![]() PP-series pistols were manufactured at Ulm, (and reverse-supplied to Manurhin). Ulm marked the slides and differentially heat treated them by oil hardening plus electrical induction hardening in the area of the safety lever then the slides were polished and blued (which is why the blue on Walther-marked slides is brighter and does not match the frame blue). That is why PP-series pistols that were machined by Manurhin (from special forgings specified by Walther and supplied from Germany, it is worth noting) that were to become "German" Walthers were shipped to Ulm with "soft" slides. a common misconception that is rapidily attaining the status of "truth" through internet repetition by people who read it somewhere.Ī hardened slide cannot be successfully roll-marked. Hence PPK, PPK/S marked Manurhin and one marked Walther-Ulm are one and the same. Parts were sent to Germany to be roll-marked and finished. I was under the assumption that Manurhin in France produced all the post-war PPK, PPK/S that come from Europe. ![]() ![]() Mike's reply here came in response to a question initially posed by forum member v1958: The following information is courtesy of resident forum expert MGMike and should help to explain the post-war relationship between Walther and the Manurhin operation in France, as well as some of the myths that have grown up around it.
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