Walther ppk slide question

[rm_rang]

Hey guys

I was able to get a walther ppk in .32 as a 12-7 status a little while ago. I really wanted one in .380 but finding one old enough to be 12-7 is pretty difficult. I just got an idea that maybe I could get a complete slide assembly for .380 and put in on the .32 frame but I’m not sure if it would fit. And if it could would a .380 magazine fit in the mag well of the .32 frame?

Thanks!

 

[redbirddog]

Get the 12-7 if you can save the $$ you will not be sorry. Specially when you can WILL it down to family. They are not that hard to get one.

 

[colinjw]

Maybe I am missing something here but are you trying to make a .32 PPK into a .380 ??

They have a fixed barrel so that would make it somewhat diifficult

 

[Phat Eagle]

^^^ what Colin said... That's why they're accurate little pistols (like my Makarov too)!

 

[Walther_PPK]

I have seen many .32 PP / PPK pistols converted to restricted only by adding a modified Browning 1922 barrel (.380acp). I don't think any modification is needed to the slide at all. Possibly might need a .380 recoil spring as I would imagin it would be more stout than the .32.

You'd need a .380 magazine too I think.

 

[Ganderite]

Have you ever shot a PPK in 380? Not a nice gun to shoot.

 

[rm_rang]

Maybe I am missing something here but are you trying to make a .32 PPK into a .380 ??

They have a fixed barrel so that would make it somewhat diifficult

Good call

I don’t have it in my hands and forgot that detail!

 

[gaff]

converting pp and ppk s to 380 from 32 is not a problem for proper gun smiths.
going this route would be better on a post war gun though , saving one as opposed to destroying another.

 

[Lee Enfield]

Have you ever shot a PPK in 380? Not a nice gun to shoot.

I wanted one until i shot it.

Cleaning the blood off the gun every time i shot it got....old.

 

[gaff]

I wanted one until i shot it.

Cleaning the blood off the gun every time i shot it got....old.

getting soft in your old age ?