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Enhancing Excellence: Walther’s Meister Manufaktur Program

I recently hit the road and visited Carl Walther’s state-of-the-art factory in Ulm, Germany for a factory tour that also included a peek behind the curtain of the gunmaker’s custom and engraving shop. 

Those who know Walther are well aware that the company has long produced exhibition and presentation-grade pistols for special occasions and to meet customer requests. Just drink these in.

More in my column at Guns.com. 

Home of the PDP and PPK along the Danube

Ulm is a beautiful city by any standard and has been home to Carl Walther GmbH since 1945

The current Walther factory, in Lehrer Feld along the autobahn just outside of the Danube bastion city of Ulm, contains nearly 130,000 square feet of floor space and opened in 2006. It is the birthplace of such innovative firearms as the PPQ and its all-steel sisters, the Q5 and Q4 Steel Frame, and today’s PDP series while continuing the company’s Olympic sports heritage with designs such as LG 400, LP 500, and KK 500, along with being the home of legacy designs such as the PPK.

I was lucky enough to be invited inside for a behind-the-scenes tour of the facility.

More in my column at Guns.com.