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walther p99

hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
edited March 2004 in Ask the Experts
I just went shooting pistols for the first time with a friend the other day. He had a Romanian knockoff of a Walther ppk that I fell in love with and was shooting dead on. I went looking for one on this web site and came across the Walther p99. How does this gun compare? Is it good for self defence and general shooting?
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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got one of the first Walther P99s that came to the US. Of course, it has that horrible hump in the trigger guard. I noticed in Guns and Ammo that the new ones don't have the hump. Here's my question: Are there enough changes in the new P99s to warrant me selling the one I have and buying a new opne, or should I take the one I have to a gun shop and have the hump surgically removed?

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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    yeah welI would like to get a walther p99 qa or a as i dont really know witch one i should get i am just going to have it for shoot home protection and just to have it jsut to go aorund and shoot stuff jsut want to know what yall think about the p99
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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would like to get a walther p99 qa or a as i dont really know witch one i should get i am just going to have it for shoot it home protection and just to have it
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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ok im interested in this pistol and wonder if anyone has any info on this particualr pistol. im debating between this and the berreta 92-f. on both pistols what is the accuracy like after u have become fairly accustomed to shooting them. Also for any dealers out there on the Walther p22 any idea when its going to be legal in california. thanks a lot -quicklslvr982
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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am looking at getting a walther p99. I was wondering if there is any difference in the accuracy between the 9mm or the 40 s&w? i would appreciate any help on this matter.
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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I just read the thread on the P22's. Is there anything wrong with the P99's?

    Preciate it.
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  • hillstomperhillstomper Member Posts: 84 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Anybody had any experence? I think I`m falling in love with one in 9mm, but before I part with that kind of money, I`d like to here good things about it from someone who knows!

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  • punchiepunchie Member Posts: 2,792 ✭
    edited November -1
    I don't think you are going to see any appreciable difference in accuracy between the 9 or 40 in the P99. That being said, remember the P99 (S&W or Walther) was designed as a service/duty weapon not as a bullseye target gun. I find the more contoured slide of the S&W to be more pleasing than the squared slide of the Walther. Same gun just a different contoured slide.

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  • SUBMARINERSUBMARINER Member Posts: 1,362 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I do remember seeing in a magazine that the import walther was more accurate than the one produced by Smith and Wesson

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