do you have an exact link?

How can I know what year my ppk was manufactured?

Would you be kind enough to tell me when Walther made the PP Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do in 9mm Kurz. It's history as well. Thanks.

I have a Walter pp made in ww11 .sr# 322271p can you tell me the year made??

I have a ppk in 32 cal ser # 821892, I received this gun after my father passed away and the story I have is that he was given the ppk and a luger by a wwII vet , who picked up off a dead body and it had blood on it, the acid in the blood caused sone etching on the right side of the Pistol , however the left side is intact, the right side serial number was not effected by the blood and remained in tact, The Luger went to my brother who ended up selling it or I would still have it . any information would be greatly appreciated . Thank You Mark

Do. you sell these?

How do I know if legacy collectibles is fat free?

Hi, I have a 1933 ppk with germany stamped on the left side of the slide, was this for export? thanks

How did you know I was still on AOL?

I have a PPK 7.65 P.M.1940. Whats the worth

Hi. Bob i have a PP 7.65 with R.F.V 5975 W ON THE TRIGER GAURD SS# 902557 WHAT DOES THAT STAND FOR. THANK BOB

i have serial number 363882 Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do Modell PP Cal. 7.65mm. Can you tell me the history of this weapon?

I found one of the Late 1945 without the legend but has black grips , i can see the mill marks and unpolished. I'll have it paid out very soon but i don't plan on shooting it, i have other guns i don't shoot.

Hello, WALTHER PPKS 7.65 mm. magazine capasty 13+1 ?

I inherited a Carl Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do. Modell PP-Cal9mmKurz Serial No. 24998 A On the bolt there is a small spread eagle stamp followed with the number 67 and half of a deer antler. Can I shoot 380 ACP or what and what year was it made? Thanks

What's aol?

Snazzy shirt dude

what is rfk on grip mean on an early pp no waffen marks

Do you recamend polishing p38s

Mine's 247053A it says made in west germany Walther Waffenfabrik Ulm/Do. would like to know when it was made ):

I wonder if the reddish guns went to the Afrika theater? Or it was to match uniforms?

So educated

2:20 Kinda like New York City.

How do I know what year my interarms ppk/s is? It has the crowns. The French paperwork says 1960 but interarms wasn't doing them til 1980 so I'm confused. My test fire doesn't have a date. The serial number starts with 251

Wasn’t there an SS contract PP?

I'm talking ppks. I'm older than you but I believe I have a civilian version. 3226xxs is on the frame. I can't get an answer so I figure a civilian 1970's model. My P 38 on the other hand is definitely Natzi WWII. The grips are different but the stamping is all the same.

Was that a true 9 mm or 380 just for interest

You show a picture at the 2:30 mark, supposedly Nazi soldiers shooting P38's and Lugers. Actually the picture on the left shows early Bundeswehr soldiers shooting P1's.

9mm and .380 are the same diameter

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Yup, that's me.........AOL :)

Not sure if mines military or commercial. I just clicked because I have *PP*

You're not boring me to death enough.

serial number on gun with one on the mag.. --> SS

Did Germany export any pp pistols to the United States before 1939 ?

I have a PP SN 277873P possibly from Dachau concentration camp.

So we're getting off of ppks and going to P 38. 1997 d with a bunch of worn stamps.

im on aol

Your cheat sheet shows a distinction between tight block and loose block for both the PP and PPK series. Your video doesn't mention the block in any way. Can you please elucidate?