So disappointed.....

[Rob10ring]

Did you purchase the $5000 insurance for $20 when you sent it?

[red364]

Nope, I'm a goober, didn't get the insurance.  Like Mr. 454 says...I could just play with this one 'til the real one comes along!
Mines not as broke in as this one, but it'll work   

[Kid Shelleen]

Nope, I'm a goober, didn't get the insurance.  Like Mr. 454 says...I could just play with this one 'til the real one comes along!
Mines not as broke in as this one, but it'll work   

Mega bummer getting your hopes up like that. Hope that yours shows up soon. I'd talk to S&W and see if they might compensate the SNAFU somehow. At least a discount on future purchases, maybe a knife or shirt or hat...anything.

[red364]

Nothing so exciting as a shirt, but they are gonna throw in an extra magazine for my trouble.  That'll work.....I guess   

[Timothy]

Take the magazine Red. 

Wearing a S&W hat kind of says "Hey, I'm carrying a gun...shoot me first!"     

[Sponsor]

[Ping]

But Timothy, you did not make a consideration that a shirt that Red may be wearing might make a bad guy think twice about committing a crime??? 

[twyacht]

Just received from S&W: after 6 weeks....with my PPK/S, I wanted a reply in regards to status. Can't knock em', they do get back to you.


RE: One Month Status Report Please.‏
From:    Leines, Michelle (MLeines@smith-wesson.com)
Sent:    Tue 6/09/09 12:18 PM
To:    'Thomas Watchorn' (twatchorn@hotmail.com)
Good afternoon Thomas,
 
We still have your pistol. The original estimated turn around was 8 - 12 weeks. Based on the date logged in, you'll see that in the next 2 - 4 weeks.
 
Have a great day!
Michelle

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Thomas Watchorn [mailto:twatchorn@hotmail.com]
    Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 10:08 AM
    To: PPK_S Recall
    Subject: One Month Status Report Please.

    Dear S&W,

    You received my PPK/S April 22, 2009, pursuant to the recall. I am inquiring, after a month, for a status/ ETA for its return.

    I'm sure you are working as diligently as you can in regard to this matter, but a brief reply/call, to when this pistol will be returned would be appreciated.

    Tracking number 1Z3E355W8740495346

    Thank you,

    Sincerely,

    Thomas Christopher Watchorn
    twatchorn@hotmail.com


 

I want all at DRTV to know, when I get my PPK/S back, the large stash of .380 I've been sitting on will be run through this pistol.

(Saving some for posterity, of course, and my Kel-Tec P3AT.)

Pics, range reports, dirty gunporn, you got it. I paid right around $500 bucks for this pistol last year, and it's one I have always wanted.

I never had an issue with it before I sent it back, and I will run the hell out of it when it gets back to ensure it.

Alright, rant off, I think I would feel the same if I got another guy's gun sent by mistake. Sorry red...

Did you try it before you sent it back?  

[twyacht]

Just a follow up,,

Did you try it before you sent it back?

I was being sarcastic.......

[Kid Shelleen]

Just a follow up,,

Did you try it before you sent it back?

I was being sarcastic.......

Question for you. I waited on S&W for my PPK/S due to larger beaver tail. Mine is sharp and begins to bite the web of my strong hand after about 50 rds. Have you had the same problem? Mine also worked flawlessly prior to sending it back. They still have both of mine, Regular and Aristocrat. Another thread said that the PPK/S was not meant to shoot hollow points. I've never had a problem with HPs. How about you?

Thanks and good to hear yours will be back soon. I sent mine off in late May so I'll have a while.

[twyacht]

Question for you. I waited on S&W for my PPK/S due to larger beaver tail. Mine is sharp and begins to bite the web of my strong hand after about 50 rds. Have you had the same problem? Mine also worked flawlessly prior to sending it back. They still have both of mine, Regular and Aristocrat. Another thread said that the PPK/S was not meant to shoot hollow points. I've never had a problem with HPs. How about you?
Thanks and good to hear yours will be back soon. I sent mine off in late May so I'll have a while.

***

Hello Kid Shelleen, welcome to DRTV, I have not had an issue with the longer tang of the "beavertail". Usually it was the original Walther, or Interarms versions that had the infamous "bite". I do use the mag. extensions and have not had a "bite" issue. The S&W version I have would seem hard to get bit,


With bullet technology, I never heard of a PPK/S not "meant" to shoot hollowpoints. Even from the Walther forum.

I have fired a multitude of rds. through my PPK/S including HP's of all type's. Golden Sabre, Speer Gold Dot, although I prefer the ballistics of Cor-Bon DPX, or Hornady,  in .380, all JHP's have performed with no failures.  Even Georgia Arms.

Note: I did go to the range and "run" the pistol hard before I carried concealed. 100 rds. target ammo, 50 rds. carry ammo, clean,lube, repeat,(back when .380 ammo was more plentiful), to "break it in" ...etc,..

It does like to be clean, maybe the James Bond legacy has something to do with that, , but I hope to get it back with the same reliability I sent it to S&W with.

Hopefully, as S&W catches up, the turnaround time may "speed up" for both of us,..

Tom W.