Walther
Authorized Dealer • German Engineering Since 1886
Carl Walther GmbH has been engineering precision firearms in Germany since 1886 — the company behind the PP and PPK police pistols, the WWII-era P38 service pistol, the modern PPQ and PDP duty guns, and the Walther PPK that James Bond has carried on screen since 1962. From PPK/S .22 LR rimfire trainers to PP series replacement magazines and the precision-built Walther tactical knife line, every Walther product carries the same German engineering heritage from the company's Ulm factory and its US headquarters in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
About Walther
Carl Walther GmbH is one of the oldest and most influential firearms manufacturers in Europe, founded in 1886 by Carl Walther in Zella-Mehlis, Germany — a small workshop in what is today the state of Thuringia. The original company built hunting and target rifles, and it was Carl's eldest son Fritz Walther who pushed the family business into pistol production in 1908. Over the next 140 years, Walther has produced some of the most historically significant handguns in the world: the Walther PP (1929) and PPK (1931) police pistols that introduced the modern double-action/single-action semi-automatic pistol; the P38 (1938) that replaced the Luger as the standard sidearm of the German Wehrmacht in WWII; the groundbreaking polymer-framed P99 (1996); and the modern PPQ and PDP that today serve law enforcement and military units worldwide.
The Walther PP — Polizeipistole, or "police pistol" — is arguably the most influential handgun design of the 20th century. Introduced in 1929, the PP was the first commercially successful pistol to combine a fixed barrel, a slide-mounted decocking safety, and a true double-action/single-action trigger that allowed an officer to safely carry the pistol with a round chambered and the hammer down, then fire the first shot with a single long trigger pull. Two years later in 1931, Walther shortened the PP into the PPK — Polizeipistole Kriminalmodell, or "Police Pistol Detective Model" — designed for plainclothes detectives who needed a smaller pistol that could be carried concealed under a suit jacket. The PPK became the world's first truly successful compact carry pistol and established the template that every modern concealed carry .380 still follows. It is also the most recognizable fictional handgun in cinema history: Ian Fleming's James Bond has carried the PPK on screen since Dr. No in 1962.
The Walther P38 was the German Army's answer to the Luger P08 — simpler to manufacture, more reliable in field conditions, and the first locked-breech military pistol to use a double-action/single-action trigger. Adopted by the Wehrmacht in 1938 and produced in massive numbers throughout WWII at the Walther plant in Zella-Mehlis (and later by Mauser and Spreewerk), the P38 served as the standard German service pistol from 1940 through the end of the war and continued in West German Bundeswehr service as the P1 until the 1990s. The P38 introduced design features that became standard on virtually every modern military pistol: the falling-block locked breech, the slide-mounted decocking safety, and the visible loaded chamber indicator.
After WWII, the original Zella-Mehlis factory was destroyed and the city was absorbed into the Soviet occupation zone. Fritz Walther was reduced to a collection of designs and patents — but in 1953 he restarted production at a new plant in Ulm, in what is now Baden-Württemberg, where Carl Walther GmbH remains headquartered today. The Ulm-era Walther rebuilt the brand around the PP-series pistols, produced the legendary GSP target pistols that have won more Olympic shooting medals than any other handgun platform, and developed the P5 and P88 service pistols that equipped European police forces through the 1980s. In 1996 Walther introduced the polymer-framed P99 — the pistol that replaced the PPK as James Bond's sidearm in Tomorrow Never Dies and that established the design DNA for every modern Walther duty pistol.
Today's Walther lineup is built around the PDP (Performance Duty Pistol), introduced in 2021 as the successor to the PPQ. The PDP was designed from the ground up around shooter feedback, with the SuperTerrain slide serrations, the Performance Duty Trigger, an optics-ready slide cut, and ergonomics refined from over a decade of PPQ field use. Walther also produces the WMP rimfire defensive pistol, the CCP H2 carry gun, the P22 and PPK/S .22 LR rimfire trainers, and continues the PPK and PPK/S in .380 ACP — with PPK and PPK/S production now based at Walther Arms USA in Fort Smith, Arkansas, where Walther moved PPK manufacturing in 2018. The Fort Smith facility runs the same German machinery as the Ulm plant and serves as Walther's North American headquarters and distribution hub. Smith & Wesson became the authorized US importer of Walther firearms in 1999 — a partnership that established Walther as a major player in the American duty and concealed carry market.
As an authorized Walther dealer, Keep Shooting carries the Walther PPK/S in .22 LR — the soft-shooting rimfire trainer version of the iconic PPK — along with factory PPK magazines, PPK/S magazines, PPK 380 finger-rest magazines, Walther P99 magazines, and Walther Colt M4 .22 LR rimfire magazines from Walther's licensed Colt rimfire conversion line (compatible with the AR-15 platform in .22 LR conversion configuration). Browse our full Handgun Magazines hub for every service-pistol platform. We also stock the Walther tactical knife collection: the BTTK Black Tac Tanto Knife, the Karambit Defense Knife, the Micro Defense Knife, the P99 Folding Knife, the Mini Axe, and the Walther Ceramic Knife Sharpener — every piece engineered with the same precision standards Walther applies to its firearms. All Walther products ship from our Pennsylvania warehouse with fast delivery, easy returns, and our satisfaction guarantee.
Frequently Asked Questions — Walther
Yes, we maintain inventory of the most popular Walther products. Each product listing shows real-time stock status. If an item is temporarily out of stock, you can sign up for back-in-stock notifications on the product page.
Yes! All orders over $49.95 qualify for free shipping, including Walther products. Orders typically ship within 1–2 business days.
Keep Shooting offers hassle-free returns on Walther products. If you're not completely satisfied, contact our customer service team for a return authorization. All products must be in original, unused condition.
Yes, Keep Shooting is an authorized Walther dealer. All products are sourced directly and include full manufacturer warranty coverage.