Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Walther PP & PPK, factory chrome or nickel

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 19 ↗

Walther, Model PP and PPK semiautomatic pistols, manufactured at Zella Mehlis, cal.’s 5.25mm (.22), 7.65mm and 9mm Kurz and having a factory chrome or nickel finish.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “manufactured at Zella Mehlis”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “having a factory chrome or nickel finish”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1929–1945.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Germany
Manufacturer
Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, Zella-Mehlis¹
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto
Caliber
.22, 7.65mm, .380 ACP
Made
1929–1945production; ATF states no date²
Service
Commercial
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 19 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
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References
  1. Wikipedia, “Walther PP” ↗, maker: Walther's original factory was in Zella-Mehlis
  2. Wikipedia, “Walther PP” ↗, years (estimate: range of the base model): PP production from 1929 (infobox 1929–2025); Walther's original Zella-Mehlis factory was lost to the Soviet zone after WWII
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
None

Historical context

Walther PP (base model shown for Walther PP & PPK, factory chrome or nickel)
Shown: a postwar Walther PP, not a Zella-Mehlis factory chrome or nickel PP or PPK.

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “1972 Walther PP.jpg” by Michael Sullivan, CC0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “Walther PP”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The Walther PP series pistols are blowback-operated semi-automatic pistols, developed by the German arms manufacturer Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen.