I carry a .32 cal Walther PPK for light work (left to me by said grandpa) and if I think things are going to get serious I pick up the 9mm Taurus with the 30 shot mag.
Your Granpa had good taste.
I always liked the size (and the James Bond flair) of the PPK ... but the price tag was always way outta my range.
Two years ago importers started bringing in the P-64 from Poland ... a blatant rip off of the PPK ... chambered in 9x18 Makarov.
The price when I bought mine was about $150.00. They've gone up since that time.
I like the gun ... its everything that the PPK is .. a gentleman's carry gun ... about the size of a wallet, nice and flat. VERY accurate.
They need a spring replacement to decrease the double action trigger pull down to HUMAN levels.
It is VERY nice to carry in a shoulder holster ... when you are wearing a white dinner jacket.
But I still like my S&W Mod 19.
.357 puts a NICE hole in stuff.
I have carried it in New (freakin) Jersey when I worked as a commercial realestate appraiser ... ESPECIALLY when working in CAMDEN or Newark and surrounding areas.
Un-officially, of course.
Down here in NoGa ... it rides VERY nicely on my hip ... except all the government buildings, schools, and etc we can't carry into.
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