Got a Walther P99 today

[ShipWreck]

Once upon a time, I was a huge P99 fanatic. I had 3 or 4 of them at one point... Even helped sell about 14 on various internet forums, as I was such a vocal fan of the gun.... Well, I got back into Beretta 92's a few years ago, and ended up eventually selling off my P99s. Even had the slides on all of them hard chromed at one point....

Well, at the last Houston gun show, I picked up a P99 again and looked at it. I had been considering a PPQ for over a year now. But, I just prefer DA/SA over a constant glock-style trigger... My S&W Shield is the only handgun I have that isn't DA/SA. I like the PPQ grip more, but they don't make a DA/SA version.

In the 3 weeks or so since that last gun show - the gun has been on my mind. When my plans to see my hockey game in Dallas got screwed up because of the ice storm, I decided to drive to Houston and catch the larger Reliant Gun Show today. There was one P99 A/S pistol in the whole show. Snagged it.

I'm selling a 22 Buckmark to make up the $ I am short. But, At least I don't have to sell a Beretta 92.

So, back in as a Walther owner

[BigTinVA]

You got a line on any spare mags for the P99 A/S pistols?

[ShipWreck]

You got a line on any spare mags for the P99 A/S pistols?

Not at a decent price. I looked online. Wow... They are high. Much pricier than when I used to have several...

[Wolvee]

The P99 is a great pistol. One of my favorites to shoot, I just wish Walther would get their act together and start shipping guns & mags instead of trickling them out like they do.

[loupav]

That's very cool. I love my P99AS, it has the sweetest trigger of all my pistols. Congrats and enjoy!

[Tzed250]

I still want a P99AS!! I tried to find one during the panic, but no dice. It is the bigger brother to my PPS. One day...

[ShipWreck]

I may even break down and get the slide refinished one day - to match the one I used to have. I'll just have to wait and see...

Back in the day, I had the slides of many of my polymer handguns hard chromed. This time, I think I might try NP3 or NP3 plus if I do it.

But, here is a pic of what one of them (that I used to have) looked like.

[NCPatrolAR]

The SW99 really soured me against the 99 series

[ShipWreck]

The SW99 really soured me against the 99 series

I had one years ago - I think in 2005.... Back at the time, finding a Walther P99 was a tough deal to do. The SW99 I had worked 100%. The Walther I got later was a tiny bit more accurate. But otherwise, I had no issues with the gun

[NCPatrolAR]

I've sales us heard the Walther products were much better than the SW, but the sheer number of problems we had has caused me to have reservations about using any of the 99s regardless of whose label is on them