Walther is introducing three new firearms at IWA in Germany this weekend. I’ll be on the ground as soon as the show opens to fondle them in person and report back. In the meantime, Walther has released some details for your reading pleasure. Make the jump for the full presser and a few more snaps . . .
The Carl Walther company welcomes you to the IWA 2014 in Nuremberg and is pleased that you are interested in our new products. This year we will again be unveiling a number of new models that everyone will be talking about.
In the DEFENSE area we are featuring the brand-new WALTHER CCP, a compact 9 mm Luger. Its gas-delayed blowback action and polygonal barrel ensure outstanding shooting characteristics. The PPQ family, with its M2 models (magazine release on the side) in 9 mm Para, now has four-inch and five-inch versions, and the small-caliber PPQ 22, also in a four-inch and a five-inch sport version, has the same good handling. [Edit: Jeremy S has a Walther Arms (U.S.) PPQ M2 5″ in-hand right now and will be sending it off to Joe Grine next week. A joint review will come from this testing shortly]
For SPORTING weapons our motto this year is “Variety is the spice of life”. Thus we’ll be showing special versions of popular models for different “target groups”. The WALTHER LG400 comes in an inexpensive Universal version for gun clubs as well as a Blacktec aluminum version in “life-affirming black”. The HÄMMERLI AP20 PRO (walnut molded grip) with its modular system and the WALTHER LP400 Club with an innovative ambidextrous plastic grip close the gap in both price and features between the entry-level models and the more expensive LP400 Carbon and LP400 Aluminum match air pistols. And then there’s the HÄMMERLI AP20 Hybrid, the perfect entry-level pistol for young shooters. When equipped with a RedDot laser module it can be legally used by children under 12. After that, it can be converted at the factory to a full-fledged HÄMMERLI AP20.
Shift the burden of proof. Ask Elliot Fineman to back up his opinions with facts and references. Ask for time-lapse analysis instead of cross-sectional analysis.
It only goes to show that after billions of dollars, a person can still be a f%^#*@g loser; oh, wait, ……. we should have recognized Suckerberg’s coming; we had another pencil-necked loser named Bill Gates.
I would guess that the “difference” in the two cartridges is that the “short-barrel” rounds use a faster-burning powder. I bought some gold-dot “defense ammo” for my Kel-Tec PMR30 precisely for this reason. Standard .22 WMR makes a hellacious fireball (and annoys the people in the next lane at the range), but the gold-dots make much less fireball. Difference is different powder burn rate. Standard CCI Maxi-Mags are made for a .22 WMR rifle and use a powder with a slower burn rate (so it’s not all burned in the first few inches of the rifle barrel). The gold-dots are made for pistols and the powder burns quicker.
For SPORTING weapons our motto this year is “Variety is the spice of life”.
Pure marketing genius! Breathing new life into a two hundred year old saying that was boring two hundred years ago. Walther, your marketing team is underpaid.
You’d think they’d be pretty loose with the rules in YOLO county…
I’m bout ta get flamed, so I’ll put on my asbestos pants…. To be frank, without the work of open carry activists in CA, this may never have happened. I know they get massively blamed for all kinds of “look what you did” business on the interwebs, but read the 9th circuit ruling on Peruta. Essentially it was the knee jerk ban on all open carry that established a de facto ban on all carry in a “may issue” state. 9th circuit ruled that while the .gov can determine which method of carry (open or concealed) they cannot ban both. The law passed banning all open carry created the violation of rights that ended with the overturning of the “may issue” situation. Isn’t that win?
One shot, one kill. Nice aim!
Finally. Good riddance to shitposts.
Before I bought my first concealed carry pistol, I had seriously considered buying a Glock. They are prolific so it’s easy to get accessories for them. However, after shooting a few of Glocks at the range, they did not fit my short fingered hands very well. Walther makes a very ergonomic grip on their guns. I decided to get a Walther PPS 40. My second gun will probably be the a Walther PPQ or the new CCP.
I have both the PPQ M2 and the PPS in 9mm. I absolutely love the PPQ, but the PPS needed a Limbsaver before I was satisfied with it. I suspect the CCP was designed for women: less recoil, better ergonomics. If only they’d made the CCP to the same or smaller size/dimensions as the PPS and with the PPQ trigger! I’d buy one hands down. It’s so easy to forget I have the PPS on me when I CC in my IWB holster.
Any weird or cool features about the CCP?