Indians For Guns

Hi Friends, i am being offered a Walther PPK-L .32 acp which has a light frame made of aluminium alloy. Please tell me if this is better or equivalent to the PPK model made of steel.Will the resale value and life of PPK-L be less compared to the steel frame PPK?Please help me friends as i am finalizing the same for purchase.

Deepak,
It all depends on how you intend using it. It certainly is not as durable as a steel one though a lot lighter to carry. IMHO, It should cost you 30% less at least then a steel one in the same condition. Please remember an aluminum frame can only be anodized. And do not expect a great resale value. Best of luck.
Marksman

Thanks marksman, nowadays modern pistols are coming with steel frames or plastic/aluminium frames?

Alloys yes; just plain aluminium sounds scary.

AMK

But if you're not going to shoot too much with it then go for it; I'd like a light weight carry pistol myself.

AMK

Deepak,
You might save a lot a money if you were to look at a Takarev 33 or a variant in .30 or a Beretta Model 1934 in .380,Llama's in .380 are around too, both these Cals are any day a better option than .32,ammo is restricted to imported,but easily available in the market.
A lot of folks on the forum have not really had the best of exp with the PPK's a lot of it had to do with the feed & ejection,though they still command a very hefty price,guess Bond did some serious selling
Cheers & good luck with your search.

When I had said the same thing about the PPK a long time I was slammed. A friend of mine had the same bad experiences you describe.

AMK

frames are not made of aluminium alloys but of magnesium alloys same material used to make mag wheels of cars

What friend of yours, mate? The Royal family BG guarding Princess Anne or somebody had the same prob many years ago ...I know, i have a finicky eater in a 22 LR ppk/s