(((Leave it to me to get a bad one: follow up on Walther p99)))

Leave it to me to get gun with a problem for which I have seen no mention of with this gun. As a follow up to my comments regarding the Walther p99 in .40. The problem I was having with the gun I hoped was simply new gun syndrome (tight main spring, news mags, etc) and would clear up after a few hundred rounds. Not only has it not cleared up, 300 rounds plus and its worse. F$%# that pisses me off. Here is what happens, at this point it happens at least every 20 rounds or so. You pull the trigger (starting in single action mode as I do and carry with this gun) and it goes bang, pull again, bang, pull again, nothing! It's like you have a dud but you don't. The round has no markings on the primer, so the firing pin is clearly not striking the primer. The slide appear all the way forward and fully engaged. Two other people i know with that same gun have never had such problems, and tests for that gun have always been raves. It has done this with Federal, Winchester, and Speer, ammo. I cant and wont carry a gun I have lost confidence in and at $500 plus, there is no excuse for this. I am quite disapointed as the gun is everything I would want in a .40 cal pistol (ergonomics, features, etc.). So, I will send it back to the factory for repairs, but I have a feeling it's going to be like that funny noise your car makes, it only happens when there is no mechanics around, and I will be stuck with $500 plus worth of useless gun. Of course none of my other pistols have ever done sucha thing. My Kahr would do a light strike on that hot Chek ammo that was out some years ago, and you could see the primer had been struck. Running the round through again, and the round would go off.

Your comments?

#Your comments?

'I'll take a revolver; you take your chances'- Bill Jordan

Hi,

That's post sell-out Smith & Wesson quality for you. Send it back and keep sending it back until they fix it.

Anyway, it sounds like a failure to go into battery. Sometimes dropping the hammer pushes it into battery, masking the problem. Could also be a sticky safety device (I'm not that familiar with the P99).

>'I'll take a revolver; you take your chances'- Bill Jordan

On any given day, six out of one is almost for sure. On your very worst day, perhaps no part of a dozen out of the other.

Sam Heywood

# # Your comments? # Once comment would be not to believe all the rave reviews for ANY gun that you see in the regular gun rags. This is where it pays to find a rental range and try before you buy. Also, a failure like that can really lead to some peculiar mental stress when you're shooting, you've always got that nagging doubt about whether it's going to go off this time or not and you're all keyed up to jack the slide all the time. Doesn't help scores at all. Sometimes all you can do is sell the gun, if the effect is bad enough, and get something else. I'm sure the factory would fix it, but you're still going to be out express charges at least one way. Just make sure you've got insurance on it when you ship it, if it gets swiped, that fixes the problem...

Thats a great quote, but I can't say you have exactly help me out here.

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# # Hi, # # That's post sell-out Smith & Wesson quality for you. Send it back and # keep sending it back until they fix it. # P99's are manufactured by Carl Walther Waffenfabrik, in Ulm and carry German proof markings. S&W just handles the U.S distribution and has nothing to do with QC of the P99.

As far as that goes, I've owned a P99 for almost two years and it functions flawlessly

S&W oem's a modified P99 under the label of SW99.

He said a mouthful there - try b4 you buy - we got a snubby Ruger to carry around and tried semi-autos at rent-a-ranges for almost 2 yrs b4 deciding on the Beretta compact. Just hope we dont have the problems you are having. As much as guns cost now, that is alot of money to spend on a weapon that you cannot fully trust. Just my 2 cents...good luck

john

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Wrong. S&W imports the lower and manufactures the upper here. They sell them as Walthers.

The one and only way to tell them apart from 100% German made is the roll mark. German P99's are roll marked on the slide. S&W's are laser'd.

# I will send it back to #the factory for repairs, but I have a feeling it's going to be like #that funny noise your car makes, it only happens when there is no #mechanics around

Send Pistol to your local Walther Repair shop there is one in MA. I own a P99 and have not had the problems you have had. Send in gun with box of current ammo you have problem with. this way they don't use a different round than you do. Hope your pistol get fixed you love it when they do find the problem, and there is a problem. As for the revolver people, He's looking for help not snide remarks. If you do not Train, Then do not Complain When Death comes a Calling This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

# # Wrong. # S&W imports the lower and manufactures the upper here. # They sell them as Walthers. # # The one and only way to tell them apart from 100% German made is the roll # mark. # German P99's are roll marked on the slide. S&W's are laser'd. #