If you like your PPQ as much as I do this is great news. I honestly did not think Walther would make a 45 but they proved me wrong it seems.
http://www.ammoland.com/2015/08/walther-ppq-45-acp-pistol-a-new-caliber/#axzz3iRm8Ykp5
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12 rounds is impressive considering a 9mm only holds 15.
I’d like to see how much bigger it is than the 9mm.
I bought a PPQ M1 Classic in 9mm last month and I love it. I would like to handle one of these new .45 PPQs even if I am unlikely to buy one.
What I would really like to see is a compact PPQ. I think if they came out with one of those I would buy the first one I could get my hands on.
Nice! Always good to see more .45 options.
I would think that a vp45 would be along at some point as well. This information was listed on the Walther FB page but I do not see anything listed as far as dimensions etc. Hopefully they will be releasing more details soon.
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More options are certainly nice. Personally, I think a PPQ compact should have taken priority over this and I still think it was a mistake for them to abandon the paddle mag release.
I am just speculating but Walther probably considers the CCP a compact PPQ, even though it’s not.
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I am wondering if these are German made or being built here specially after reading this…
We have built it to the same exacting German standards that deliver the ultimate home defense and personal protection firearm.
Agreed.
Probably made here at their new facility.
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Not even close. Furthermore, I’ll never own any defensive pistol that requires a tool to field strip.
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Will buy one if they release a M1 version. Very happy with my PPQ’s but for me they must be paddle style magazine release.
Great news! Hopefully they will offer a TB option and extended mags.
The pictures show German and CIP proof marks so at the very least to prototypes were not made here.
I wouldn’t trust pictures 100%. Some companies will use photoshop on pictures of their existing handguns when rendering images of new upcoming models.
I think this was the case with HK when they released pictures of the P30SK. I remember also seeing stock photos of P2000SK’s which were photoshopped images of the full size P2000.
I am new to Walthers as of last month when I bought my PPQ M1 Classic, which has the paddle mag release. I wasn’t aware that they are abandoning this type release. Is that really true? I find it is faster than the normal side mounted button release.
If I recall correctly they did stop producing the PPQ M1 but started making them again due to demand. There is not any indication that they will make the .45 with a paddle release but time will tell.
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Every new model that Walther has released recently, PPQ 5", PPX, CCP, PPQ 22lr and now the PPQ45 has had the button mag release and no equivalent paddle mag release variant. That’s a clear sign to me that they’ve abandoned the paddle mag release as a whole.