The G10 grips add a little bit of girth, but the pistol feels good in the hand. The frontstrap of the frame is nicely checkered, as is the front of the trigger guard. The pistol is 5.4 inches tall and is a bit thick side to side at 1.3 inches, thanks to the G10 grips that protrude a hair farther than the slide release levers.
The grip frame on this pistol is the same height as that on the larger Q5 Match SF, just shortened front and back. While it is definitely thicker in the hand than the PPQ, it feels just as good. Combine the substantively more aggressive gripping surface with a heavier pistol that recoils less, and you’ve got a gun that just doesn’t move in your hand when shooting. The texturing on the grips covers everything but the frontstrap and is also more aggressive than the factory surface on the polymer-framed guns. The grips wrap around the rear and meet in the back. And unlike the PPQ, the Q4 SF comes with G10 laminate grips held in place by screws. The frame is machined from billet steel and sports a slightly larger beavertail than found on the ancestral PPQ. With its steel frame, unloaded weight of this pistol with an empty magazine in place is 39.7 ounces, which means you’ll need a good holster and a good belt to carry it. It is a striker-fired pistol with a four-inch barrel and a 15+1 capacity. The Q4 SF is a smaller version of the Q5 Match SF, and while it isn’t simply a steel-framed version of the PPQ, the resemblance is strong. When it was introduced, Walther hinted it was just the first in a new series of steel-framed guns, and just over a year later, the company has delivered on that hint with the more compact and concealed carry-suitable Q4 Steel Frame. It weighs 41.6 ounces, some versions have a big mag well, and it’s nearly nine inches long. The Q5 Match SF got a lot of attention, but it was a big, heavy gun, not at all suited for concealed carry. Competition pistols generally have superior sights, trigger pulls and easy-to-use features, so why wouldn’t they attract the attention of the gun-buying population at large? The success of the Walther Q5 Match Steel Frame should have been a clue to everyone that far more people than just competition shooters are interested in competition guns.
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