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OK OK you all are gonna say... why this again
but I been thinking about this lately.....
Why should one not shoot +P loads on the P99 9mm ??
Afterall the .40S&W has the same recoil spring then the 9mm. Shouldn't that alone indicate that the P99 9mm can handle hot loads ??
Just a thought...any input... and no I don't want this to be a debate over 9mm/.40S&W

 

[onebigcubano]

Because the manual says not to. j/k

You shouldn't use +P because thousands of owners have had Kabooms. j/k

I am waiting for scientific data on this one (which will never happen so I'll be waiting a long time). It would be cool if JD Powers or Consumer Reports did long term gun tests like they do one cars lol.

 

[Soybomb]

The .40 slide does have more mass because the front of it isn't milled at an angle like on the 9mm. That will soften the recoil, although I suspect its a relatively minor difference based on the thickness of the cut.

I can only speculate on the rest but I wonder if the locking lugs on the .40 are beefier? Can a locked breech gun be tweaked to spend longer with the barrel and slide locked together that would in some way result in less pressure and less wear?

 

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Well
I wish I still had my .40S&W to compare the two....

 

[ikiddp5]

All quality brands of military and police handguns from the eighties to now can handle +p and even +p+ loads.

 

[Jake Starr]

The Walther Rep from Germany told me via email that the 9mm can handle +p's no problem....

 

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thanks JakeStarr
as always... you're da man