Walther to continue selling the PPQ M1 in the USA!

General Firearms Handguns - Semi Auto
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Just got this email from Walther, this is great news!

"This announcement is about to be broadcast. We wanted you to hear it first.

As a result of market demand and customer input, Walther announced today to continue selling the popular PPQ M1 (Classic) in the United States in limited quantities. This means Walther will continue to manufacture and then sell in the US market the PPQ with a traditional thumb and paddle style magazine release. Availability will be early 2014 with Walther continuing its full support of PPQ M1 (Classic) firearms already sold and in the market with production of magazines and accessories."

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That’s very good news. I much prefer the paddle release.

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If the mag situation was better…I might pick one up. They seem like really nice pistols. A poor man’s P30…of sorts.

-brickboy240

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Now this is a game changer for me. If they are actually available and there is adequate supply of mags and OEM parts, I’ll be picking up one.

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If the mags were available I’d be all over it. I just can’t seem to part with my glocks just yet though.

6

Now if they will import the 5" in M1 flavor…

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I agree on the Mag situation but I would take the PPQ over a P30 any day.

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Just got this email from Walther, this is great news!

"This announcement is about to be broadcast. We wanted you to hear it first.

As a result of market demand and customer input, Walther announced today to continue selling the popular PPQ M1 (Classic) in the United States in limited quantities. This means Walther will continue to manufacture and then sell in the US market the PPQ with a traditional thumb and paddle style magazine release. Availability will be early 2014 with Walther continuing its full support of PPQ M1 (Classic) firearms already sold and in the market with production of magazines and accessories."

Excellent.

I have to admit, I had my doubts, but I’m pleasantly surprised none the less. It looks like they actually care what we think. We had to be where this market demand was coming from.

If the mag situation was better…I might pick one up. They seem like really nice pistols. A poor man’s P30…of sorts.

H&K fan? :smiley:

If I asked how the PPQ was a poor man’s P30, would I get a good answer? The PPQ sells for more money than the P30 in some places in Europe. Does this make the P30 a poor man’s PPQ in those places?

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A sound decision that will surely be rewarded.

AC

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Wonder if there is an option for pre-order…

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This made my day.

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I really prefer that magazine release style, and may consider picking one up too as a result of this news.

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Great news. This makes me think that the PPQ compact will be here eventually.

Thanks for listening to all of us Walther!

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Me too. And, I really like the P30 a lot.

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That would certainly be a welcome announcement.

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Def. We just need to bombard their facebook pic posts with PPQ compact, like everyone did with the paddle release.

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Does Walther compromise? Cause HK doesn’t. :dirol:

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Wideners, Buds, and Manventure all just had mags a plenty.

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Good to hear the mag situation is getting better.

Yeah…I’d have a P-30 if it was striker fired. I am too used to the Glock platform to go back to anything that is D/A-S/A and that LEM trigger is just plain weird.

I am seeing lots of PPQs showing up at ranges near me. It seems to be catching on. That is a good thing…the PPQ…overall…is too good of a pistol to just fall to the wayside.

I might pick one of these up this summer.

-brickboy240

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Easily the best email I received yesterday. Glad that Walther ended up making what really shouldn’t have been a difficult decision. Hopefully the “limited quantities” bit is just them being cautious on the ability to meet demand rather than intentionally constraining output/import.

A PPQc announcement would be quite a feat.