WALTHER
P99 S/A Pistol
I had a go with a Walther P99 at the
range this week - a very interesting piece it was too.
The magazines hold 15 rounds of 9x19mm cartridges and it seems to
look something like a Glock as far as the surface
finish of both the frame and steel slide assembly –
but its shape and controls are distinctly different. Overall the P99
has a very sculpted look with lots of detailing and deep
engraving.
Walther P99 9MM
Whereas the main feature of a Glock 17 9mm is its lack of shaping, knobs and whistles – having overall a very smoothed 'de-horned' feel & look.
Glock 17 9MM
Whereas the main feature of a Glock 17 9mm is its lack of shaping, knobs and whistles – having overall a very smoothed 'de-horned' feel & look.
Glock 17 9MM
The Walther P99 is also licensed to be built / marketed
by Fabryka Broni Radom ( in Poland) and a version is
also built in USA by Smith & Wesson as the SW99
. According to Wikipedia, - S&W also
build it in .45"ACP - which the P99
isn't.- These other makers wouldn't be using this design unless they
thought that it is worthy and has a profitable long term future. (- I understand that S&W pay a license fee to Glock for their Sigma model)
The P99 is a striker fired short-recoil design using the
Browning Hi-Power system – Its frame is moulded from
glassfiber reinforced polymer and the machined steel slide is
Tenifer treated like the Glocks. - I was
caught by suprise when I loosed-off the first magazine as I'd
expected it to be soft recoiling like the Glocks – but it was very
lively, even 'snappy' in my hands. - My guess is that the
glassfiber reinforcing in the frame makes it stiffer and less
flexible for absorbing recoil energy. I've seen slow motion video of
a Glock frame on firing and there is heaps
of flex there for sure! - Even metal frames have some flex - but the Glocks are amazing!
- Both of these makers offer +2 floor plates for their double-stack magazines. - I'll try to do a closer comparison of the shooting dynamics between these two if I get an opportunity - but my first impression was that accuracy and trigger feel were, for me, on par with my G 17 .
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