Anyone received the Walther PDP yet? Thoughts?

I just received the optics plate for my PDP today, a little over six weeks from when I requested it on the Walther website.

When I asked Gravel for an ETA a couple of weeks ago they replied they couldn't give me one because they were waiting for the correct screws. This seems ironic as the screws they sent do not fit anywhere. Their diameter is to large to hold the plate to the pistol and they are to long to hold the sight to the plate.

I found the screws that hold the polymer cover to the slide will fasten the plate to the slide, are they intended for that? The Holosun optic I'm using came with the correct size screws to attach it to the plate, so I won't be using the screws that delayed my getting it.
 
Steve88B said:
I just received the optics plate for my PDP today, a little over six weeks from when I requested it on the Walther website.

When I asked Gravel for an ETA a couple of weeks ago they replied they couldn't give me one because they were waiting for the correct screws. This seems ironic as the screws they sent do not fit anywhere. Their diameter is to large to hold the plate to the pistol and they are to long to hold the sight to the plate.
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Wow. Just Wow.
 
My Adapter Plate and SCrews arrived yesterday. The included Screws appear to be useless, given that they did not fit either threaded hole. In any event, other screws that I happened to have on-hand worked fine. I decided to mount an RMR rather than a Holosun because the RMR has a thinner base which allows a co-witness with my Shadow Systems medium-height night sights. The Holosun base is too thick for co-witness on this pistol.


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Looks good Bartok5.

Man, I really want one of these pistols but Gravel's gross mishandling of the optics plate distribution is really making me think twice.

What happens when / if a gun actually needs warranty work and replacement parts? They wait a couple of months then send you a box of Glock and PPQ parts and say best of luck?
 
prairieguy said:
Looks good Bartok5.

Man, I really want one of these pistols but Gravel's gross mishandling of the optics plate distribution is really making me think twice.

What happens when / if a gun actually needs warranty work and replacement parts? They wait a couple of months then send you a box of Glock and PPQ parts and say best of luck?
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Notwithstanding Gravel's rocky (pun intended) start with the PDP, we should be thankful that a Canadian distributor carries the Walther line so that we have access to this fine handgun. By all accounts, now that the plates have been sorted you ought to receive the correct parts in a timely manner from the moment you submit your serial number and Plate preference to Gravel. I cannot speak to Gravel's warranty work, never having availed myself of their services. I don't expect any significant problems with the PDP however, as its direct predecessor (the PPQ) was pretty much trouble-free. The PDP is well-built and ought to be sufficiently robust to take a beating and shrug it off. The PDP does everything the PPQ did, but sits lower in the hand and features a better trigger.
 
Just curious, Walther partnered with CHPWS in the US for plates, is the Walther RMR plate? actually made by CHPWS? Thanks
 
Played with one in the LGS - Nice pistol, but I can't get over the thickness of the slide.
It is out of place and appears to me to be unnecessarily bulky. How is the recoil on these?
I'd maybe buy in if they had a 4.5" compact, but it looks as though that is the one variation they have steered clear of offering.
 
The slide is designed specifically to be wide, deep serrations with lots of surface to grab with wet / cold / bloody hands if necessary. It is a vast improvement over the PPQ slide.
Some people want slides that look good, some want them to be smooth and sleek for concealed carry, PDP is all business for firm & secure manipulation of the gun under stressful / adverse conditions.
Handles recoil very well, the frame is cut for a bit higher grip / hold than the PPQ.

Once again the paper doesn't lie, these guns are super accurate......and.....more importantly easy to shoot accurately. You can ramsom rest guns in a vice and see what true accuracy is, but "shootability" for accuracy is something else and these PDP's produce accurate results!

Rich
 
Anybody manage to find some spare mag for the full size? Loading the same two mag all the time is getting old real fast...
 
Armourall said:
Soley Outdoors has a similar price on a 5" I believe - what's up with that???? Why the drop in price? Is this one of those MAP pricing sales or something?
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Don't know, should have waited. Mine is currently in for service, and don't know when ill be getting it back. Gravel said they have to order parts from USA, so going by what others said, might be a few months :(
 
Bartok5 said:
Notwithstanding Gravel's rocky (pun intended) start with the PDP, we should be thankful that a Canadian distributor carries the Walther line so that we have access to this fine handgun. By all accounts, now that the plates have been sorted you ought to receive the correct parts in a timely manner from the moment you submit your serial number and Plate preference to Gravel. I cannot speak to Gravel's warranty work, never having availed myself of their services. I don't expect any significant problems with the PDP however, as its direct predecessor (the PPQ) was pretty much trouble-free. The PDP is well-built and ought to be sufficiently robust to take a beating and shrug it off. The PDP does everything the PPQ did, but sits lower in the hand and features a better trigger.
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How much lower in the hand do you think it sits? PPQ's do tend to look a little tall compared to many other modern semi auto's and to my eye the PDP doesn't look much lower though it's hard to tell with the different slide shapes.

It would be nice to just get all the different optic mounts they make in the box but I suppose that would have added $50-$100 to the cost of the pistol.

The only other strike against walther is expensive magazines so it's good to hear the turkish magazines work in the full size model.
 
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