Nice collection Denfoote!! The only thing i dont like about my p22 is putting the slide spring back on the rod, (not sure of exact terminology). On all other guns it stays on the rod during breakdown for cleaning, but on my p22 it doesnt have anything to hold it in place, so you have to compress it and hold it on while putting rod back in place. Is this normal? At first I thought i may have dropped the other end of the rod or something, (my first semiauto at that point) after reading the manual, which is farely brief, I just realized this is how the gun is made. Not a big deal, but took a while to get it back together the first time i stripped it. The only thing ive noticed about my p99 is that if the mag is not completely full, it has a slight clink when moved around, (in or out of gun). I would like my gun to be silent until i pull the trigger so this is slightly annoying. Anyone else noticed this, is it common in all guns with auto mags? Only negatives ive yet to experience with either of these two makes.
Any Walther fans out there
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WarMachine
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I have always been fan of the styling on the PPK/S. The extended beavertail should help with the slide bite some people used to experience on them.
XLMiguel
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pauli
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it's normal. the jerk who designed the p22 chose not to use a captive recoil spring, and then the halfwits who implemented his design shipped the gun (or at least, mine) with a reassembly rod to deal with this... that doesn't fit through its hole on the front of the slide. fortunately, a cleaning rod works fine for aiding reassembly.
Justin
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I would very much like to have a Walther GSP.
p22
I had a p22 i was so happy to get rid of it in the bag of tools that came with it is a plastic guide rod that you stick in the front of the slide thru the spring and it guides the spring on while you put the slide back
i will never buy another gun that comes with a tool bag
I had a p22 i was so happy to get rid of it in the bag of tools that came with it is a plastic guide rod that you stick in the front of the slide thru the spring and it guides the spring on while you put the slide back
i will never buy another gun that comes with a tool bag
OH25shooter
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Mike in VA:
Nice little handgun. Just picked up the 2005 Walther catalog and no such animal is advertised. What caliber, etc.
Nice little handgun. Just picked up the 2005 Walther catalog and no such animal is advertised. What caliber, etc.
Penforhire
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I guess we're not as rabid as fans of some other makes. I adore my P99.
CZ-100
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Im a happy owner of a P22
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I love Walthers... but the Old School stuff. P-38, PP, PPK.
I'm not even sure of what their current line of product is...
StrikeEagle
I'm not even sure of what their current line of product is...
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modifiedbrowning
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OH25, the P5 Compact is a single stack 9mm. Unfortunately it is no longer in production.
denfoote
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Thanks JAB!!
The two best are the AC41 and AC42, Nazi marked.
They are the second and third pics.
Kacerdias
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Count me in as a Walther fan. I have a P22 (not a bad plinker), and a P99c as my daily carry piece. The P99c is great for CCW - lightweight, 10+1 rounds, decent caliber, smooth action, durable, accurate... I couldn't bring myself to get a Glock though I did like the size of the baby Glock...
Those chromed P5 compacts are a thing of beauty. I just love the angles.
Those chromed P5 compacts are a thing of beauty. I just love the angles.
> the reason Walther is not popular is lack of advertising in America. Yes, the S&W name is mentioned as a producer of Walther firearms. But it just is not mentioned with the makers of Glock, Beretta, SigSauer, Springfield, etc. Maybe someone can address this question with roots in Europe. I'll bet the Walther handgun is more popular overseas
Glock is a recent brand which coined and implemented some useful concepts, gaining marketshare (therefore mindshare) at a fast pace
Beretta is very old (5 centuries), it benefits from a solid mindshare. even people knowing nothing about weapons are aware of this brandname as a weapons manufacturer
Sig (Swiss) is not from a country defeated during WW2. Sauer was, but their merging (30 years ago) was a SIG-powered move
Walther's factory was destroyed during WW2, then they had to move to West Germany, rebuild one, face various restrictions to build various types of weapons, sublicense others to WW2 winners manufacturers (see the pretty defoote's pictures published in this thread: the PP is a 'Manurhin', which means 'Manufacture de machines du Haut-Rhin', this was a French company. see the 'Made in France' mention engraved on the slide)... well, they pretty lose approx 25 years in this process. compare this to the other companies cited assets and contexts
> the whole UMAREX "we are an airgun company at heart" kicked in
they were driven by their local (European) market place, and maybe by some potentially remote ones (Japan?), where nearly all citizen just _cannot_ buy a real gun
Glock is a recent brand which coined and implemented some useful concepts, gaining marketshare (therefore mindshare) at a fast pace
Beretta is very old (5 centuries), it benefits from a solid mindshare. even people knowing nothing about weapons are aware of this brandname as a weapons manufacturer
Sig (Swiss) is not from a country defeated during WW2. Sauer was, but their merging (30 years ago) was a SIG-powered move
Walther's factory was destroyed during WW2, then they had to move to West Germany, rebuild one, face various restrictions to build various types of weapons, sublicense others to WW2 winners manufacturers (see the pretty defoote's pictures published in this thread: the PP is a 'Manurhin', which means 'Manufacture de machines du Haut-Rhin', this was a French company. see the 'Made in France' mention engraved on the slide)... well, they pretty lose approx 25 years in this process. compare this to the other companies cited assets and contexts
> the whole UMAREX "we are an airgun company at heart" kicked in
they were driven by their local (European) market place, and maybe by some potentially remote ones (Japan?), where nearly all citizen just _cannot_ buy a real gun
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XLMiguel
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OH25shooter-
The P-5/5C is a 9mm, 8+1. I've heard that they're still in production but only available in Europe. SOG has some nice used P-5s for sale for $459, if yer interested.
