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It's a long story, involving installing an optics plate, with things going a little sideways, but you helped me figure out where certain parts went back in, and how. You really saved the day. I hope RUclips doesn't take down this video. Thank you for taking the time to do this video and then making it available for the rest of us.
It’s nice that you didn’t edit out the parts it was being a pain in the ass so people can have a realistic idea on how things will actually go. Great job man, much appreciated.
Your video was a huge help. I just received a PDP Dynamic Performance Trigger and the little booklet Walther sends has very small pictures and confusing directives. I'm pretty mechanical but their installation manual was severely lacking. Your video pulled me through and I got everything working. Thanks for taking the time, it's most appreciated!
Just swapped out my barrel and trigger for some of their performance parts. This video is a life saver. Thank you so much, sir! Can't wait to test this out at the range
Best video I've seen for assembly and disassembly of the PDP. Saved my a$$ big time! I had the sear spring pop out...spent 3 hrs looking for it! Was having a miserable time trying to get it back together. This video really pulled me out of a simmering rage. Thanks!!
Be careful when hiting out the slide lock lever pin. I literally out a small crack in my frame right next to where the lever goes into the frame. Luckily it didnt affect anything. Put about 1000 rounds since, no problems. I will eventually order a new frame, but they are hard to come by.
Great video. I was just looking to replace some of the springs. I'm happy with the stock trigger. Clean break with just a hint of creep. Just looking to lighten the pull. This video helps tremendously. Thanks.
Thanks for the video. I broke my ejector running 18 round mags in the PDP Compact and your tutorial was helpful. Two points to help others: 1.) The ejector isn’t molded into the sear housing. You can gently pry it free with your fingers and replace it without further dissembling the sear housing. 2.) I’d recommend installing the rear roll pin to lock in the sear housing in place before reinstalling the slide lock. Twice while putting it back in place, the housing came loose and the sear, spring, and detent fell out. Which caused me to have to reinstall that infernal sear a total of three times. Respect. 👊🏻
Yep! You're right on the longevity of the slide release bar. This one broke on me first time putting it back together and it cracked the slide. Fantastic.
I was dry firing my 4.5" full size with the plastic optics plate removed and the vertical pin flew out, which caused the entire extractor system to come apart. This video saved my life. I was freaking out that my handgun broke. Thank you so much for this. I'm completely in love with the PDP.
Thanks for your time and effort for this video. I couldnt find any fair vids on magazine release. Finally found you it help alot man. The manual sucks actually regarding release swap out lol.
Great video. I just got a direct optic cut slide and would have never been able to pull all the other internals from the original slide to the new one.
I thought this was a copy of a VP9, not even close! Love this gun and how it shoots. Apparently it is easy to work on. I was concerned about that because the VP9 is somewhat complex, so I had migrated to all Sig. And while it is a bit more difficult with more parts than a P320, it’s not complex. This will be a new acquisition for me! Love how it shoots!
Haven't done this yet on my PDP but it looks much easier than the PPQ sear block. I never thought of using a straw for a slave pin, I cut a piece off of an ink pen tube. Maybe the tolerances are different on the two guns but ink tube seemed to fit in the PPQ better than your straw
@the gun bench - thanks for the video. Trying to put the trigger housing assembly back together. Really struggling with the spring and sear. I think I finally got it back in. When you pressed down on it around 28 minutes and said “it should move freely” it almost looked like yours was “bouncing” as in springing back up when you depressed it with your finger. I got mine back in there after an hour of trying but it doesn’t seem to be “springy” like yours did. Do you think I did it incorrectly? Thoughts?
Great video!! Helped me install new dynamic performance trigger on compact. Only issue now is slide won't lock back on empty mag or release on it's own if I manually lock it back. Any help would be appreciated thanks
Guess I'll have to take the slide apart to clean and try to polish the safety plunger... My trigger feels like if it had a double wall to it, it hit a resistance point before hitting the actual wall and I noticed it happens when it engages the plunger midway trigger pull
Does the red dot adapter plate need to be removed in order to get to the striker? The screws Walther sent me for my plate, one of them stripped and I can't get it off now. It's on there solid but I have absolutely no clue how to get it off without damaging the slide or threads for the screw and I'm in need of a new striker.
I have a PDP-F series, the the striker assembly is different, and hard to put back in after cleaning. Would you consider a video showing the differences between the PDP and PDP-F striker assembly?
