Do you guys still like your Walther P99 ??

I usually clean my P99 after 200 rounds fired so I wouldn't know about any problems after 400 rounds.

The German army and state police use the P99 as their sidearm (correct me if I am wrong), so they would have run extensive tests on the gun and would have rejected it if there were design problems with it.

Of course that doesn't mean you can't get a lemon every now and then.

All I will say is that I used to own a glock 23 and an hk usp before I settled on my Walther P99 QA.
 
Do you guys still like your Walther P99

To wishbone: I am curious. Is your Walther a 9mm or or one of the 40 S&W's. My Walther is a 9mm and only came with one recoil spring. It has worked perfectly even when firing as many as 200 rounds of reloads with very dirty powder. I have heard that the early .40 Walthers had some problems but that is not unusual with the .40 calibers (These were the S&W slide and barrel models that were marked Walther but were not.) I have not heard of anyone in my area having any problems with the 9mm that are German made. W.R.
 
Do you guys still like your Walther P99

to Hank B. I am curious. Did the Walther P99 that malfunctioned at 400 rounds have any lubrication on it at all when the firing began or was it shot basically out of the box and dry. W.R.
 
Do I still like my Walther, yes. I have cheated on her in the past few months by buying a 870E 30" 12 ga for ducks, a GP100 for the sake of owning a 4" SS revolver :cool: and a Bushy 20HB. That Walther is the first gun I ever owned, the first gun I bought, carried, HG I ever shot... There just aren't too many more things I need to buy for her, a nice leather holster, two Kydex (thanks Den) holsters and five mags. What more is there?

I shoot well with it, qualified as a sharpshooter in IDPA- may not be a big deal with all of you 0.05" groups at 50 yrd studs out there- but I am proud of it.

The Wild Rommie gets me all hot and bothered when he talks trash about the 40, but I know the history now, and I forgive him. But the man talks up the Walther nicely.

Anybody notice that those who adamantly will never own a Walther has that magical friend who died or lost his arm to a Walther KB that malfed after 5000 rounds unlike his [whatever]?
 
What problems did the 40cal P99's have ??

Man...I hope I dont have any problems with mine...I've never heard anything about 2 different recoil springs...Whats the deal with that ?? Mine came with only one as most guns do...Did your P99 come with the German test target ?? I havent shot mine yet but will real soon...
 
The original spring installed into the early Walther P99 was set up for 124gr NATO ball ammo. In many cases the weapon would function fine on 115 gr ball as well.

In many other cases it did not function at all. Many complaints were received about this matter as many American shooters primarily use 115 gr ball for practice.

A spring was offered free of charge to those shooters who were experiencing difficulties that was designed with 115gr in mind.

There were no defects in the P99, the Germans set it up to use the ammo that is standard issue in Germany and not American
practice ammo.

Incidentally, the P9 is issued to the German Military. The P99 is being used by the Baden-Wurtemburg State Polizei and several other state agencies.
 
Did the Walther P99 that malfunctioned at 400 rounds have any lubrication on it at all when the firing began or was it shot basically out of the box and dry
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Wild Romanian, the pistol was not brand new. The gentleman who owns it is careful about maintaining his firearms, and is of the school that "one should never let the sun set on a dirty gun." The pistol had worked fine up to that point, probably because it wasn't until the class that he fired that many rounds before cleaning. The owner tells me it works fine now as long as he cleans it frequently. By the way, in the last several IDPA matches we've attended, I noticed that he's taken to shooting a 1911 or sometimes a BHP. His wife, a 1911 or Glock 34. (I think it's a 34...) Pistols they have confidence in.

There were no defects in the P99, the Germans set it up to use the ammo that is standard issue in Germany and not American
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Herr Walther, other pistols - the BHP, the Glocks, the HK's, the SIGs generally work fine with ALL ammo, and don't need to be "set up" to work with a particular load. If the Walther DOES need to be "set up" differently when shooting either 115 US or 124 NATO grain ball, then that doesn't speak well for Walther's engineers. In this day and age, with today's technology, there's no excuse for making a pistol that's "ammo sensitive." Especially if one is talking about sensitivity to different varieties of BALL ammo.
 
Wild Romanian--Go here and check out the changes etc.--My P99 is a 9mm early german 3 stage trigger.--http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/2188/
 
Wishbone, thanks for quoting my website address.

Hank, the germans have been known to over-engineer products from time to time, and this is one of them. If you don't believe, call Earl at 978.851.2656. This man knows the men who designed and built this Walther personally.

Michael
 
Do you guys still like your Walther P99

TO Hank B. I respectfully submit that sometimes it is very difficult to analize the problems of a pistol that is owned by someone other than yourself.
There are many factors that can cause a pistol to jam up. I currently have a grease at home that I thought would be the answer to wear and tear on auto pistols. It contains silicone and the grease is damn near indestructable but if you use is it on any pistol of any make it will jam it up sooner or later. The only point I am trying to make is that without examing the pistol for mechanical breakage or defects or improper lube we simply cannot condemn the entire line of Walther P99's. Walther is a very prestigious firm and although they too have made many mistakes in the production of automatic pistols I believe that they have a real winner here with there new P99. W.r.
 
