Walther just announced some solid upgrades to the PDP duty pistol they released last year, with two new models, the full-sized The PDP Pro SD and the PDP Pro SD Compact. According to Cody, one of the Walther reps at yesterday’s Industry Day at the Range, they spent the last year watching trends in how users modified their PDPs, and from that, they made the upgrades.
So what are the new features?
- Threaded barrel
- Dynamic Performance Trigger
- Flared aluminum magwell
- Aluminum base pads on the three included 15-round magazines. *Note: The magwell requires the use of the aluminum base pads. Magazines with the standard polymer base pads will not seat in the magwell.
- Recoil lugs in the optic-cut slide
The MSRP for these new models is $829, as compared to the MSRP of the standard PDP which is $699. Not a bad deal, considering that you’re getting almost $500 worth of upgrades.
As Walther puts it, the PDP PRO SD models share all the features and innovations that the firearms community loved and embraced about the original Walther PDP models, but with a series of premium factory direct upgrades.
Specs
PDP PRO SD Full-Size
- Full-Size Frame with a 4.5” slide
- 5.1” Threaded Barrel
- Dynamic Performance Trigger
- Aluminum Magwell
- 3 x 18 round magazines with Aluminum +0 Base Pads
PDP PRO SD Full-Size (10RD)
- Full-Size Frame with a 4.5” slide
- 5.1” Threaded Barrel
- Dynamic Performance Trigger
- Aluminum Magwell
- 3 x 10 round magazines with Aluminum +0 Base Pads
PDP PRO SD Compact
- Compact frame, with a 4” slide
- 4.6” Threaded Barrel
- Dynamic Performance Trigger
- Aluminum Magwell
- 3 x 15 round magazines with Aluminum +0 Base Pads
PDP PRO SD Compact (10RD)
- Compact frame, with a 4” slide
- 4.6” Threaded Barrel
- Dynamic Performance Trigger
- Aluminum Magwell
- 3 x 10 round magazines with Aluminum +0 Base Pads
Trying to find out more about the PDP Pro SD, we stumbled across these videos from SHOT Show 2022 Industry Day at the Range yesterday. Take a look.
Both guys seem pretty stoked about Walther’s new PDP Pro SDs. And, about the Dynamic Performance Trigger, Steve MP5 (in the video above) says, “I feel like that is a marked difference in trigger. It feels smoother. It feels like the reset isn’t as far…It does feel like it’s a significant upgrade.”
And Chris says, with a smile, “It wants to go fast.”