Police C marked PPK

[Von Hoth]

you bring up a good theory, that perhaps they just didn't polish off the chamber part.

And since the gun is post 1940 (i'm judging by the proof mark) It is possible the the gun was a bit more rushed than pre war models. But normally, only late war stages of walther factory productions ever show big errors. This gun is not that late, and the polish is extremely high. I don't believe they would go through the trouble of polishing the slide and frame so well, but forget to polish off the chamber. Anyone who has ever machined metal and polished steel knows how much labor goes into polishing. (I have myself and use to polish motorcycle parts. I can tell you that even with high rpm buffing machines, you have to use your strength and skill to do it right, not to mention time)


This is such a hard case to crack, because that close up of the exposed barrel end with slide off (where the hidden proof is) shows text book original walther finish and was not reblued.

but with the slide on, If I was walking past this gun, I would think the slide and chamber had been reblued. Then with the slide off, I would see that I'm probably wrong and this gun is most likely completely original. (because why or how could someone just reblue the slide and chamber part of the barrel without bluing the barrel end)

anyways, this gun is beautiful and I love it. I give it a thumbs up!!!!!!!!

[Paul l k]

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Well with all this talk of finishing I decided to get the wee pistol out again today and look over and see just what you are all talking about .. I first checked my original images and I can see just how blue my images have made it appear .. <V</V<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/images/smilies/glasses.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\PAULKI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\cli p_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> <O</O
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However when I hold the pistol in my hands I can see that the finish is not as good as it looks in the images and there are quite a few wear marks caused by the slide running back and forth .. the good thing is I can feel all the sharp edges of the little eagle acceptance mark, suggesting that the eagle was stamped by the inspector after the gun originally went through the blue process, all markings to the pistol feel the same .. <O</O
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When I inspected the area around the firing pin I found it to be almost unfired .. This PPK has done almost nothing since being accepted by the Police in 1941 .. I personally have found the thoughts of the members on this thread interesting to say the least ..<O</O
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I hope this helps<O</O
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[banddr2]

Here are the pics I promised. This is a 1942 ppk that WAS refinished and reblued. You can see someone attempted to buff out the rust pitting on the left slide and erased some of the lettering. If you can see it, there are no slide scratches on the frame by the tang.







The grips are post war. I think Paul's ppk is defineatly original finish, and in outstanding condition.

P.S. The chamber receiver was also buffed to a high polish white after the reblue job.

[Von Hoth]

Hi Guys,<O</O
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Well with all this talk of finishing I decided to get the wee pistol out again today and look over and see just what you are all talking about .. I first checked my original images and I can see just how blue my images have made it appear .. <V</V<?xml:namespace prefix = v ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" /><v:shape id=_x0000_i1025 style="WIDTH: 12pt; HEIGHT: 12pt" alt="0" type="#_x0000_t75"><v:imagedata o:href="http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/images/smilies/glasses.gif" src="file:///C:\DOCUME~1\PAULKI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\msohtml1\01\cli p_image001.gif"></v:imagedata></v:shape> <O</O
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However when I hold the pistol in my hands I can see that the finish is not as good as it looks in the images and there are quite a few wear marks caused by the slide running back and forth .. the good thing is I can feel all the sharp edges of the little eagle acceptance mark, suggesting that the eagle was stamped by the inspector after the gun originally went through the blue process, all markings to the pistol feel the same .. <O</O
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When I inspected the area around the firing pin I found it to be almost unfired .. This PPK has done almost nothing since being accepted by the Police in 1941 .. I personally have found the thoughts of the members on this thread interesting to say the least ..<O</O
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I hope this helps<O</O
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thanks for checking again, but John on the PP and PPK forum explained the reason why your chamber is blued.


there were transitional productions where the factory did leave the chamber blued. I was not aware of this until he told me. I will not list the specific data as I do not have his permission to post his hard earned knowledge. (there is a lot of hard work and research into data collecting that collectors have compiled) but I just wanted to explain why your pistol might be completely original.


cheers