Great video that helped immensely, thank you Gun Bench. I just installed an aftermarket trigger and have some tips when removing/re-inserting the slide stop... Always support the frame the best you can when working with these parts. I believe Walther recommends having a magazine inserted. I suspect they have their own jig when putting these things together, but for most of us, a painters/Gorilla tape roll will have to do... Removing the slide stop for the first time can be stupidly hard. Ideally, you'd use a punch large enough to cover the center of the X to reduce the chance of missing, which is easy to do with smaller punches. As for reassembly, you'd figure re-inserting the right slide stop piece is simple enough, but this is where I suspect many crack their frames. There is a thin, super fragile area of the frame, where the little nub of the right side slide stop has its little slot; looking at this area, you'll know what exactly what I'm talking about. If you don't support the frame properly while smacking the left side of the slide stop to get it to lock into the right, the right slide stop's little nub will hit and tear/crack this delicate part of the frame... there are quite a few reports of this online. Make sure the right side slide stop rests as close as it can to the frame. In this video, it seems putting it flat against the table and whacking it covered with a towel did it just fine. Now, if you were to do the same on top of the tape roll? RIP, lol. Hope this helps some people out there, good luck...
This is my first gun and i got a free vortex viper to put on it. But i realized i cant adjust the sight to zero in the red dot without taking the factory rear sight off. Is there a way to just unscrew the rear sight from top or from the bottom of the slide? Or do i need to jam a punch into the left side of it? I dont even know which size punch i would need
6:56 is an understatement. I’ve been hammering at this thing for two days and it hasn’t budged once. 😂 I’ve used a bench block, roll of tape, Vice and a 3/32 punch. I bought a 3ld sledge from Home Depot and it just smacks the shit out of the punch but that pin ain’t going anywhere. I contacted Walther cuz this has to be a defect. 😂
I can’t get the slide lock/release pin out for the life of me. I progressed in hammer sizes until I got to a small sledgehammer, and it still wouldn’t budge! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😡😭
Have you heard or noticed anything about that scratching/ wear on the underside of the PDP's barrel? Really want to get one but after watching close to a dozen field strip or teardown vids every one of them shows that bad wear to varying degrees in the same spots, even yours has the beginnings of it. On several you can even see metal shavings throughout the gun. Really turned me off of getting one, never seen that kind of wear on another pistol.
Well I guess I won't take mine apart, I have pounded on the slide stop ridiculously hard and it doesn't budge. At this point I'm guaranteed too break something, shouldn't have to use a full size hammer and really beat on it. Didn't move at all
Don’t know about all of you but I’ve been beating the snot out of the slide lock trying to punch it out. Used the roll of tape, a 3/32 punch and used liquid wrench. No bueno! Anyone have any tips on how to get this slide stop separated? It’s the biggest pos design I’ve ever seen on any firearm.
It's a long story, involving installing an optics plate, with things going a little sideways, but you helped me figure out where certain parts went back in, and how. You really saved the day. I hope RUclips doesn't take down this video. Thank you for taking the time to do this video and then making it available for the rest of us.
It’s nice that you didn’t edit out the parts it was being a pain in the ass so people can have a realistic idea on how things will actually go. Great job man, much appreciated.
Thanks dude! Thanks to you, I took apart my Walther for the first time! Greetings from Poland!
Thank you for the detailed video. I couldn’t have ever gotten through a pdp trigger replacement without it
Your video was a huge help. I just received a PDP Dynamic Performance Trigger and the little booklet Walther sends has very small pictures and confusing directives. I'm pretty mechanical but their installation manual was severely lacking. Your video pulled me through and I got everything working. Thanks for taking the time, it's most appreciated!
Just swapped out my barrel and trigger for some of their performance parts. This video is a life saver. Thank you so much, sir! Can't wait to test this out at the range
Best video I've seen for assembly and disassembly of the PDP. Saved my a$$ big time! I had the sear spring pop out...spent 3 hrs looking for it! Was having a miserable time trying to get it back together. This video really pulled me out of a simmering rage. Thanks!!
Be careful when hiting out the slide lock lever pin. I literally out a small crack in my frame right next to where the lever goes into the frame. Luckily it didnt affect anything. Put about 1000 rounds since, no problems. I will eventually order a new frame, but they are hard to come by.
