And loved the little thing. Got to my shooting club's IPSC range today in the morning, and found there one guy I know that has one of these. I had taken my usual 92FS and we had a good chat about pistols, reloads, etc, and exchanged pistols.
I normally shoot Magtech 124gr. I consider it a "sweet" ammo, compared with the Fiocchi I'm issued at work, which is noticeably hotter. I shot the Walther with the Magtech too, and I have to say, I was quite impressed with this little pistol. It is, definitely, snappier than my 92. It's shorter and lighter so it had to be that way, but I expected it to be much more than it actually is. Double taps were easy to achieve and fast enough at a distance of 15ft more or less. "Long shots" to the pippers or far targets, like 45 ft away, hit the metal or the "alpha" zone with no problem. This thing is deadly accurate, even with that small barrel.
The trigger is just outstanding. Breaks clean and the reset is fantastic. I tend to frown with striker fired pistols because I prefer hammer fired ones, but this Walther has a fantastic trigger, no doubt about it.
The pistol was seven years old and her owner said he had put close to 20000 rounds through it. The trigger wasn't heavy either in DA or SA. He said it had improved and lightened with use. Another good feature is the second strike capability, although I don't think that having a dud round, I would pull the slide so as to cock the striker. More likely I'd eject the dud round and chamber a fresh one.
He also liked my 92FS. He had never shot one and what he heard about these Berettas wasn't very good. I told him they're fine pistols and he actually liked it when he shot it. Got all his shots where he wanted and found it very pleasant to shoot.
Today's morning has been a fun morning
I normally shoot Magtech 124gr. I consider it a "sweet" ammo, compared with the Fiocchi I'm issued at work, which is noticeably hotter. I shot the Walther with the Magtech too, and I have to say, I was quite impressed with this little pistol. It is, definitely, snappier than my 92. It's shorter and lighter so it had to be that way, but I expected it to be much more than it actually is. Double taps were easy to achieve and fast enough at a distance of 15ft more or less. "Long shots" to the pippers or far targets, like 45 ft away, hit the metal or the "alpha" zone with no problem. This thing is deadly accurate, even with that small barrel.
The trigger is just outstanding. Breaks clean and the reset is fantastic. I tend to frown with striker fired pistols because I prefer hammer fired ones, but this Walther has a fantastic trigger, no doubt about it.
The pistol was seven years old and her owner said he had put close to 20000 rounds through it. The trigger wasn't heavy either in DA or SA. He said it had improved and lightened with use. Another good feature is the second strike capability, although I don't think that having a dud round, I would pull the slide so as to cock the striker. More likely I'd eject the dud round and chamber a fresh one.
He also liked my 92FS. He had never shot one and what he heard about these Berettas wasn't very good. I told him they're fine pistols and he actually liked it when he shot it. Got all his shots where he wanted and found it very pleasant to shoot.
Today's morning has been a fun morning
