The Walther Models 2 through 7 areĭesigned in such a way that the slide is locked to the frame and cannot be blown off the gun to the rear. The Models 2 throughħ are of a similar design, with a fixed barrel, concentric recoil spring, concealed hammer, and a positive safety that rotates 180 degrees to block the sear. Models 2 and 5, having a deeper grip and a longer barrel, with an appropriately longer front barrel bushing.
WALTHER PP ZELLA MEHLIS SERIES
The Model 7 may be considered the last in a series of guns that began with the Model 2. Rankin states: “Many German officers carried these Walther pistols as a side arm.” Gangarosa says the Model 7 was “intendedįor military use by high-ranking officers.” Kersten, in Walther: A German Legend, emphasizes that most officers would have preferred the larger-caliber Model 4. Dieter Marschall states that total production was about 45,000. Blasii, but in 1919 it wasĬhanged to Zella Mehlis. One clear indication that production continued at least into 1919 is that the late examples have the slideĪddress Zella-Mehlis I-the name of the town where the Walther factory was located was Zella St. Gangarosa, in The Walther Handgun Story, says they were made for four yearsīetween 19, and Dieter Marschall, in Walther Pistols: Model 1 Through P99, says they were made from 1917 through 1919, with a question. According to Rankin in Walther Volume III they were only made for twelve months in 1917. The bad news for collectors is that the Model 7 is a bit hard to come by. The backstrap has a gentle curve that tucks right into my palm.
Two fingers wrap around the grip and my little finger curls beneath the I guess I have a medium-sized hand, and the gun feels quite natural to me. I’d first seen a Model 7 in the collection of a friend, and immediately liked the way itįelt in my hand.
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