Great video. I was just looking to replace some of the springs. I'm happy with the stock trigger. Clean break with just a hint of creep. Just looking to lighten the pull. This video helps tremendously. Thanks.
hope you start a Rumble page before RUclips takes down videos like this. Very informative. thank you, subscribed
I have one, haven’t done much with it but I should. I can’t get monitized on RUclips since my videos are considered “ modifications”
Thanks for the video. I broke my ejector running 18 round mags in the PDP Compact and your tutorial was helpful.
Two points to help others:
1.) The ejector isn’t molded into the sear housing. You can gently pry it free with your fingers and replace it without further dissembling the sear housing.
2.) I’d recommend installing the rear roll pin to lock in the sear housing in place before reinstalling the slide lock. Twice while putting it back in place, the housing came loose and the sear, spring, and detent fell out. Which caused me to have to reinstall that infernal sear a total of three times.
Respect. 👊🏻
Yep! You're right on the longevity of the slide release bar. This one broke on me first time putting it back together and it cracked the slide. Fantastic.
Slide release bar? How did it crack the slide? What part of the video?
I was dry firing my 4.5" full size with the plastic optics plate removed and the vertical pin flew out, which caused the entire extractor system to come apart. This video saved my life. I was freaking out that my handgun broke. Thank you so much for this. I'm completely in love with the PDP.
I just did the same thing with mine and am here for the exact same reason 🤣
@@Haydini69 Good to see i'm not alone man.
Thanks for that comment. I'm glad you said that before I do the same trying to add a red dot to mine.
Glad I'm not the only one. I was so excited to get my holosun on there too.
Thanks for your time and effort for this video. I couldnt find any fair vids on magazine release. Finally found you it help alot man. The manual sucks actually regarding release swap out lol.
Great video thank you. I lost my extractor so wo this video I would never have been able to reassemble. God bless
Great video. I just got a direct optic cut slide and would have never been able to pull all the other internals from the original slide to the new one.
Outstanding detail!!!
Thanks for your video. I would have given up on the locking block without your video. I was able to install an Apex into my PDP. Thank you.
Curious how the Apex works on the PDP since Apex has not officially designated a trigger for the PDP, only the PPQ
Nice work in your detailed video.
This was very helpful. Great job, thank you.
I thought this was a copy of a VP9, not even close! Love this gun and how it shoots. Apparently it is easy to work on. I was concerned about that because the VP9 is somewhat complex, so I had migrated to all Sig. And while it is a bit more difficult with more parts than a P320, it’s not complex. This will be a new acquisition for me! Love how it shoots!
I looks more like a refined glock to me.
Thank U Bench ! Very cool video; U are a beautiful human being.
Very helpful and informative video. Thank you! 👍
Haven't done this yet on my PDP but it looks much easier than the PPQ sear block. I never thought of using a straw for a slave pin, I cut a piece off of an ink pen tube. Maybe the tolerances are different on the two guns but ink tube seemed to fit in the PPQ better than your straw
Great video!! Want to get one of these beauties' ASAP. I have been a Glock guy for awhile but this gun has everything.
Wow, that is complicated. Just thinking about general maintenance is too much for me, ha ha ha. Damn!
Great video! Super helpful.
Just got a used pdp that's absolutely drenched in lube so this will be super handy to clean all the crap out.
Well done Sir.
Nice holster!
@the gun bench - thanks for the video. Trying to put the trigger housing assembly back together. Really struggling with the spring and sear. I think I finally got it back in. When you pressed down on it around 28 minutes and said “it should move freely” it almost looked like yours was “bouncing” as in springing back up when you depressed it with your finger. I got mine back in there after an hour of trying but it doesn’t seem to be “springy” like yours did. Do you think I did it incorrectly? Thoughts?
Thank god for you!
My man...need'd this
Great video!! Helped me install new dynamic performance trigger on compact. Only issue now is slide won't lock back on empty mag or release on it's own if I manually lock it back. Any help would be appreciated thanks
Thank you very much.
Guess I'll have to take the slide apart to clean and try to polish the safety plunger... My trigger feels like if it had a double wall to it, it hit a resistance point before hitting the actual wall and I noticed it happens when it engages the plunger midway trigger pull
Great Job
These videos are great! Please please please do a video of the canik tp9 elite sc.