The P-5/5C is a 9mm, 8+1. I've heard that they're still in production but only available in Europe. SOG has some nice used P-5s for sale for $459, if yer interested.
Nice pics all that have posted them, wish I had one of each!! Anyone else have any pics? Denfoote, what is it about those two that make them the best? Years of production, exporter? Yeah I guess what all you have said about them maybe being more popular over seas, not here due to advertising and such makes alot of sense. I personally just think there the best looking handgun out there so I would think more people would be after them. Do you think if Walther got a bigger following in the U.S., and internationally, the prices would go up, do to market demand, or down due to greater production, and the economy of doing so? Obviously the older discontinued ones would increase in worth, but i mean current year production. Just a thought.
Pepe Domingo
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My P88c
I wanted to be a Walther collector for about a year. Then I got distracted and bought about 30 other different guns.
denfoote
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For me it's the historical significance.
There is no importer/exporter as such. They probably came into the US in the kit bags of the GIs who personally "liberated" them right from the hands of the previous owners!!
Wow Denfoote, that does make them special, I hope to become a collector, and acquire a few guns with that kind of significance. My plan is to try to acquire one gun a year that will be a colection piece. My grandfather was in WW2 and had a gun that was very similar in looks, I shot it a few times when I was a little kid, I dont know if it was a walther or not though, I do know it was one he acquired during the war. When I was about 12 he traded it and got me my first 20 gauge, Rem model 1100 semi auto. He is at piece now so i cant ask him but it makes me wonder what kind of gun it was. I do now that he traded it to a guy that owns a car dealership in a nearby town to were i grew up, I think i will try to get ahold of him and see if he still has it. Maybe I can get it back, or atleast know what it is, as that would add alot of sentimental value to that specific gun for me.
Fletchette
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Walther P99 trigger~
Does anyone carry the P99 in the "quick mode"? It is the mode where the firing pin is fully cocked but the trigger is fully forward.
Does anyone carry the P99 in the "quick mode"? It is the mode where the firing pin is fully cocked but the trigger is fully forward.
Do you mean quick mode on sa/da? I carry with one in chamber but decocked. I have experimentally carried unloaded around the house with firing pin fully cocked AND trigger clicked back in IWB holster. Has never decocked or accidentally fired. I really dont plan on carrying this way, but it definately has inspired my confidence in the fact that it wont go off accidentally, by accidentally i mean without the trigger being pulled. I think the gun CAN be safely carried this way, however I would never recomend it as I cannot pressume the unintentional actions and/or training of the carrier. The way you are suggesting has less room for error by the carrier than the way I experimented. I personally see manual safety as a negative because it can give someone a false sense of security, I never carry any gun with safety on(my mil pro has a manual safety) because i like to train my mind to rely on my actions as the safety, not a device on the gun to save my butt if i make a mistake. Once again just my opinion, I am still very new to semiauto handguns and carrying.
I like mine
I have a PP made in West Germany in 1974. Has a mirror blue finish with black plastic grips. Came with two mags, one with extended finger grip, police/military flap holster, and proof target. I bought it in 1986 for $450. I bought a nice IWB holster for it and now consider it my Sunday go to meeting gun.
I have a PP made in West Germany in 1974. Has a mirror blue finish with black plastic grips. Came with two mags, one with extended finger grip, police/military flap holster, and proof target. I bought it in 1986 for $450. I bought a nice IWB holster for it and now consider it my Sunday go to meeting gun.
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