Quote[/b] (BreakerDave @ July 23 2004,12:14)]
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Quote[/b] (ledges @ July 23 2004,7:20)]That is odd. The picture in this thread does not match the production model P99C displayed at the Shot Show 2004.
The decocker, slide release, trigger guard and slide grooves are very different.
The display guns you see at the SHOT Show, are not necessarily the final production design. The production slide of the Glock 37 (in .45 GAP) varied significantly from the one that it was first shown with at the SHOT Show.
Regarding the pic, it looks much closer to the one used in the Walther catalog that was distributed at the Show. -When I stepped up to the booth I expressed my displeasure about the rounded trigger guard and mentioned my preference for the gun pictured in the catalog. The marketing guy said that their studies show Americans prefer guns with rounded trigger guards. (-Lots of people like things in the abstract, but when you put it into context, they don't like it as much.) He added that they were thinking of rounding the trigger guard on the full-size P99 but he had been hearing comments like mine since the show began.
-I cannot say it for a fact, but maybe the reception it got at the SHOT Show coupled with the preferences of their European customers influenced Walther's final design for the production model.
YMMV