Walther KSP200

dino911 · Post by **dino911** » Mon May 17, 2010 1:24 am

Hi all,
I've just bought a used KSP200 and was wondering if anyone has any tips , tricks , ideas etc on the best way to dis-assemble & re-assemble the pistol as the instruction book is sketchy at best.

Thanks in advance,
Dino

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 17, 2010 4:49 am

Congratulations for your recent acquisition, Dino!

While I cannot help you with the disassembly of this pistol, would you be able to post pictures of the disassembled grip and pics of the frame in the grip area?

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Mon May 17, 2010 8:55 am

I can help with the pics of the grips/frame. I can send a DXF, Parasolid etc if required.
My photobucket acct seems to have died, I'll have to make another to post some pics.

Dismantling.

Press the button on the underside of the barrel at the front and slide the lower frame shroud forwards off the gun.

Pull the slide to the rear and hold it there.
At the same time pull the upper shroud rearwards slightly, disengage the front (by the foresight) and lift the front up then the whole thing up and forwards - there is a knack to this.

Hold the spring compressed under the slide with thumb and forefinger, let the slide go forward a bit - as it does so the front should drop down below the barrel and the back lift up over the breach area - the spring can very easily fly off doing this.
The slide can then be slid off over the front sight block.

Release the spring and the guide tube and you're done - assuming its not already embedden in your eye.

Reassembly is the reverse, be careful refitting the lower shroud - miss the slot and it will jam solid, also the recoil spring can launch itself into orbit.
Its worth trialling the process without the spring first.
Maybe I'll do a youtube vid.....

In the meantime attached is a drawing I did for Marshal grips.

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Mon May 17, 2010 9:10 am

Pics attached...

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Mon May 17, 2010 9:11 am

Another

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Mon May 17, 2010 9:12 am

Another

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Mon May 17, 2010 9:18 am

Probably the old EAA manual explains it best.
I have the whole manual but its 3MB so just attached the relevant page.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 17, 2010 12:06 pm

Thank you for the info, James! It's much appreciated. :-)

Do you think it'd be feasible to rework an IZH-35 grip to fit an AW93 pistol? As I'm looking for the easiest way to have wood on the front strap for fitting of the fingers.

dino911 · Post by **dino911** » Mon May 17, 2010 5:47 pm

Thanks JamesH - all that should be in the Walther instruction manual - it has answered the riddle of the top shroud.

regards
Dino
p.s. great pics too - I was going to get the camera out but you beat me to it.

JamesH · Post by **JamesH** » Mon May 17, 2010 6:32 pm

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for the info, James! It's much appreciated. :-)

Do you think it'd be feasible to rework an IZH-35 grip to fit an AW93 pistol? As I'm looking for the easiest way to have wood on the front strap for fitting of the fingers.

Not sure, haven't really looked into it.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 17, 2010 7:46 pm

No problem. I sent an e-mail to Marshal. I hope those guys can answer this question.

Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Tue May 18, 2010 5:01 am

Dino, you do realise the KSP is a tarted-up IZH-35, don't you? Walther bought the basic pistol from the Russians and 'improved' it. Loads about the IZH in this forum. Apologies if you know this already.

dino911 · Post by **dino911** » Tue May 18, 2010 9:36 am

" Yeah , I know that ! " in the voice of Andy from Little Britain.

RB6 · Post by **RB6** » Tue May 18, 2010 9:57 am

Walther bought the basic pistol from the Russians and 'improved' it.

What did they do to " improve it "

There were changes, but other than the doubling fix and a different grip, what were the actual improvements

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Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Tue May 18, 2010 4:21 pm

Walther added a nice laminated grip, a slide hold-open button to the right side of the slide and improved the finish generally.

I've seen one with an enormous 'bump' added to the trigger bar / disconnector, so it was displaced massively downwards when the slide was out of battery. It looked like a factory mod, but may not have been. My IZH doesn't have this 'feature', but functions perfectly, nevertheless.

dino911 · Post by **dino911** » Wed May 19, 2010 9:27 am

Kia ora Shooting Kiwi ,

from what I can see with my KSP200 Walther didn't do anything to tart up the trigger as it is like a 3 or 4 stage trigger (depending on how slow the trigger is squeezed ) - very scratchy - and probably needs a bit of polishing in the right places.

dino

Shooting Kiwi · Post by **Shooting Kiwi** » Wed May 19, 2010 7:56 pm

Gidday cobber!

Perhaps you might experiment with the amount of sear engagement. I really can't fault my un-tarted Russian trigger, once the sear engagement was reduced to a reliable minimum (screw pointing up and back, on left of frame). Also, the grip safety bits were removed (from memory, already done by Walther).

dino911 · Post by **dino911** » Thu May 20, 2010 3:59 am

Thanks Shooting Kiwi - adjusting that screw has made it a lot better !

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu May 20, 2010 5:35 am

I sent an e-mail to Marshal. I hope those guys can answer this question.

I'm still waiting for their reply.

Spencer · Post by **Spencer** » Thu May 20, 2010 6:04 am

so, you have your hands on it - since the last pensioners' free coffees?