I finally had a chance to visit the range and put some rounds through the Walther PK380.  I admittedly purchased this on a whim from a gun show.  The price was good and I really like the way it fit my hand.  I enjoy shooting my Sig P226 but it feels too large for my hands (I've got to try one of the E2s) and this Walther just fit perfectly.

Naturally being called the PK380 it uses 380 ammunition.  I used a mix of inexpensive steel cased ammo and some mid-range brass cased ammo.  The steel cased stuff just plain didn't feed correctly.  It also produced several failures to eject.  The same problems were evident with the mid-range brass cased ammo but for less frequently.  Leaving aside the fact that the gun doesn't like steel cased ammo at all, I really have grown to not like this gun.  Yes it fits my hand but I don't like the trigger, the magazine release, the safety, the lack of a slide release and the stupid tool you need to strip the thing.  Here's some details about those annoyances

• First the tool.  This is needed to rotate the take down switch.  Instead of just having a little lever than could be used to rotate it you have to use a tool.  Dumb. 
• The lack of a slide release isn't that big of a deal sure but it doesn't mean I have to like it.
• The safety on this pistol doesn't de-cock the hammer.  If you want to de-cock the hammer once you've loaded a round into battery you have to pull the damn trigger.  Wrong, 100x, wrong.  You don't touch the bang switch until you are ready to send a round on target.  Period.  End of Story.  Certainly you can slap a mag into place, rack the slide, place it on safe and leave the hammer cocked.  It is on safe and even you are paranoid about it going off, it won't.  This also has the benefit of avoid the long double action trigger pull.  Some people might even see this as a plus.  Me, I don't like it.
• The mag release is built into the bottom of the trigger guard.  In theory you could make this work with one hand and your trigger finger.  I couldn't.  It was too stiff to move and so I had to use two hands  to remove the mag anyway.  I'd rather have the nice button someplace convient than the way they've done it on this gun.
• Finally the trigger.  I dry fired it a bit before the range and before I bought it.  It didn't seem great but it wasn't horrible.  The pull in DA is a bit on the heavy side but the SA is acceptably light.  I just don't like the way it feels.  I can't even really explain why, it just doesn't feel right.

I had hoped I'd like this gun.  It is one of the least expensive pistols in my collection and after spending time with it on the range, I understand why.  I'll be either selling it or trading it towards one of those Sig P226 E2s.