[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Walther Poll (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 3/12/2010 11:00:05 AM EDT
| Walther Owners - Have your Walther ever failed you? |
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2 Walther P-99's
8-16 round Smith mags 4-18 round extended factory Smith mags 4 factory 10-round mags and 20 converted Checkmate Beretta M9 mags. About 2000 rounds through one gun, maybe 500 or so through the other with a newer female shooter. Never any kind of failure......ever. I will take my P-99 to my grave. |
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P99 - no
P99 compact - no PPS - couple of times when brand new, now flawless P22 - only from using gummy subsonic ammunition with a lot of lube on it P38 - no problems Edited to add: PPK (Interarms) - no PPK/S (Smith and Wesson) a complete loss, would not function or feed, traded immediately. |
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I am on my second P22.
I did most of the mods on both of them. The first one, black and green would not reliably run Remington bulk box ammo. CCI Mini Mags were 100%. My second is a black frame with Nickel slide. It will run the bulk ammo 100%. I have only had my P99 out to shoot twice for maybe 100 rounds, but it's 100%, so far. I really like both of them a lot. John |
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I currently own:
7 P99 .40's 1 P99C .40 1 P99 9mm All have worked flawless, with quite a few 1000's of rounds fired.. 2 P22's With a couple of 1000 of rounds fired, I've had a handful of FTF, nothing major... 
ETA: Almost forgot...  my first handgun was a P88... same as above, no problems
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After about 5000 rounds the extractor broke on my P99 gen 1 Smith fixed it at no charge in 3 days.
p1 no p38 no p4 no p5 no german made ppk & pp no p88c no Walther makes a good handgun I wish they were still making an all steel 22lr pistol or PPK/s in 22lr but those days are gone. |
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My S&W stainless PPK went back thrice for the same thing - they replaced the hammer the first and second time, and when recalled they fixed the plunger that wasn't machined right. In the first two cases the slide locked at 2/3rds battery, and it took two people (gunsmith, me) to get it back open safely.
And the frame peens like something fierce - it must be made of 420 stainless or something like that. |
Took 6 god damn months to get a new one cause walther was out of stock and needed to get one from Germany
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PPK/S - No. So far it has ran flawless with a few different types of ammo
P99 in 40 S+W - Last time I brought it out after loading up one of the mags and firing about 3 rounds the floor plate on the magazine broke and all of the internals and the rest of the ammo fell out while I was shooting. I contacted Walther about it sometime last January or so. I have a new retaining plate but supposedly the floor plates were something like 6 months back ordered as I have yet to receive them. |
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I have about 500 rounds through a S&W PPKS. No peening on the frame. I had a couple of failures to fully come into battery in the first 20-30 rounds (normal break in issues) but it has been flawless since with round nose FMJ's, trunacated cone flat point FMJ's and three different types of hollow points.
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, the (FN) Rem's work
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P99 - no issues after break in (durring break in I discovered it didn't like one type of hollowpoint). 2000+ rounds later and only one fail to feed which was clearly a 9mm round which wasn't to spec and wouldn't even fit in the chamber.
Borrowed a PPS, and immediately jammed it (probably limp wristed it). Much less room for error in that design. |
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Quoted: P99 - no issues after break in (durring break in I discovered it didn't like one type of hollowpoint). 2000+ rounds later and only one fail to feed which was clearly a 9mm round which wasn't to spec and wouldn't even fit in the chamber. Borrowed a PPS, and immediately jammed it (probably limp wristed it). Much less room for error in that design. Help the rest of us out. Which brand was giving you an issue? Can you use this type/brand now reliably? |
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P99 AS 9mm
The first 1000 rounds were flawless then I started to get multible FTE's. I recalled I never removed the ejector and cleaned it and behind it. And there was a lot of powder fouling mixed with lubricant gumming up the ejectors movement after I cleaned it out It has not skipped a beat since. I can't blame the gun for my negligence. |
My PK 380 malfunctioned a bit after about 200 rounds....the safety lever would "walk" off the fire position. After filing down the lever bases slightly to get a firmer seat, it has been flawless for another 500 or so rounds. I won't be fully confident until I get about 2000 through it, but I think it's GTG. The PPK/S I used to own never malfunctioned. Ever. Never should have sold it
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PPK/S - No. So far it has ran flawless with a few different types of ammo P99 in 40 S+W - Last time I brought it out after loading up one of the mags and firing about 3 rounds the floor plate on the magazine broke and all of the internals and the rest of the ammo fell out while I was shooting. I contacted Walther about it sometime last January or so. I have a new retaining plate but supposedly the floor plates were something like 6 months back ordered as I have yet to receive them. I had the same problem. First they sent me new floor plates. Then they replaced my mags with high cap mags. After starting to use the new mags the dents in the primers of spent shells is funny looking. Kind of elongated. Has anyone else seen this? |
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P99 - no P99 compact - no PPS - couple of times when brand new, now flawless P22 - only from using gummy subsonic ammunition with a lot of lube on it I didn't know you were into Walthers. When did this start? I really want to try one out. I'm also thinking the PK380 could work for my wife. Or for me for that matter. But I think I'd prefer a P99. Or I don't know what the deal is with the PPQ. Meaning what makes it different. It looks so similar to the P99. |
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First generation 9mm P-99 purchased in 2001: Two FTFs due to factory ammo being out of spec. Total round counts is several thousand rounds
PPS 9 mm - Several FTEs in first 200 rounds I put 300 rounds though these two pistols last week and both ran like a champ. It had been awhile since I shot these pistols and I forgot how much I enjoyed firing these pistols. |
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ok, here is an update on my PPS. I have had it just over a month. Well over 1000 rounds. No issues. Yesterday, i took a private Self Defense Handgun class. About 7 hours and 500 rounds. The PPS was flawless. No FTFs, no FTE, not 1 issue. I've had it over a year now, about 2000 rounds and still now issues. It is my EDC and i trust it thoroughly. |