The PP series Walther's are sort of the 1911 of .380 autos.
The quality was very high and no one ever managed to squeeze so many features in such a small package.
Like the 1911 it was the .380 that all others were judged by.
The design today is somewhat dated, but the Walther can still deliver the goods.
I owed two .380 PPK/s models and did carry them on occasion.
When I bought a Kahr Arms K9 I found the Kahr was as small as the PPK/s, had a much simpler design, better sights, better trigger, better grip, and was a full power 9mm.
I traded the stainless PPK/s off since the K9 was very effectively a better defense gun.
I experimented with a lot of carry guns years ago and finally settled on the Kahr Arms K9 stainless.
It's one of the VERY few handguns I ever owned that has never jammed or given any trouble.
To be fair, both of my .380 PPK/s guns also were 100% reliable even with reloaded lead bullet ammo.
Internally K9 is as smoothly finished as most older guns were outside.
The PPK/s stainless especially, had some razor sharp edges that I rounded off.
It just "fits" and feels like a miniature Browning Hi Power or CZ-75.
It's as simple as a handgun can get and is a "Pull, Point, and Shoot" gun with no manual safeties to be concerned with.
The outside is a clean design without the usual levers, safeties, and switches, and all edges and corners are rounded and smooth.
It has an extremely high "shootability".
It's as safe as a double action revolver. Unlike guns like the S&W M&P or Glock which have very short trigger pulls, the trigger is like a double action revolver and requires a long pull of the trigger to fire.
The long trigger pull makes it as safe to carry as a DA revolver, and while I don't, you could safely carry it without a holster.
Sights are excellent, and it's as small as most 1980's .380 pistols were.
Unlike many small autos, it was designed to be good to go with +P ammo.
I never owned or particularly want to own a polymer gun, and I'm old fashioned enough that I don't even like aluminum guns.
Unlike many people I'm not fixated on maximum light weight guns, and I actually prefer the all stainless K9's solid feel.
Of the modern small autos, the Kahr's are Cadillac level firearms made of quality parts and workmanship.
Of the Kahr's the all steel versions have less reported problems then the polymer versions.
The only other CCW gun I will carry once in a while is a 1980's S&W Model 66 Combat Magnum with a 2 /2 inch barrel.
Early this year I stupidly allowed a favorite relative to talk me out of my limited production 80's S&W Model 66 with the rare 3 inch barrel.
I did occasionally carry it in the winter.
Since the 1960's I carried a good number of different brands and types of handguns, either because I was trying something different looking for a better defense gun, or because I was road testing a new holster design I'd developed.
Inevitably, there'd be some reason for me to reject a gun, either because it wasn't reliable, or I just didn't shoot it that well.
I've been carrying the K9 daily since 1997.
The K9 is the only one I can't find fault with, and that's why it's The One.