[Noumenon]

My last ditch carry is a Walther PPKs in stainless purchased 32 years ago. It gets fussy after you’ve run three mags through it, but Lordy is it accurate. First shot always goes exactly where I want it to. Works the same way for the missus. That all-important first shot is always the game-changer. There’s just something about that weapon’s handling that works for us - and that’s the real point of all this. Get what works for YOU. Same with knives. The Cold Steel Recon tanto handles like nothing else in my hands. It’s a knife that I can definitely fight with.

[yarddog]

I have owned maybe 8 or 9 Walther pocket pistols. Most of them Model PP in .32 as they were sold very reasonably as police surplus at a time when I had plenty of money. Also a couple of American made PPks .380s in stainless. Also an American made TPh in .22LR. Also several real copies made by Manurhin in France and close copies made in Hungary.

I have also had a couple of target model PP (actually I think the call them Sports models) made by Manurhin (who most people know actually made nearly all the post war Walther PP. PPK models and shipped them to Germany where they were stamped “made in Germany).

Anyway, all every single one was accurate. I had one U.S. Made stainless .380 which would rarely jam and the TPh, also made in America was a real jammer, tho oddly when it did fire it was very accurate.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

I shot a Walther PPK in 32 ACP once... It was amazingly accurate, and quite tame! The Kel Tec P32 has the same cartridge, but weighs in at 6.5 ounces, versus the 23 ounces of the Walther. It actually kicks harder than my Sigma 9, or my buddy's Taurus 24/7 45 ACP. It's a handful! But it can slip in a pocket like nothing:

Yep, it's about the same size as my Samsung i760 phone! I can completely cover it with my hand. And it's only 2 ounces more than the cell phone. Just don't accept to have better than 10" accuracy at 10 yards, rapid fire. But considering the average man is 16" wide, it'll get the job done for most critical distances.

My pockets always contain an SOG Flash II - as quick as a switchblade to open and nearly indestructible (interestingly, switchblades are illegal in the State of Washington, even if you have a CWL; even CA allows CWL holders the right to carry a switchblade!).