Do you guys still like your Walther P99 ??

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vyper005

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I'm about to pick my P99 in 40 in less then 2 weeks...The thing just feels so sweet in my hands...Everytime I go to my gunshop I check it out...They probably think I'm nuts !! :) Damn...I dont think I can wait any longer...Anyway...Are you guys still happy with yours ?? Do you have one in 9 or 40 ?? Have you had any problems or malfunctions ?? Ever had to use their customer service ?? Thanks...
 
I have the P99 QA in .40

It works great. Easy to take apart and clean. I have not worked with their customer service as I have not had any problems.
 
P-99 in 9mm.

Owned and still loved.

Took it to the range this week and put a hundred through it--it's a quality piece or ordnance, but... I shot my P-226 in tighter groups.

Of course, I wouldn't want to carry the 226 on my concealed if I had the P-99 around to do the job.
 
I owned a .40 cal. A great gun that after a few hundred rounds would uncock. When pulling the trigger in single action to fire there was a point, I could feel it and later hear it too, when the gun would uncock and put the trigger back into double action mode. Walther said I was nuts. I traded it for a Colt 1911a1. p99 was to be my gun to end all guns but Im still looking. Nice gun , I found I liked the small grip best, shot well, never failed to fire or eject.
 
Mine is a 9mm in basic black. I love it. Great gun.

My gripes, which are few, are that it's tough to find accessories (ie, holsters, etc.) since it's a new gun, although I've since found a great holster from Desantis. 16 round mags are also tough to come by and are expensive, though that doesn't bother me since I have 5 of them. Finally, the tip of your trigger finger chafes against the mag release on the opposite side, and after a lot of firing gets a little annoying.

Don't let my gripes bother you. Of my various firearms, the P99 is one of my favorites. Accurate, comfortable, easy to carry, great grip, etc. Hey, if it's good enough for James Bond!
 
vyper005- Let us know how you like yours after you try it out for a while.I don't like my P99-9mm.It's an early German model, and the trigger is bad news.
 
I've got my P99 Military (9 x 19 mm) for about 2.5 years now.

Never had any malfunctioning. I'm considering to install a fully adjustable rear sight and maybe a metal front sight (if I can find one). This gun still remains one of the best I ever shot and I'm defined to keep it !

:)
 
My roommate had one (a P99 Military in 9mm) and it remains the nicest trigger on any plastic pistol on the market.
 
I've had mine since Feb. '97. #237. I really like mine. I have a Walther manufactured threaded barrel and the LDI laser head on mine. The laser is of little practical value, but as a collector I had to have it. I bought the white-outline sights. I like them better than the three-dot setup.

I've had zero malfunctions in this Walther. Very accurate too.
 
Do you guys still like your Walther P99

If you decide to go ahead and purchase a Walther P99 be warned. Smith & Wesson is making a fake and exact copy of the Walther P99. I am not talking about the licensed Smith & Wesson model that has a slighly differenct slide configuration and the Smith name stamped on it. The Weapon I am speaking about looks exactly like a real Walther P99 but has no German proof marks on the barrel or slide and does not have the Walther name roll marked on the slide but has a cheaply painted logo instead.
The fake model has a Walther lower frame and internal parts and a Smith & Wesson slide and barrel.
If you buy an original you can expect outstanding accuracy in the 9mm version. I have found that mine will easily out shoot the plastic competition and do it consistantly. The trigger is superior to the other plastic competition and is much better than many other pistols on the market. Double action pull is smooth but long. The weapon comes with three interchangeable back straps to fit most human hands. It has ajustable sights. It is completely reliable in 9mm but early .40 models had functional problems. I cannot say wether this has been corrected or not.
If you decide to buy the .40 be aware that this caliber operates under very high pressure and is extremely hard on the weapons that it is chamberd for. Do not expect the same service life out of your weapon as you would receive from the milder recoiling 9mm. Do not expect the same level of accuracy. No one is immune to the effects of recoil and most people shoot the 9mm more accuractely than the .40. In a way the .40 is the worst of both worlds, it has neither the high capacity or low recoil or higher velocity of the 9mm or the massive frontal area of the .45. Some people love the .40 but why they do is a mystery to me.
Also ask yourself what am I buying this weapon for. If your reason is concealabilty and combat accuracy than you will be happy with it. If you are really going to use this weapon for recreation and weekend shooting you should realize that this weapon like most modern high tech sheet metal pistols or plastic wonders usually cannot be regunsmithed into a super target weapon like a 1911 or steel framed 9mm. Pin point accuracy is not a trademark of the out of the box factory weapon. The ability to easily change it is not easily done with many modern pistols. If you really want a tack driver. Invest in a high end custom pistol if your primary use will be recreation shooting. You will consistantly be able to hit what you are shooting at. W.R.
 
i have had my p-99 since may 2000, and would not trade it or anything like that. it is prob the best firearm that i have shot. has yet to fail to go bang when i pull the trigger, haven't had any non-user induced failures. i have had a trigger job done on it, lightened it up. and white outline sights put on. i'm sure that you'll really enjoy the gun.

it's also not that new, i believe that it was on the european market back in '94.


