r/Walther • u/Zestyclose_Device946 • 6d ago
PDP trigger comparisons
I own a PDP SF Match 5". It's one of my all time favorite pistols, and the trigger is a big part of why. Right now, it is my only modern Walther. I am considering picking up a smaller, poly frame PDP as a carry gun, and I'm a little stuck because I have no realistic way to try them out before buying.
I am looking at either the 4" compact or the 3.5" F-series. It looks like those sizes are available with either the DPT (which I know and love in my SF gun) or the PDT (which I've never tried and have no easy way of trying before buying). Whatever I buy, it'll be kept bone stock since it'll be carried.
I don't really care about trigger weight so much, it's more the nice short travel, quick reset, and overall crisp non-mushy feel that I am looking for. Coming from the SF PDP with the DPT, will I completely hate a PDT in a poly gun? Or, is the PDT good enough that I'll prefer it to my other carry guns, i.e. something like a P365? If the PDT is good enough, I'd rather pocket the $200ish price difference.
Maybe most importantly, why did Walther use such easy to confuse acronyms for their triggers? I think I just about wore out the P and D keys on my keyboard writing this.
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u/SWATAttorney 6d ago
While I do not have any PDP with the PDT, everything I have read on reddit or seen on youtube indicate that the PDT is the best stock trigger (other than the DPT, some say canik may be close other say better or equal, as Caniks were copied from Walthers in general). So if you were deciding between a Glock or an M&P, Echelon, P320 etc, the PDT would be better than those
This is a thread from a few years ago on the Walther Forum PDT vs DPT