Walther P99 vs. Glock 19

[StuntDouble]

I had the same question years ago, and ended up going with a P99 QA. It's served me well over the years as a range gun and just recently a carry gun. However, I've been considering going with the Glock 19 if only for the availability of magazines and other accessories out there. That's one thing about the P99, be prepared to pay a higher price for mags, and don't expect to find a lot of holsters out there. After searching around online, it seems most of the larger manufacturers don't make carry holsters for the P99 anymore. If you do go with the P99, I would avoid the .40 models, as they seem to have the most problems.

 

[jdm61]

yeah i collected walthers at one time and had several of 'em, a bud just had to have that P88 and i swapped him it for a SIG P220 and a few hundred dollars, wish i woulda kept it now, he ended up losing the thing in a pawn shop, probably got ~$250 or $300 for it.

i also had a P5, or my dad did, when he passed i gave it to my cousin who was raised, more or less, by my dad, as a momento, i presume he still has it, i didnt like that one as much as the '88 though, kinda "boxy" and not sleek like the '88, my dad liked it because it was similar to a P38 and he brought back one of those from WW2, which i do still have, a spreewerk one made in '42 with the holster, a german officer gave it to my dad when my dad took him prisoner, that one will go to my son,

It is similar to a P38 because, well, it is a P38.....with mods, of course. That is a gun that proves that you that you CAN build a 9mm WITH a short barrel that can be a "tackdriver" if you are willing to spend enough money and time building it.

 

[SIFU1A]

IIRC the bbl was even with the end of the frame, right?? other than that pretty close to a std '38, gosh i hadnt thought of that old pistol in a while, ya dont see many of 'em at all lol.

my dads best bud owned a pawnshop and he gave my dad 1st crack at pistols he had acquired, which is how he ended up with the P5 (and a LOT of others thru the yrs let me tell ya, he had 5 or 6 walthers when he died) i bet he paid very little for it, he never did lol.

but anyway for some reason thats what he carried when he carried a pistol, he liked it a lot, which was odd as he was kinda a revolver man, go figure.

 

[jdm61]

IIRC the bbl was even with the end of the frame, right?? other than that pretty close to a std '38, gosh i hadnt thought of that old pistol in a while, ya dont see many of 'em at all lol.

my dads best bud owned a pawnshop and he gave my dad 1st crack at pistols he had acquired, which is how he ended up with the P5 (and a LOT of others thru the yrs let me tell ya, he had 5 or 6 walthers when he died) i bet he paid very little for it, he never did lol.

but anyway for some reason thats what he carried when he carried a pistol, he liked it a lot, which was odd as he was kinda a revolver man, go figure.

It has the double spring setup and the locking system (later used extensively by Beretta) of the P38 with the shorty barrel and the "all in one" lever for slide release and hammer drop. I was told that the barrel had enough sticking out that you could have fitted it for a suppressor. The action was allegedly better for that purpose because is worked in a slightly different way than a typical Browning action, so the extra weight of the suppressor was less likely to interfere with the cycling of the action. I also had the "rising firing pin" with the hole in the hammer so that it couldn't contact the firing pin unless the trigger pulled all the way back. The only downside was that it had the Euro style heel mag release, which the original Sig P220 also had. I think the US P5 compact had an American style mag release. The P88 had pretty much the same slide release/ hammer drop lever and a modified Browning recoil and locking system, but had an ambidextrous lever setup. When they brought out the US version of the P88 compact, it had the slide mounted safety like the PPK, IIRC. I thought that adding the "lawyer safety" actually detracted from the original design of the pistol.
The P5 was pretty much designed for the German police pistol competition that also gave us the Sig P6 (civilian P225) and the original single stack HK P7. The Germans adopted the P7 at least for their Federal police and border guards and the Dutch national police bought the P5. Those were some very nice guns in that competition!!! I am also a Sig fan and although I never liked the feel of the P7 (I was a fan of the big P9) it was undoubtedly a very fine pistol and priced accordingly. What turned some people off aboutthe P5 was the thickness of the bottom part of the slide needed for the 2 spring recoil system, which is kind of odd because it didn't seem to bother folks when Beretta used it, even on their later "closed top" guns. When you compare the P5 to a PPK or even a Hi Power, it is a litle fat, but compared to a Sig 22x series, it is not really that big.

 

[ashtxsniper]

I had to fire around 1600 rounds for the LE academy. There were 6 Glocks and one P99. The P99 had more jams and malfunctions than all 6 Glocks put together. Also the guy with the P99 shot the worst of the whole class. The P99 he used had one of the worst triggers I have ever felt in a handgun and I have fired hundreds of examples. I wouldn't recommend the P99 to anyone unless I didn't like the individual.

 

[jdm61]

I had to fire around 1600 rounds for the LE academy. There were 6 Glocks and one P99. The P99 had more jams and malfunctions than all 6 Glocks put together. Also the guy with the P99 shot the worst of the whole class. The P99 he used had one of the worst triggers I have ever felt in a handgun and I have fired hundreds of examples. I wouldn't recommend the P99 to anyone unless I didn't like the individual.

LOL......did it make crunchy noises on DA?

 

[SIFU1A]

It has the double spring setup and the locking system (later used extensively by Beretta) of the P38 with the shorty barrel and the "all in one" lever for slide release and hammer drop. I was told that the barrel had enough sticking out that you could have fitted it for a suppressor. The action was allegedly better for that purpose because is worked in a slightly different way than a typical Browning action, so the extra weight of the suppressor was less likely to interfere with the cycling of the action. I also had the "rising firing pin" with the hole in the hammer so that it couldn't contact the firing pin unless the trigger pulled all the way back. The only downside was that it had the Euro style heel mag release, which the original Sig P220 also had. I think the US P5 compact had an American style mag release. The P88 had pretty much the same slide release/ hammer drop lever and a modified Browning recoil and locking system, but had an ambidextrous lever setup. When they brought out the US version of the P88 compact, it had the slide mounted safety like the PPK, IIRC. I thought that adding the "lawyer safety" actually detracted from the original design of the pistol.
The P5 was pretty much designed for the German police pistol competition that also gave us the Sig P6 (civilian P225) and the original single stack HK P7. The Germans adopted the P7 at least for their Federal police and border guards and the Dutch national police bought the P5. Those were some very nice guns in that competition!!! I am also a Sig fan and although I never liked the feel of the P7 (I was a fan of the big P9) it was undoubtedly a very fine pistol and priced accordingly. What turned some people off aboutthe P5 was the thickness of the bottom part of the slide needed for the 2 spring recoil system, which is kind of odd because it didn't seem to bother folks when Beretta used it, even on their later "closed top" guns. When you compare the P5 to a PPK or even a Hi Power, it is a litle fat, but compared to a Sig 22x series, it is not really that big.

yeah the P38 locking system is very similar to the berretta 92,

i dont care for the P7 either, just dont like how it handles & feels, and i wanted to like the thing it cost like $1K or so lol, imho they are kinda chunky and blocky and are imho much differnt in the hand vs a picture, i had thought they were a lot smaller before i got one and edc'd it for a while, always wanted a P9 in .45 but never have found one at a price i was willing to pay, they too are kinda scarce nowadays.