Just curious, Shipwreck, why don't you like the Px4? I have never shot one but I was interested in trying one out.

Originally Posted by spacedoggy

I'm now looking for a Walther p99 DA in 9 mm full or compact (Shipwreck has infulance this one). I don't think they make them anymore because all they have is the QA on there website. I might have to get the SW99 only if they have it in DA. I have the QA and the decocker seems to be a waste but still love the gun.

Well, that's how I got my SW99 last fall - I couldn't find a P99 in A/S at the time, so I settled for the SW99. I also hard chromed the slide, and it is very nice.

Originally Posted by Dragon

Just curious, Shipwreck, why don't you like the Px4? I have never shot one but I was interested in trying one out.

I don't know - they just don't do it for me. Looking at it up close, I am not very impressed with the way it feels in my hand. And, I also don't care very much for the stock sights.

Also, when I shot it, it didn't really feel special. Plus, the one I shot was shooting several inches low. The guy who owned it shot about 2k thru it, and then finally sent it to someone to have it worked on. He told me before hand that itw as shooting low, but this was also his very first handgun. I therefore assumed it was him making the gun shoot low. Well, low and behold, it was the gun.

my next two gun purchase ,will be the springer champ loaded and the kimber ultra tactical 2. and i may add a marlin 1895 gs 45-70.

I made my next gun purchase today. Just out of curiosity, I stopped by Sportsman's Warehouse in Coon Rapids, MN and was scoping out their handguns. I've been looking for something more concealable than a full size. I had looked at a Taurus PT145 Millenium Pro at another place and all of the feedback was pretty positive for a Taurus. They were asking $399.00 for it. The salesman at Sportsman's Warehouse showed me a 9MM and I said I wasn't interested and that I was looking for something in 40 cal or larger. He said they just got one in, a 45ACP, but he had to check. He came back, saying, yes, they had one and that it was $295.99. I'm like, "are you sure on that price??" I then told him, "If that's what it's priced, consider it sold". He double checked and sure enough, he was correct. I saved just over $100 on a gun that I had been wanting !! :-D

Thanks for the info, Shipwreck. I have a Walther P22 and love it so I think I will really like the P99.

Originally Posted by Dragon

Thanks for the info, Shipwreck. I have a Walther P22 and love it so I think I will really like the P99.

When I got my Walther P22 I said I have to get one of these in 9 or 40. 30 days la8er I'm a proud father of a P99 40 S&W. The P22 is so much fun to shoot. I'm on a hunt for the P99 DA.

As horrible as it is to say, I think I have all the guns I need. I'm spending money on ammo and training instead.

Originally Posted by Mike Barham at Galco

As horrible as it is to say, I think I have all the guns I need. I'm spending money on ammo and training instead.

"I think" being the way out here. Do you load your own?

I used to load my own on a Dillon. But I have been short on time the last several years, so I just feed my pistols WWB for training and high quality HPs for defense.

Government Series 70 Re-Issue .45 cal

Originally Posted by spacedoggy

Once you have a Walther P99 in your hand everything else doesn't matter.

Between spacedoggy & Shipwreck's ravings about the Walther P99 I had to check one out. Went to a local gun store and fondled the M & P, the XD, and then the P99. Wow! That P99 really felt good! It's about $80.00 higher than the M & P and about $100.00 higher than the XD but it's definately back in the race. Glad I've got some time to think this over.

Originally Posted by TxPhantom

Originally Posted by spacedoggy

Once you have a Walther P99 in your hand everything else doesn't matter.

Between spacedoggy & Shipwreck's ravings about the Walther P99 I had to check one out. Went to a local gun store and fondled the M & P, the XD, and then the P99. Wow! That P99 really felt good! It's about $80.00 higher than the M & P and about $100.00 higher than the XD but it's definately back in the race. Glad I've got some time to think this over.

Did U try the A/S or the QA?

If it is the QA trigger, ask if you can dry fire it. I'm not that big of a fan of it. But the A/S trigger rocks

+1 on the P99 AS - a fullsize big bro for the compact - and, like you Shipwreck, I may end up withe the SW99 instead if I can't track one down..

Originally Posted by Shipwreck

Originally Posted by TxPhantom

Originally Posted by spacedoggy

Once you have a Walther P99 in your hand everything else doesn't matter.

