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I stopped by my local gunshop (Shooter's Paradise) and picked up a Walther P99 SA/DA in 9mm, black. I love it! I fired 110 rounds through it. I have shot handguns before (a few try-out rounds here and there), but I have not been able to control shot placement from the beginning anywhere near as well as I did with the P99. This weapon just fits. All 110 rounds fed and ejected flawlessly. I had 1 misfire, but a second DA strike made the round go off.
I used CCI Blazer and Winchester White Box, both 115gr FMJ. Winchester blew out a puff of white smoke after every shot. The CCI burned cleaner, so I will use that in the future.
I found the mags incredibly hard to load the first time. I could only load 9 rounds. After a few loads, the mags softened up and I could fit 10 in there without much trouble.
A semi-funny thing happened to me. In the Walther manual, it warns to be careful not to pinch or cut your fingers by getting them in the ejection port when pressing the slide release. At the time I read this, I thought you'd have to be pretty stupid to do this. Being left handed, I was trying different ways to manipulate the slide release today. One time, I held the weapon in my left and and reached over the top of the weapon with my right, using my index finger to push the slide release. CHOMP...a quick, painless, but deep cut into the fleshy part of my index finger. I won't do that again
This evening, after cleaning the P99, I replaced the backstrap with the smallest one. It now fits my hand much better and I am looking forward to a trip to the range to test the differences.
I had one question for you all about lubricating the weapon. I noticed that it came from the factory with a much heavier grease than the cleaning oil that I normally use to clean/lubricate my firearms. Will using this lighter oil (Kleenbore Formula 3) be less protective than the heavier stuff that was used to lubricate the weapon from the factory? If so, what is the name of this heavier lubricant?
Thanks so much for everybody's help in the past. I am very excited that I can be a true member of this board now, and I fully understand everybody's enthusiam for these fine firearms now, having aquired one myself.
I stopped by my local gunshop (Shooter's Paradise) and picked up a Walther P99 SA/DA in 9mm, black. I love it! I fired 110 rounds through it. I have shot handguns before (a few try-out rounds here and there), but I have not been able to control shot placement from the beginning anywhere near as well as I did with the P99. This weapon just fits. All 110 rounds fed and ejected flawlessly. I had 1 misfire, but a second DA strike made the round go off.
I used CCI Blazer and Winchester White Box, both 115gr FMJ. Winchester blew out a puff of white smoke after every shot. The CCI burned cleaner, so I will use that in the future.
I found the mags incredibly hard to load the first time. I could only load 9 rounds. After a few loads, the mags softened up and I could fit 10 in there without much trouble.
A semi-funny thing happened to me. In the Walther manual, it warns to be careful not to pinch or cut your fingers by getting them in the ejection port when pressing the slide release. At the time I read this, I thought you'd have to be pretty stupid to do this. Being left handed, I was trying different ways to manipulate the slide release today. One time, I held the weapon in my left and and reached over the top of the weapon with my right, using my index finger to push the slide release. CHOMP...a quick, painless, but deep cut into the fleshy part of my index finger. I won't do that again

This evening, after cleaning the P99, I replaced the backstrap with the smallest one. It now fits my hand much better and I am looking forward to a trip to the range to test the differences.
I had one question for you all about lubricating the weapon. I noticed that it came from the factory with a much heavier grease than the cleaning oil that I normally use to clean/lubricate my firearms. Will using this lighter oil (Kleenbore Formula 3) be less protective than the heavier stuff that was used to lubricate the weapon from the factory? If so, what is the name of this heavier lubricant?
Thanks so much for everybody's help in the past. I am very excited that I can be a true member of this board now, and I fully understand everybody's enthusiam for these fine firearms now, having aquired one myself.