You guys just had to do it, didn't you? Just kept talkin' and kept talkin'. "I like Walther", Walthers are great"! Now see what ya gone and made me do? Just went out and picked up a P99 in 9mm to go with the one in .40. You made me I tell ya'! That's not what I went in there for. I was going to the store for a loaf of bread and carton of milk............ Suddenly, everything went blank till I got home. Yeah, that's what I'll tell her.

It's an Interarms P99 with all the markings. The guy at the store said he's running out of them and is getting more of the S/W Wathers now.

Next problem is, they also had a P5 and a P88c layin' right there with it. ARRRRGH! I think they were high on the P5.....$808? However, the P88 was either $793 or $723(I forgot now). Don't these sound a bit high? All were NIB with 2 mags, except the P88 only had one.

Fella at the gun shop thinks that the German Walthers are going to get harder, and more expensive to get. I just got a so-so deal on the P-99, $579. Not like the $468 I paid for the P99 in .40. I guess between the 2 I did about right. Now I've GOT to get at least one 16 round mag for it. Any suggestions on the best place to get it? I think I've got one grandchild I can hock to get one.:D

I love my .40, and I betcha I love the 9mm too. My wife will like it too! Gee, twins, at my age too. :p
 
I still like mine (many of you know me as Ewok from ShootersTalk), but I have had malfs after shooting a few hundred rounds of Sellior & Bellot. Of course, it's no big deal to field strip it and scrape out some gunk between range sessions.
 
That's a bit steep for the P5. They can be had for as low as around $575-$600 at GunsAmerica.com, NIB. The P88C is closer to being in the ballpark, but make sure at that price the magazines are the 14 round
variety and were not replaced with 10 rounders. I have seen a lot of dealers pull this crap. The weapon is supplied with 14 round magazines and they'll pull them and replace them with 10 rounders and offer you a "deal" for the normal capacity mags.

The P88C comes from the factory with TWO. Don't let him BS you and say it only comes with one. The only Walther that comes from Germany with one mag is the TPH. There also better be a test target, a cleaning rod, and the manual in that box with the gun!

Next problem is, they also had a P5 and a P88c layin' right there with it. ARRRRGH! I think they were high on the P5.....$808? However, the P88 was either $793 or $723(I forgot now). Don't these sound a bit high? All were NIB with 2 mags, except the P88 only had one.
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Regards,

Michael
 
Herr Walther,

You are indeed correct they pulled a switch. The P88 had only one mag, and it was a 10. A 14 round mag was not even an option. In fact, I asked and was told they had none available. I knew the P5 was high, but hadn't done my homework on the P88, which is why I walked away. They are both nice pieces though. DADGUMMIT! I guess now I'll be forced to buy the whole set.

Thanks for the feed back. I'll check out GunsAmerica. Is Earl's Repair as good a place as any to get P99 mags? That's where I was planning on getting them.

As usual, your help is appreciated.
 
Big Iron, yeah, Earl's is just as good a place as any to buy them. He used to be the high one on the block at $125, but now I have seen them higher at other places. He hasn't raised his prices on these mags in five years. He also has the correct P88 and P88C mags.

Don't let a dealer tell you "I've only got a few left, you better buy now!" There is no shortage of P99 16 round magazines in Massachusetts.
(of all places). Earl can get as many as you need. This weapon was built before the '94 crime bill.

The Walther magazines are hard to come by if not purchased from him or at a gun show. Many distributors can't get them and very few are sold at retail establishments. I hate the monopoly of the situation, but at least they are available. If not expensive.

Regards,
 
Vyper005,

The only Hi-cap .40s I've seen are 12rd LE only. Earl's has those too. Too bad 9mm won't work in the .40 cals.

Herr Walther,

Nope, they didn't try the, "Just a few left, get 'em before they're gone" pitch. They just flat didn't have any hi-caps and only 2 10 rounders for the 9mm and 0 for the .40.
 
Next problem is, they also had a P5 and a P88c layin' right there with it. ARRRRGH! I think they were high on the P5.....$808? However, the P88 was either $793 or $723(I forgot now). Don't these sound a bit high? All were NIB with 2 mags, except the P88 only had one.
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BIg Iron,
It's to bad they pullled the old switch trick on the P88. My P99 came with two 16rd mags!!! If you can, get the P5. It is one sweet pistol. Since the confiscation of my G26, by the wife, I have been kinda in limbo about what to carry. The P5 will fit the bill nicely.:D One question for Herr Walther: Is the P5 factory rated for 9mm+P????? :confused:
 
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