Adept
 
My P99 is a very good pistol. It has been reliable, accurate and with its QPQ (duo-tone) finish, quite "cool" looking!

Now if it came in .357 Sig!

How this does PAIN me to extoll any virtues of the .40S&W :barf:, it surely is no 10mm Auto (and why it is more popular then the 10mm is beyond me!), but I think this needs to be said.

Wild Romanian, your post does offer some points that are quite confounding. :rolleyes:

At what pressure is the 40S&W operating? Higher the 9mm? Lower then 9mm? Or the same as 9mm? 35k psi is the SAAMI operating pressure of the .40S&W and the 9mm. I don't see how that is any higher then the 9mm.

Any frame abuse that has taken place in the .40S&W, has been shown to be from early production (9mm frames with 40S&W slide assemblies) S&W and the Glocks prior to the addition to the additional frame pin. With the amount of police agencies flocking to the .40S&W over the 9mm/.45acp, if there happened to be any frame problems it seems to reason that those problems would have surfaced by now.

As for the benefit of velocity. . . Looking at the velocities of the 9mm and the .40S&W and comparing rounds of the same section density (115gr .355" and the 155gr .400"), there's a marginal difference. From my P99 and Sig 229, I have averaged about 1125fps with the .40S&W 155gr loadings (STHP) and in 9mm standard pressure (no +P) 115gr I have gotten about 1175fps. 50fps difference with the same SD, not really that much of a difference. At least not a difference a BG would notice.

As far as recoil, that's in the hands of the shooter. Firstly we are firing defensive calibers and those are FAR from hard recoiling rounds. It is not as if we are comparing a .32ACP to the MOA Maximum in .375 H&H (I'd love the squeeze one of those bad boys off, my wrist shudders at that thought, I know how my Rem 700 Classic in .375 H&H behaves! :D). Secondly, the slides/recoil springs of the .40S&W are usually heavier then the slides/recoil on a 9mm, translating to that their felt recoil energy is about equal. Also recoil is quite subjective. And with a strong shooting stance/grip/practice, the stoutest of defensive calibers are managable. Now are those stout defensive calibers (whatever they maybe) the best first handgun calibers? I'd say not.

The popular 3 (9mm, .40S&W and .45acp) in their comparable popular weight loadings (115/147gr 9mm, 155/180 40S&W and 185/230gr 45) are ballistic mirror images of each other and really the only advantge seen in any of the mentioned calibers is in the shooter's eyes or Marshall & Sanow/Fuller index numbers. . . C O M hits with any of those loadings are NOT the finger of God and it is quite unrealistic to expect any one defensive cartridge to be THE grand high dragon of one shot stops. If there was such a loading, there would be no other calibers made because we'd all be carrying that loading!

You state that an original 9mm Walther P99 will give "outstanding accuracy" but then go on to say that a "1911 or a steel framed 9mm" will give you better accuracy if you have that "regunsmithed into a super target weapon". Which is better? Impressive out of the box accuracy or a pistol that needs to be send to a gunsmith and more money spent to be super accurate?

Derek
 
Highly accurate, but I think the Wild Rummy hit the nail on the head.

1) Combat Accurate. Although I can keep all of the shots in the 0 zone of an IDPA target at fifty yards, I am not going to put a scope on it and try to knock quarters out of anybodys hands at 100. In standards pistol ranges 7- 25 yards, you will not see much of a difference - or at least I haven't- in accuracy in any of the guns you shoot- provided they are the 99% + guns that we seem to spend more to own.

2) It is a service weapon, it is designed to shoot again and again without jamming or freezing.

3) Stop second guessing yourself, you made a great choice.

If you are an accomplished shooter- used to shooting other guns, give yourself a little time to explore the trigger. It is very long in the initial shot, but it has an extreamly short reset and may squeeze out three shots during double taps. They are all on target, but you can empty the mag very very quickly in direct contradiction to all of those Walther trigger haters; it is unique and meant to be.

If one wants a SIG trigger, buy a SIG.
 
Mine shoots great. Like Tamera said, a great trigger. Mine is in the .40 cal and certainly "snaps" like most all .40's.
Never had a failure. I like the ability to change the grips. Make sure you try the different grip sizes before you decide on a favorite. It's very easy to clean...just like a Glock, H&K USP series, or a Makarov.
 
Ive only owned my P99 40 for a couple of months now but would put it in the top 3 handguns Ive ever owned or shot. Functions great, very accurate,sweet lookin, and I LOVE the quick double taps. Once you get the feeling of the trigger , youll love it. Plus its the official 007 pistol!
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