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Looking at the PPQ, the PDP adds the RMR capability and that's it. They just added giant serrations and that's it. Maybe I can find a PPQ in .40 S&W for a good price, now.
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New grip texture and and slide cuts on the PPQ? I applaud them for trying to make improvements on an already awesome gun. If they would have rolled this out as the PPQ M3 it would have made more sense.
When they come out with all the hype and fanfare, it's easy to disappoint. You think they would have learned from Glock and Springfield.
It would have made no sense, IMO. The M2 denotes a Browning style mag release and M1 is for a paddle mag release. What would M3 mean? What I want to see is a PDP M1, this current rendition is the PDP M2 and I suspect it will replace the PPQ series.
Walther basically took the features from several of their existing pistols (PPQ M2, Q5, Q4 steel frame) combined and improved them with a few tweeks.The PPQ already had one of the best, if not the best, striker fired triggers on the market, the PDP improved it. Those are not serrations on the slide but rather protrusions. Will be an improvement? I suspect it will. Previous Walther optic cut pistol were either geared for competition or steel frame model and removed the rear sight. The slide profile cross section is completely different and allows many red dot optics to sit low enough to use the stock sights, which remain and are Glock compatible, meaning endless options. As good as the grip profile and texture is on the PQP it still is slippery with sweaty, muddy, etc. hand and in some hands or with gloves awkward , the Q4 steel frame style profile and texture fixes that.
I always thought the PPQ should have had a larger following and was a real sleeper of a pistol, but this new PDP IMO is nothing short of the best polymer framed, striker fired pistol currently on the market.