Between spacedoggy & Shipwreck's ravings about the Walther P99 I had to check one out. Went to a local gun store and fondled the M & P, the XD, and then the P99. Wow! That P99 really felt good! It's about $80.00 higher than the M & P and about $100.00 higher than the XD but it's definately back in the race. Glad I've got some time to think this over.

Did U try the A/S or the QA?

If it is the QA trigger, ask if you can dry fire it. I'm not that big of a fan of it. But the A/S trigger rocks

I fondled the P99 Fullsize and felt the trigger which seemed very gritty. Don't know about the A/S though. 8)

Well, the trigger on the A/S smoothes out after 500 rounds or so.

I knew this ahead of time - but when I bought my SW99 (the P99 clone) at a gun show last year, I looked at it in the car after the show. I dry fired it and felt the trigger "catch" slightly at 1 point. I was pissed that I hadn't seen this when I was in the show. I figured I'd have to call S&W the following Monday.

Well, I tried dry firing it a few times, to see if it would smooth out at all. 30 pulls later, it was fine

Well, I'll be the weirdo here with wanting a wheel gun. Don't know if it will be my next purchase or not but I'm drooling over a S & W 625 in .45 Colt with a three inch barrel. Not very many of them around so it may be a while and I may have to get something in the interim.

I was holding the QA, I think. They didn't have a compact. I went to Walther America web site & didn't see anything about a A/S. What is a A/S?
I did get to dry fire it. Trigger pull seemed ok but I'm used to shooting my Sigma. After that anything seems wonderful. I like everything about the Sigma except the trigger pull.

The A/S is the "anti-stress" trigger - it is SA/DA - but it also has a long SA pull for the 1st shot if you don't want the heavy DA for the first pull.

The A/S stopped being imported last year, although there are still some floating around new, but are old stock.

Rumor has it that they will be importing them again this year after everyone complained.

The QA trigger is kinda like the Glock trigger - the same pull on every shot - No DA/SA.

Originally Posted by A_J

+1 on the P99 AS - a fullsize big bro for the compact - and, like you Shipwreck, I may end up withe the SW99 instead if I can't track one down..

Done!

Sorry to make you guys jealous, but I called my usual dealer, and as luck would have it, he had one!

AG date code, NIB.. so that's what? 2006? It would seem that some AS triggers are making it to the states...

It has the long style mag release like the new QAs I've seen around.

I asked my dealer about whether or not he knew anything about the AS being discontinued or not, and all he knew was that P99's are so hard to come by for him he snags one whenever he can.

Originally Posted by A_J

Originally Posted by A_J

+1 on the P99 AS - a fullsize big bro for the compact - and, like you Shipwreck, I may end up withe the SW99 instead if I can't track one down..

Done!

Sorry to make you guys jealous, but I called my usual dealer, and as luck would have it, he had one!

AG date code, NIB.. so that's what? 2006? It would seem that some AS triggers are making it to the states...

It has the long style mag release like the new QAs I've seen around.

I asked my dealer about whether or not he knew anything about the AS being discontinued or not, and all he knew was that P99's are so hard to come by for him he snags one whenever he can.

Wow. Congrats!

Thanks - the siblings are getting aqquainted now -

I guess this bodes well for you and any others hoping for the AS to make a comeback - AS, Made in Germany, German proofmarks, S&W importer markings, made in '06. Maybe S&W is just importing a few at a time, and feeling it out.. Or maybe they just need to update the Walther web site.

Yea, I'ms till waiting for mine to come in - I'll know it when I see it :P

Unfortunately, I'll have to sell my fullsize USP to buy one, because of "the wife."

I like mt compact USP too much to be rid of it. I actually like all my guns, but if I have to loose one, it would have to be the fullsize USP

Well, I bought my 627SS4 a couple weeks back, and at the end of last week I impulse-bought a HiPoint 995 and an ATI stock. So to redo my list:

RIA1911
96FS Brigadier Inox (damn you whoever posted that pic in these very forums. Damn you all to heck)
44Tracker4SS

After that I think i'm done with handguns. Then on to another shotgun (Saiga-12) and rifles. The only 'rifle' I have is the carbine. So very sad.


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