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This pistol has an unlocked blow back design with a double action lock-work. The pistol boroughs from the successful Walther PPK design. The recoil spring coils around the barrel and the end of the firing pin rotate away from the hammer like the Walther. The disassembly of the pistol follows the PPK’s pattern and trigger guard is also used to unlock the slide. The pistol’s profile is then very similar to the PPK’s. The slide shows the model name 'R61', the Socialist Hungarian Kádár-crest, and 'FÉG' 'Budapest'. Serial numbers are 4-digit with a letter prefix. Original pistols had a two-tone finish. Currently manufactured by Feg Army Kft, without the socialist crest, with a thumbrest grip and a single tone finish. Due to the problems with the aluminum frame of the RK59 Police Pistol, the Fegyvergyár's engineers and independent metal/alloy research factories started a two-year experimentation to find the right aluminum alloy. Finally an addition of .1% Titanium to the aluminum alloy solved the wear problem. The internal wear-surfaces of the pistol were also redesigned. The resulting new model was called the R61. This was the first succesful aluminum framed FEG 9mm pistol. FÉG redesigned the Walther PP Pistols with the following differences: Safety: Both FÉG and PP have hammer drop safeties, but the FÉG has a passive firing pin safety while the PP does not. - Firing pin: The rear of the firing pin of the FÉG 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 FÉG does not. The FÉG and PP have different hammer face profiles. The hammer profile of the FÉG 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: FÉG 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. FÉG uses a different approach to hold the slide open on an empty magazine, so FÉG 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 FÉG pistol, but they will not latch into place as the latch cut in FÉG and Walther magazines are in slightly different places.

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