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  2. Walther PP - Wikipedia

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    A Walther PPK-L manufactured in 1966. In the 1960s, Walther produced the PPK-L, which was a lightweight variant of the PPK. The PPK-L differed from the standard, all steel PPK in that it had an aluminium alloy frame. These were only chambered in 7.65mm Browning (.32 ACP) and .22 LR because of the increase in felt recoil from the lighter weight ...

  3. Trigger (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Walther introduced the first "double-action" (actually DA/SA hybrid) semi-automatic pistols, the PPK and P.38 models, which featured a revolver-style double-action trigger, allowing the weapon to be carried with a round chambered and the hammer lowered. After the first shot, they would fire subsequent shots ...

  4. Double action - Wikipedia

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    The hammer can also be cocked to fire in single-action (SA) mode. With a DA revolver, the hammer can be cocked first (single action), or the trigger can be pulled and it will cock and release the hammer (double action). [1] Once the gun has fired, the hammer stays in the decocked position until the hammer is re-cocked (single action), or the ...

  5. Pocket pistol - Wikipedia

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    It was designed from the outset to be chambered for higher-powered cartridges such as the .38 Special, considered to be a powerful caliber for a concealable pocket revolver of the day. The Walther PPK pistol is famous as fictional secret agent James Bond's gun in many of the films and novels: Ian Fleming's choice of the Walther PPK directly ...

  6. Walther P38 - Wikipedia

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    The Walther P38 (originally written Walther P.38) is a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol that was developed by Carl Walther GmbH as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of World War II. It was intended to replace the comparatively complex and expensive to produce Luger P08 .

  7. Fanning (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    A slip gun is a revolver which has been modified to disconnect the trigger from the hammer, so as to cause it to fire by pulling back and releasing the hammer. [citation needed] Often the hammer spur is lowered, so the gun may be fired by wiping one's finger across the hammer. The only difference from fanning is that only one hand is needed ...

  8. List of most-produced firearms - Wikipedia

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    Bolt-action rifle 5,000,000 Walther PP/PPK: Semi-automatic pistol ... Young America Double Action Revolver

  9. List of World War II firearms of Germany - Wikipedia

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    Walther PPK: Carl Walther GmbH: 7.65×17mm SR 9×17mm Kurz: Wehrmacht Luftwaffe Waffen-SS Gestapo Kriminalpolizei: Similar to the PP but shorter version used mostly by Kriminalpolizei during WW2. Walther Model 8: Carl Walther GmbH.25 ACP: Luftwaffe Panzerwaffe: 3,090 pistols were delivered to the Luftwaffe and the Panzerwaffe in 1941. Walther ...