ANYONE TRIED THE WALTHER CREED 9MM HANDGUN??

[satx78247]

Friends,

I got an email from a TX vendor this PM offering me a Walther Creed 9mm pistol at a LOW price = 269.00 with Free S&H.

Have any of you bought/tried/carried this handgun as an EDC piece?? = What's your opinion of it for CC??
(I've actually owned 2 Walther pistols: a PPK & a WWII version of the P38.)

THANKS, satx

 

[ZX9RCAM]

When I bought my PPQ at my LGS, the owner told me he thought they were crap.

 

[satx78247]

ZX9RCAM,

THANKS. = I know almost nothing about them except for reading some "internet reviews", which are OFTEN written by an employee of a vendor.
(NOT exactly an "arms reach" or neutral review.)


yours, satx

 

[BigBoss0311]

Ppq is a great pistol. I'd stay away from the Creed though.

 

[Byrd666]

I remember reading and seeing a few things about the Creed. One of the things I remember is that a bunch of novice women got to try it and a few other various handguns like revolvers and other semi autos and it was the preferred. Other than that one article, blurb, whatever, I really don't remember anything all that great being said about it. The thing that stuck out most to me though, was the funky way you had to take it apart for cleaning.

If you are dead set on a Walther, go with the PPQ instead.

 

[Longhorn1986]

My wife and one of my buddies (who owns a shooting range) each have one and both are very happy with them. They've been reliable and shoot well with a decent enough trigger. I've enjoyed shooting the wife's Creed. She actually shoots it more often than the P320 I bought her. Regarding Walthers in general, does the PPQ have a better trigger? Yes, but it is also more expensive.

$269 is not a bad price. I'd certainly take it over most other lower-end pistols (e.g. SD9VE, etc.)

 

[Byrd666]

Edit: On my post, #5, I was thinking about how the CCP takes down. NOT the Creed. Sorry.

 

[pcnotpc]

I had a PPX for a while, which was the Creed v1.0, and it had a great trigger. It might be alright for cc, but it is on the large end of that range. It would be fine as a home defense gun. Just clean it regularly, unlike you did with the Shield you sold me.

 

[BRD@66]

There's a review of the Creed in the newest American Rifleman.

 

[satx78247]

Just clean it regularly, unlike you did with the Shield you sold me.

pcnotpc,

THANKS for reminding everyone that my hands "don't work well" most days. = It's "just so wonderful" to be made fun of on the forum for having physical disability issues.

yours, satx

 

[pcnotpc]

pcnotpc,

THANKS for reminding everyone that my hands "don't work well" most days. = It's "just so wonderful" to be made fun of on the forum for having physical disability issues.

yours, satx[/QUOTE]

Wow. Pulling the HC card! I didn't say a damned thing about your hands, did I? And neither did you, so how could anyone make fun of what they don't know about unless you go shooting your mouth off and tell them? No, I didn't mention your allegedly weak hands, but if you want to keep going there I'll be glad to call your weak hands with my weak hands and raise you with my amputated left foot any time.

I will say this: YOU WERE DAMNED LUCKY YOU NEVER HAD TO FIRE THAT GUN! After the year you had it and never cleaned it, it was so clogged up around the outside of the barrel at the front of the chamber with dirt and dead skin and live bugs (yes, I said LIVE BUGS) that the slide couldn't be racked to even disassemble it! THAT'S WHY YOU HAD TROUBLE RACKING THE SLIDE! The gunsmith was so grossed out he had to wash his hands twice after getting the slide off. All that crap even pitted the barrel and some of the slide! I sure hope the Army taught you how to maintain your weapon better than that!

Forget about the Walther Creed, or any other semi-automatic weapon for that matter. Stick with finding yourself a revolver. I would recommend a Rohm RG38. Maybe THAT you can keep clean and operable.