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Walther released its PDP PRO series and new colorways for the WMP .22 Magnum as well as the return of a traditional caliber to the PPK. 

Guns.com was on the ground at the 2024 NRA Annual Meetings in Dallas last week and made sure to drop in on Walther to get all the details.

 

PDP PRO


The PDP Pro is a 4.5-inch full-sized pistol that has a lot of practical/tactical upgrades besides the factory-installed direct mounted Aimpoint ACRO P2 red dot, including Walther's superb Dynamic Performance Trigger (DPT), tritium three-dot night sights, and a removable aluminum magwell. 

The offering is similar to the package that won a competitive tender earlier this year to equip the 4,700-member Pennsylvania State Police. 

 

Walther PDP Pro ACRO
The Walther PDP Pro, with a factory-installed ACRO P2, has been winning some big LE contracts of late. (Photos: Don Summers/Guns.com)
Walther PDP Pro ACRO
A big appeal when it comes to direct-mounted micro red dots is that there is no adapter plate to fail while keeping the optic's "floor" as low as possible, allowing more sights to co-witness. 
Walther PDP Pro ACRO
Note the flat-faced Walther Dynamic Performance Trigger, which comes standard on the PDP PRO.
Walther PDP Pro ACRO
The flush-fit double-stack magazine holds 18 rounds of 9mm, giving the pistol an 18+1 capacity, and the pistol ships with a detachable extended magwell.

 

The MSRP of the PDP PRO ACRO is $1,599. 

 

WMP .22 Mag

 

The Walther .22 Mag (Walther Magnum Pistol) debuted a couple of years ago and continues to evolve. In all cases, you are talking about a polymer-framed 15+1 capacity optics-ready autoloader with a 4.5-inch barrel. 

 

Walther WMP SD
A new model is the WMP SD, which includes an extended threaded barrel and has a retail of $599.
Walther WMP
Then, of course, there are added colorways to the standard $549 all-black design.

 

PPK in 7.65

 

Walther, which has only offered the PPK and PPK/s in .380 ACP since 2013, has now restored the 7.65mm (.32ACP) variants of the venerable "Bond" pistol to its catalog. Besides the purist move – it was the caliber the PPK was introduced in back in 1931 – .32 ACP loads have gotten a lot more serious over the years, which could make the offering appealing as a carry gun as well. 

 

Walther PPK/S in 7.65mm
The standard PPK, which is shorter at a pocketable 3.8 inches high, has a 7+1 shot capacity, while the taller (4.3 inches high) PPK/S (shown above) has an 8+1 capacity. All models share the same 3.3-inch barrel length and 6.1-inch overall length. 

 

Walther plans to offer the .32 ACP chambered PPK and PPK/s in both black and stainless, with all models set to have an MSRP of $969.
 
Article by Chris Eger and Alexander Reville, Photos and Video by Don Summers.

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