Dragoon 45
07-05-2010, 11:54 PM
I had been looking for a smaller carry/backup pistol for a couple of months and finally decided on getting a Walther PK380. Bought it Sat ($329) and finally got to take it to the range today. I must say I was more than pleasantly surprised by how well it shot. At 10 yards, firing with only one hand, I was able to hold a fist size (2 1/2 -3") group right in the X ring. Using a two hand grip the group tightened up to a little over 1 3/4". I have not yet tried it a longer distance, but I expect it will shoot very well.
In 150 rounds, I had one failure to extract and that I blame on the ammo. I was shooting Monarch (Privi Partisan) 94 grn FMJ's and on the round in question I got a much weaker report and recoil. The slide barely moved and did not eject the round. After checking for a squib and seeing that the bore was clear proceeded to fire the rest of the mag. I also shot a box of Fiochi (sp) ammo and had no problems.
One note of caution, after striping down the pistol to clean it, getting the spring guide and recoil spring back into the slide will cause more than a few four letter words. There is probably a trick for that, but I haven't figured that out yet. That is the only drawback I can find with the pistol.
Although the pistol has a S&W stamp on the slide, it is marked made in Germany and has German proof marks on the slide. I could not find any "made in the USA" markings anywhere on the gun.
Does anyone make a formed holster for this pistol? The only one I could find was one Walther USA had for sale on its site, but I did not care for that style. I checked Midway USA, Brownells, Cabella's, and a few other sites and did not find anything.
In 150 rounds, I had one failure to extract and that I blame on the ammo. I was shooting Monarch (Privi Partisan) 94 grn FMJ's and on the round in question I got a much weaker report and recoil. The slide barely moved and did not eject the round. After checking for a squib and seeing that the bore was clear proceeded to fire the rest of the mag. I also shot a box of Fiochi (sp) ammo and had no problems.
One note of caution, after striping down the pistol to clean it, getting the spring guide and recoil spring back into the slide will cause more than a few four letter words. There is probably a trick for that, but I haven't figured that out yet. That is the only drawback I can find with the pistol.
Although the pistol has a S&W stamp on the slide, it is marked made in Germany and has German proof marks on the slide. I could not find any "made in the USA" markings anywhere on the gun.
Does anyone make a formed holster for this pistol? The only one I could find was one Walther USA had for sale on its site, but I did not care for that style. I checked Midway USA, Brownells, Cabella's, and a few other sites and did not find anything.