It’s coming!! should be uploaded tomorrow night or Monday afternoon
Thanks , very helpful
Well done
thank you
Does the red dot adapter plate need to be removed in order to get to the striker? The screws Walther sent me for my plate, one of them stripped and I can't get it off now. It's on there solid but I have absolutely no clue how to get it off without damaging the slide or threads for the screw and I'm in need of a new striker.
I hope they issue a run of paddle mag release models.
I have a PDP-F series, the the striker assembly is different, and hard to put back in after cleaning. Would you consider a video showing the differences between the PDP and PDP-F striker assembly?
Great video that helped immensely, thank you Gun Bench. I just installed an aftermarket trigger and have some tips when removing/re-inserting the slide stop...
Always support the frame the best you can when working with these parts. I believe Walther recommends having a magazine inserted. I suspect they have their own jig when putting these things together, but for most of us, a painters/Gorilla tape roll will have to do...
Removing the slide stop for the first time can be stupidly hard. Ideally, you'd use a punch large enough to cover the center of the X to reduce the chance of missing, which is easy to do with smaller punches.
As for reassembly, you'd figure re-inserting the right slide stop piece is simple enough, but this is where I suspect many crack their frames. There is a thin, super fragile area of the frame, where the little nub of the right side slide stop has its little slot; looking at this area, you'll know what exactly what I'm talking about. If you don't support the frame properly while smacking the left side of the slide stop to get it to lock into the right, the right slide stop's little nub will hit and tear/crack this delicate part of the frame... there are quite a few reports of this online.
Make sure the right side slide stop rests as close as it can to the frame. In this video, it seems putting it flat against the table and whacking it covered with a towel did it just fine. Now, if you were to do the same on top of the tape roll? RIP, lol.
Hope this helps some people out there, good luck...
Holy cow my slide release was so stiff I had to use a Phillips head screw drive to get it started to punch it out.
Thanks,the extractor pin came off and extractor came off. Now I can put it back.
This is my first gun and i got a free vortex viper to put on it. But i realized i cant adjust the sight to zero in the red dot without taking the factory rear sight off. Is there a way to just unscrew the rear sight from top or from the bottom of the slide? Or do i need to jam a punch into the left side of it? I dont even know which size punch i would need
What punch set are you using looks sturdy?
On my optics ready PDP, I can't seem to depress the extractor retaining "button" @3:35 . Any idea what I need to do?
6:56 is an understatement. I’ve been hammering at this thing for two days and it hasn’t budged once. 😂 I’ve used a bench block, roll of tape, Vice and a 3/32 punch. I bought a 3ld sledge from Home Depot and it just smacks the shit out of the punch but that pin ain’t going anywhere. I contacted Walther cuz this has to be a defect. 😂
😂 I'm trying to do that at 11:30pm and I moved on to sledge hammer stage and hopefully I can get it out tomorrow🤣🤣
can the mag catch be reversed?
Great video!!! Thanks brother. Just wish the resolution was higher, lol.
Damn you’re right I didn’t save it right
I cannot for the life of me punch out the slide stop lever pin😊
I can’t get the slide lock/release pin out for the life of me. I progressed in hammer sizes until I got to a small sledgehammer, and it still wouldn’t budge! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️😡😭
Same, did you ever get it out?
@@dynastynova No sir. LOL I ended up just taking it to a shop. 😕
What about the rear sight?
Have you heard or noticed anything about that scratching/ wear on the underside of the PDP's barrel? Really want to get one but after watching close to a dozen field strip or teardown vids every one of them shows that bad wear to varying degrees in the same spots, even yours has the beginnings of it. On several you can even see metal shavings throughout the gun. Really turned me off of getting one, never seen that kind of wear on another pistol.
Well I guess I won't take mine apart, I have pounded on the slide stop ridiculously hard and it doesn't budge. At this point I'm guaranteed too break something, shouldn't have to use a full size hammer and really beat on it. Didn't move at all
How difficult is it to disassemble compared to a glock?
You are working on a compact. You should state that. Instructions for full size differ.
Don’t know about all of you but I’ve been beating the snot out of the slide lock trying to punch it out.
Used the roll of tape, a 3/32 punch and used liquid wrench.
No bueno!
Anyone have any tips on how to get this slide stop separated? It’s the biggest pos design I’ve ever seen on any firearm.