A couple of years ago Manurhin (recently acquired by the giant MATRA conglomerate) began marketing operations in the USA, selling PP and PPK/S pistols under their own name at very attractive prices. Walther-marked PP-Sport Models were imported here by Interarmco and its successor Interarms from the late 1950s to about 1973, when importation of these little pistols ceased. The PP Sport differs from the standard Walther PP design in the following respects: longer barrel, target sights, oversize grips and a hammer with an extended spur. Manurhin began by making the original German Walther PP and PPK designs, but this later “Sport” version was developed by Manurhin from the basic PP auto. (See “The Handguns of Manurhin” in the April, 1985 G&A.) In case you joined us recently, after World War II Manhurhin of France began building the famous Walther PP series of auto pistols under license from Walther, and virtually all the post-war European-made PP series auto pistols, whether sold as “Manurhins” or “Walthers,” have been almost completely manufactured by this French firm. 22 LR auto pistol, basically a “targetized” version of the classic PP model, which should be familiar to the majority of readers. This is the Manurhin-Walther PP Sport Model. Here’s a pistol that may be familiar to some of you old-timers that has recently returned to our shores after a long absence.
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