Tronster wrote: Did they eliminate the magazine disconnect?
Sorry, it occurs to me that you might have been asking about the backstrap disconnect on the PPS Classic. That pointless little feature has been eliminated. I've never had a problem with it...I just leave it connected all the time and pull the trigger to field-strip rather than removing the backstrap to de-cock. I haven't seen it to be a problem, but the theoretical ranting on the subject has been about "what if you drop it and the backstrap breaks? Now the gun is inoperable". I doubt that's a problem, but the whole backstrap disconnect concept was pointless enough that Walther apparently decided to ditch it in designing this new version.
Short answer...no backstrap disconnect on the PPS M2. This PPS M2 literally addressed every single complaint I might have had about the PPS Classic. There are a lot of the Walther faithful that are completely wedded to the paddle mag release on the trigger guard and are now vowing to never buy Walther again, or some such nonsense. I am completely indifferent, although the way Walther implemented the button release on this PPS M2 works exceptionally well for me given the shape and size of the grip.