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Posted: 12/11/2021 11:24:56 AM EDT

I stumbled across a Walther ad where it showed a gunbro and his cop buddy shooting robbers. Cool ad but I've never owned a Walther. I've never been interested in PPK pistols and have never fired a Walther, expect maybe someone else's PPK. Are they made in the US? Didn't they use to sell some low quality.22s made by the cheap .22 company in Germany?

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Posted: 12/11/2021 11:50:02 AM EDT

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I think my Walther PPx was made in Germany.
It had German proof marks on it. Great pistol, but decided to consolidate with Grock and M&Ps for magazine commonality.

Posted: 12/11/2021 12:56:53 PM EDT

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I stumbled across a Walther ad where it showed a gunbro and his cop buddy shooting robbers. Cool ad but I've never owned a Walther. I've never been interested in PPK pistols and have never fired a Walther, expect maybe someone else's PPK. Are they made in the US? Didn't they use to sell some low quality.22s made by the cheap .22 company in Germany?

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Is-Walther-the-only-gun-company-that-advertises-that-you-can-kill-people-with-their-guns-/5-2512293/

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Ha! Because of your post, I decided to venture into the Walther section.

Posted: 12/11/2021 2:31:23 PM EDT

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They have a plant in Ft Smith Arkansas but not sure which models are made there

Posted: 12/12/2021 2:00:04 PM EDT

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Currently the plant at Ft. Smith assembles PPK and PPK/S pistols with the frames being made here and the slides coming from the mother ship in Ulm. The PPK has to be made here because it's small size disqualifies it from importation.

The CCP, PK 380, and all the .22s are all made by Umarex in Germany. The sole exception are their high end .22s made for competition which are all made by Walther themselves, but I don't think they are imported.

Posted: 12/14/2021 3:08:56 PM EDT

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The PDP (the pistol in the ad) and its predecessors the P99 and PPQ are made in Germany.

Posted: 12/14/2021 10:02:24 PM EDT

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I stumbled across a Walther ad where it showed a gunbro and his cop buddy shooting robbers. Cool ad but I've never owned a Walther. I've never been interested in PPK pistols and have never fired a Walther, expect maybe someone else's PPK. Are they made in the US? Didn't they use to sell some low quality.22s made by the cheap .22 company in Germany?

https://www.ar15.com/forums/general/Is-Walther-the-only-gun-company-that-advertises-that-you-can-kill-people-with-their-guns-/5-2512293/

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My P22 may be inexpensive buts it's not low quality by any means. It's been a great gun.

I've always considered Walther to be the most underrated brand out there. They have excellent ergonomics and very good triggers. They are usually better than most of the most popular brands at any given time.