Walther PDP

I value more “everyday users” opinion than “experts” one, so your negative thoughts are very helpful.
Good manufacturers make good guns, so negative opinions are much more welcome by me.
I know what I can see watching advertisements and sale’s “BS”, but every real opinion brings the whole picture of the product.

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Walther doesn’t have light trigger pull. It’s still around 5.5 lb. The trick is that it feels like 4lb and is soft and short.
I can only compare it to well tuned 1911/2011.
So from trigger perspective - carrying PPQ, and what I can see, PDP as well, are the perfect option.

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Hmmm :face_with_monocle:, I guess I saw a YouTube measuring a 4lb trigger pull. That doesn’t mean they measured it correctly.

My PPQ had 5 lb and something… a little less than factory 5.5 lb. It felt amazingly good.
Hard to say why people have different measurements, but I doubt that factory trigger pull could be less than 5lb. If that was truth, PPQ would never be considered as carry pistol.

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The reset on my PPQ is excellent.

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No doubt ! :+1:
Unfortunately other company has stolen “Perfection” name :face_with_hand_over_mouth:
The only part I didn’t like was sights. Regular white dots…but at least not plastic :point_up_2:

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I finally got around to shooting the PDP a week ago and it was a great gun to shoot. I put 50 rounds through it and I thought the sights were good. The one I shot was optics ready, so if you are interested in putting a red dot on, you can get one with that option available.

The only thing I didn’t like was that I had to reach for the trigger. I have smaller hands so the grip was a little too big for me, and I had to stretch to grab the trigger. Hope that makes sense.

I was told that it comes with multiple grips so one could change the size of the grip and maybe with a smaller set up my trigger stretch would not be a problem. Before I bought one, I would want to ensure that it fit in my hand like a baseball glove.

As far as triggers go, I have liked all the triggers on the Walthers that I have shot. I believe they make a great product, and haven’t found one I didn’t like.

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I had the opposite problem with the PPQ where out of box, my the trigger was too low on my trigger finger. Switching to the larger backstrap worked for me and the PPQ also included a smaller backstrap so if the PDP is the same, see if you can try one with the smaller backstrap installed?

So…I’ve been carrying a PDP for several weeks now. I’ve taken it to the range some now and I have to say that it is more fun to shoot than my PPQ was and I don’t know why.

I’ve got a Holosun 507c on it, unfortunately not the Vulcan reticle I wanted, and not quite what I expected, but still good.

I have only two problems with the gun, and one of those is my holster, not the PDP itself.

My PDP only locks back about half of the time on an empty magazine. A friend told me that he had a Kimber that did the same thing, and that the problem was fixed by using a heavier grain bullet. I will be trying to find heavier ammo to test this.

My biggest problem with the PDP is that it was very hard to find a holster for it. C&G holsters had a comment on the ad video where they claimed to have been chosen by Walther to make holsters for it, so I went to their website and bought one. The clips were so tight that I could not remove my weapon from the holster without loosening them. I finally got the clips loose enough to allow me to draw my weapon, but now I have to tighten them every day just to have some tension. Also, the claw that came with the holster has grooves that face the wrong way. They make it hard to put the holster on, but easier to take off.

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I laid away on a PDP 4" Compact last week. For my P99 I chose a Dara AIWB holster and it fits like a glove. I’ll be hitting up Dara for a holster for my PDP probably next month.