"WALTHER PPKS 380"

A week ago I had a chance to break in a new Walther PPKS 380. The PPKS is stainless with a 3.3 inch barrel, 6.1 inch long, 4.3 inch in height and less than an inch wide. The sights are fixed, magazine capacity is seven rounds and it has da/sa trigger with a heavy pull. The PPKS has a longer grip than the PPK. I believe it was 2002 when Smith & Wesson began manufacturing the PPK/PPKS which also included a few upgrades. The PPKS I was breaking in had a set of Crimson Trace laser grips which I really like on a personal defense weapon.

Now its down to the range. I have three boxes of different 380 ammo, Hornaby Critical Defense 90 gr flex tip, Fiocchi Shooting Dynamics 95 gr FMJ, and Federal 95 gr FMJ. I fired three full magazines of the Federal ammo with one failure to feed. I cleaned the PPKS again. Now with a target at 25 feet, I shot the Fiocchi ammo slow fire. Even with the small sights the Fiocchi shot very good. After fifty more rounds I cleaned it again. Now with a clean gun I turned on the laser grips. Setting a target at fifteen feet I fired seven rounds with only a small adjustment, to move the laser right which put my shots in the ten ring. My target was a Midway USA pistol target which has a 2 inch ten ring. I then ran a couple of patches down the barrel. I now moved my target to twenty five feet and loaded the magazines with the Hornaby ammo. The PPKS liked Hornaby the best, all shots were slow fire and in the ten ring. I decided to experiment with a target at fifty feet. I shot fifty rounds at fifty feet and even though the shots opened up, there were no malfunctions. I thought this was great for a small personal defense gun. The Walther PPKS is a very well built, fit, finish and reliability are great which makes for a good backup gun or when you can't carry your Wilson 1911.

Always be safe and know whats behind your target.

More to come.