Walther licensed Emco in Gasden, Alabama, to manufacture the PPK and PPK/S in 1983, and production continued until 1999. Computer with Internet access "Know Your Walther PP & PPK" by E.J. It came My Grandfather gave my Father tonight a Walther PPK serial number 217167. This was known as the PPK/s. Late 70s to early 80s is as close as you can get without the factory box and test target. The PP with it's longer grip and magazine holds 7 rounds in the magazine. Smith & Wesson became the licensee to produce the guns beginning in 2001, an arrangement that continued until 2012. The PPK/S is basically a PPK slide and barrel atop a PP frame. Walther gun with serial number. Manurhin used the serial numbers 100305A to 266310A { on PPK's} from 1955 until 1985. The serial number can be located in any one of several places on the gun, depending on which gun you possess. Ranger/Interarms were very secretive about production numbers and dates. (Since I do not have a prohibited permit, by Canadian law i can only inherit firearms that date … Step 1. There is no suffix to the serial number. From 1978 to 1999, USA Walther PPK/S were manufactured by Ranger Manufacturing in Gadsden Alabama and distributed by Interarms. What is the date of manufacture of a Walther PP Serial number 785203? Production of the Walther PP/PPK series firearms stopped in 1945 until 1952 at which time Manurhin , France { under license } produce all of the PPs and PPKs for Walther until 1985, at which time Walther assumed manufacturer until 1999. Each year and manufacturer had a different serial number system. What I am reading is the serial numbers started in the 750000. FWIW, Interarms was quite picky about what it accepted and what it did not. Pistols are not my strong point, so I need help dating this pistol. Seeing as his serial number start with 030xxx and the earliest serial number to date is 031xxx with a date of 1-28-1983 on that site, he's most likely got a circa 1981-82 PPKS. The Interarms/Ranger folks made a nice gun. Too bad Interarms didn't keep better records of serial number to date made. S prefix serial number, indicates an Interarms, "Under License of", "Made in USA" (Ranger Mfg) Stainless PPK/s in .380 [edited to update serial … Congratulations, by the way. Hi.I'm looking to find out a manufacture date for this Walther PPK. The best you can do is to compare your serial number to reported guns with known dates based on original sales slips or test target dates. Still, with that low number … The first-issue P38s in 1940 had serial numbers that ranged from 01 to 01000. Walther Ppk Serial Number Year Chart; Interarms Ppk Date Of Manufacture; Greetings.I have a Walther PP for sale, and I have a guy who wants to buy it, but he won't buy it unless I can prove that it is war time. You might get lucky. Ed After the manufacturer stamping, the serial numbers are stamped to the right of the pistol, above the handle. The PPK was determined to be too short in the grip to pass the size standard, so Walther took the shorter PPK slide and barrel, and mounted them on the longer PP frame. Not only that, but their serial ranges overlap between the ppk and ppk\s, so that doesn't help. The short grip PPK holds 6, AND has a "skeleton" rear frame. That's assuming serial numbers progress sequentially with date made. I filled out a tranfer request to the Canadian firearms registry and they denied the requeston the basis that the firearm is not pre 1947. This would be an estimate, but they started with about 750,000 serial number in 1929, got to about 1,000,000 by late 1930, then started PP serials at 100,000 to 350,000. Hoffschmidt, or "The Walther Handgun Story: A Collector's and Shooter's Guide" by Gene Gangarosa. Find the gun's serial number.