I thought Jerseys ARMORERS got ahold of a new gun they couldn't work. And tried to remove the de-cockers.
If they had originally gone with a SW99 pistol with traditional DA/SA I think they would have had far less problems and maybe they would be using the pistol today.
They were attempting to get a SW99 action that worked like a Glock.
Glock (G17) was actually the first choice but because of politics, they were told they had to retest the submitted pistols and S&W had to win the trials as a pay back for their (S&W) "deal" they struck.
That would have been the P990 but, S&W doesn't offer the P990 configuration or at least they couldn't supply it. Again, if they had chosen the Walther P990, it would have been what they were looking for.
One SP firearms instructor said that if they had gone with a true Walther, they would not have had any problems.
The problems began when they tried to make replacement top ends work with the existing guns after the original guns gave so many problems.
One Trooper told me that when he was on the line, it took for ever to run a string of fire due to the large number of malfunctions. One observer said that he thought they (Troopers) were going through a malfunction clearing drill at one point but come to find out, it was a standard drill with many malfunctions.
Another Trooper told me that he was one of the lucky ones because his pistol worked 100% at qualification but he didn't trust it due to the many problems with the others. He like most, wanted their P7M8's back.
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I believe he did have something to say; he doesn't care for the P-99.
Saying. "Don't like the P99, never will. Just kind of a weird gun in my hand, in my opinion" is just that, an opinion.
It isn't a comment based on any factual personal knowledge of the pistol and they way it functions, good or bad, or the quality or lack of put into the manufacture of the pistol.
I would be interested in knowing how many rounds a person like this has put through a P99 to form a negative opinion of the pistol.
As far as S&W's ability to make a reliable semi-auto, not long ago I spoke with a member of my gun club who had purchase, at big bucks, a Performance Center .40S&W custom semi-auto.
I don't know the model but there can't be very many.
The gun malfunctioned about 75% of the time right out of the box and was sent back to S&W for "adjustment" on their recommendation.
When the gun came back, the owner went directly to the range to try it out. There was absolutely no change in performance with any type ammo and with two new magazines. :barf: His next course of action was to sell the gun at a loss.
I myself do not refrain from buying S&W semi-autos due to their "deal". I refrain due to their inability to produce a quality product for the amount they charge for it.
As much as I would love to have a P99 plarform .45 ACP pistol, I will not buy a S&W Smalther. :barf:
In all due respect to S&W, they still produce some of the best revolvers on the market today.
Do they use "Pot metal" or some thing? Are their CNC machines off a little to the left? WHAT makes 'em crap?
