- Safety: Both FEG and PP have hammer drop safeties, but the FEG has a passive
firing pin safety while the PP does not.- Firing pin: The rear of the firing pin of the FEG is below the line of the hammer face when the hammer is uncocked, and raises up in line with the hammer face when cocked. The PP firing pin does not move up or down, and it is always in line with the hammer face.
- Hammer: The PP has a passive hammer block, while the FEG does not. The FEG and PP have different hammer face profiles. The hammer profile of the FEG is relatively narrow (similar to that of the Mauser HSc) and interacts with the position of the firing pin to provide the same type of "hammer off the firing pin while uncocked" as does the hammer block on the PP.
- Magazines: FEG and Walther magazines do not interchange. Post-1945 Walther PP
pistols use a little tab on the left side of the magazine follower to activate
the slide hold-open. This follower tab requires a matching raceway in the left
magazine wall which shows on the outside of the magazine as a small rib. FEG
uses a different approach to hold the slide open on an empty magazine, so FEG
magazines do not have this rib. Pre-1945 Walther PP magazines and post-1945
Manhurin PP magazines do not have this magazine rib, and will fit the magazine
well of a FEG pistol, but they will not latch into place as the latch cut in
FEG and Walther magazines are in slightly different places.
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