Some 'comparison' photos

[Fud]

Haven't seen any "comparison" photos posted in a while, so here are some new ones ...













... I may have posted some of them before but am including them again for completeness.

[Richard S]

Great photos, Fudster.  (There's just something about a Walther PPK which always appeals to me.)

[Michigunner]

Very nice, Fudster.

I also like the looks of the Walther.   It brings up images of mystery and intrigue.

I'll have to hold one during the next visit to the gun store.

Bill

[theirishguard]

When I got in my first order of R9s, I sold my PPK stnls.
I don't need it anymore, and got a better trigger.
Tom

[RJ HEDLEY]

Great photo's------- they will be viewed and referred to many times..  
thanks rj=

[Chuck_S]

Fully loaded with 7 rounds of 147gr 9mm JHP the R9S is lighter than the Tomcat with 8 rounds of 71gr .32ACP JHP.

-- Chuck

[chameleon]

Great pics of the R9 compared to a few popular guns.
The "new" PPK looks hot, but up next to the R9, why bother?
The R9 walks all over the PPK, but that PPK still looks hot.

[MountainMan]

Fudster/chuck - Thanks for the pictures - after a long day where my wife had foot surgery (doing fine), and a long township committee meeting, I needed something pleasant - it made my night - I always enjoy seeing pictures of the R9 in different setting and against other guns.
Dave

[Fud]

Great pics of the R9 compared to a few popular guns.
The "new" PPK looks hot, but up next to the R9, why bother?
The R9 walks all over the PPK, but that PPK still looks hot.

I wouldn't mind a PPK in 9mm. With guns like the Rohrbaugh and the Kahr's, the only way to keep interest in the PPK is to re-chamber it in a 9mm.

[chameleon]

Fudster, could you imagine if S&W introduced a PPK in 9X19?
Wow! Matched sets. They'd sell like crazy.
I'd say they are content with their current sales of the PPK and with the new longer rear tang, that problem with the snake bite is now a thing of the past. Let's hope the longer tang doesn't make the PPK to uncomfortable to carry for those that now own the new version.
No doubt, PPK still a classic.

[Newt]

Wheres all the Pocket Nines? Great pics, I too sold my PPK/S after the R9S'es.

[Richard S]

The "new" PPK looks hot, but up next to the R9, why bother?
The R9 walks all over the PPK, but that PPK still looks hot.

I agree completely.  The R9 has eclipsed the PPK.  But there is still someting about a PPK -- a mystique, perhaps -- which I always find appealing.  I carried one as a BUG when I was stationed in Germany 42 years ago.  Whenever I view or hold a PPK, I think of München, Nürnberg, and Berlin . . . I think of crossing through Checkpoint Charley in Class A uniform to fly the flag in the face of the Stasi . . . I think of dimly lit cobblestone streets, of border fences looming up in the fog, of searchlights sweeping over "no-man's land," and of the sound of Russian voices on the headquarters scanner after midnight.

Life was simpler back then.  We could identify our enemies, and we knew where they were.

Still and all, I now carry the R9, not the PPK.  

[Aglifter]

The PPK now has a longer rear tang?  Hmm....that was always my problem w. the old one -- well, that, and it weighed a couple tons..why do they keep making new guns to buy...

[Michigunner]

My gunstore had a new Walther yesterday, without the S&W stuff on it.  I'll have to check if it has a longer tang.

I picked up a new Bersa .380 brushed nickel which looks somewhat similar, is said to be very reliable, and only costs $250.  However, it lacks the mystique and quality.

[R9SCarry]

Alan - haven't had time to check on my FAQ re comparison pics but any objection if one or two of those ''fill some gaps''??

As others mention comparison pics are great - mostly cos they help show just how darned small the pup really is!

Bill - My wife now has sorta ''appropriated'' my Bersa duo-tone and also started of the wife of some friends with one too for her carry.

IMO they are excellent smaller semi's - good for ladies to handle and even if ''only'' .380 I reckon that with practice and so ability for good shot placement, they are worth considering.

On GunBroker they are $219 and in fact our friend got hers from my local guy for exact same - plus sales tax tho of course.