Walther

News from Carl Walther's "Performance Duty Pistol" (PDP): the German pistol manufacturer is now equipping its young polymer-framed striker-fired pistol with more sportiness and coolness. all4shooters.com wanted to know in more detail what the PDP pistols with the suffix "Pro SD" really have to offer besides the distinctive silencer thread.

A full size, polymer-framed, optics-ready rugged gun: the Walther WMP in .22  WMR is not a flimsy plinker for target practice, but a useful tool for active outdoor lifestyle. It features a ported barrel, well thought of ergonomics and a unique “Quad” magazine release.

For years now, numerous manufacturers have been offering not only sport pistols in the rimfire segment, but increasingly also polymer-framed semi-automatics. 22 LR pistols usually look deceptively similar to large service pistols. We tested whether the rimfire counterparts can score points in terms of features and shooting performance in addition to their appearance.

No, you don't know the Walther GSP500 yet, even though the brand-new target pistol from Ulm shown at IWA can't deny its ancestor, the Walther GSP, either from its silhouette or its name. The classic Walther GSP, introduced back in 1968, is considered the world's best-selling competition pistol, with more than 150,000 made in .22 Long Rifle and .32 Smith & Wesson long calibers and countless …

A few years ago, this was still a gunsmith's job and a playground for US shooters eager to experiment, but today it is good practice for newly released pistol models to offer at least one variant with an "optics ready" slide milled for Mini Red Dot Sights (MRDS)...

After a long hiatus, Walther is once again manufacturing its legendary PPK model pistols – but now they are "made in USA" and marked accordingly with .380 ACP instead of ”9 mm Kurz”. We took an in-depth look at the question of whether and for what purpose the 90-year-old Walther design is still suitable. We came to some extremely unexpected results.

The members of Walther's new PDP pistol family are much more different than they appear at first glance. Walther directly brings five different versions. Which model is suitable for which requirement, you can read now on all4shooters.com. 

Performance Duty Pistol or PDP – this is the name of the new Walther service pistol series. We've had the opportunity to hold the latest service pistol from the German manufacturer in our hands. Our first impressions of the Walther PDP are therefore exclusively available here on all4shooters.com.

Just last year, the traditional German manufacturer Carl Walther rounded off the in-house Steel Frame series with the Q5 Match SF Expert and its adjustable trigger. With the new Black Ribbon brand name, the manufacturer is now once again expanding its range with another special version. All4shooters.com tested  this exclusive semi-automatic competition gun.

SHOT Show 2020 / New from Walther: Q4 SF pistol. It's just being presented at the SHOT Show in Las Vegas, but all4shooters.com already had the opportunity to test the short 4-inch version of the Steel Frame pistol. Discover here on all4shooters.com what the gun can do and what the changes are compared to its larger …

Creed – presented at the SHOT Show in 2017, that's what Carl Walther company called the successor model to its PPX. It is also a full-size or service gun sized polymer pistol, with a double-stack magazine and featuring with a bobbed hammer. all4shooters.com extensively tested it.

In recent years Carl Walther expanded the PPQ series, introducing pure sports models in addition to service guns. One of the mainstays of its polymer-framed range is the Q5 M2 Match Combo. all4shooters.com tested this 9mm match pistol intensively on the shooting range in sport / practical use.

To celebrate the return to the market of the Walther PPK pistol series and the start of their production in the USA, a limited series of PPK/S in .380 ACP caliber was produced. Entirely made from stainless steel parts machined from solid blocks, all guns are hand assembled.  Only 1250 will be produced and the Limited Edition series will not be repeated in the future: collectors of this iconic …

The Walther PPQ is now a widely known and used pistol. Far less well known is the model "SC" – or Sub-Compact. As the name suggests, this is a smaller sized version of the PPQ. Reason enough for all4shooters.com to put this subcompact version through its paces.

Police Pistol Schmal, or PPS for short: this is what Carl Walther from Ulm, Germany, called a polymer pistol with striker-fired action introduced in 2007. Exactly nine years later, Walther’s pistol underwent a facelift à la Hollywood star – in other words: so thorough that you have to look twice to recognize it. We have now tested this model on all4shooters.com.

We tested the Walther Q5 and in the competition version with steel frame: the Q5 Match SF Champion. Discover here on all4shooters.com what the difference is to the polymer versions, its technical features and what it can do on the shooting range.