[Jake Starr]

A friend of mine said he saw a .40 S&W in a pawn shop for $399. I have a few 9mm's and may be interested. But before I make the trip I would like some input. Are there any German made 40's or are these the S&W's? I would assume the markings would be the same expect on the slide. What do you think of the gun and the price?

 

[extremist]

All the "SWalthers" were .40 and black slides on OD or Black frames. There were no Titanium coated or QPQ "SWalthers" so you should be good to go. $399 is a fair price for sure.

Jams

 

[Jake Starr]

Saw the gun today. Yes. It is an all German made .40 looks good too. Only thing I ran into a full size P-5 with two mags for $535. It has some were but in pretty good shape. No what is a guy supposed to do?

 

[fryeg7]

jake, at shooter's supply off new lagrange road they have a used Ti .40 AS with the old style frame and rail.  i can't remember the exact date code, but i think it was late '90's.  i think it may have had the interarms import mark.  the price was $519, but it looked real close to brand new.  i didn't field-strip it, but the wear on the part of the barrel/chamber exposed in the ejection port showed very, very little wear, so i guess it wasn't fired much. the finish also show no wear, so it wasn't handled/holstered much either.

just a little FYI if you're shopping around.  i saw this about 1 month ago.

frye

 

[mambro]

Gents,
Just be sure of what you are buying. Is it a Titanium or is it a QPQ?

http://www.gunfaqs.org/P99FAQ/VIII/2.html

The only downside I have heard of with a Titanium is that some people are noticing finish wear more than others. Other than that, .40 and an "original" (now AS) style trigger is a winner.

Either way, $399 is a good price.

 

[Jake Starr]

Nope. It was a Titanium 40 all German made...not in bad shape...it had a 10 rd mag with an orange follower if I remeber...are these good shooters? I was thinking of either adding a used Sig 239 for the same price or a P-5 to my collection....I must admit that my type A personality is such that once I find something I like, I stick with it. I have 5 Colt SAA's and 5 Walthers...would one more hurt?

 

[fryeg7]

IIRC, the one i was talking about earlier was the titanium-coated model, but i wasn't paying too awfully much attention to the details since it was a .40 and i'm a 9mm kinda guy

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if it was a 9mm, it would either be at my house or still on layaway

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frye

 

[freddyboomboom]

I love my .40 P99. It's just a standard AS, and it's more accurate than I am.

Which explains why I'm going to the range tomorrow...

 

[ikiddp5]

Get the P-5 you won't regret it!

 

[Jake Starr]

P-5 is traditonal DA/SA with no decocker, correct?