BSW, a word of warning before you get your P99's internal parts Hard Chromed! There have been articles written about "hydrogen embrittlement" being a POSSIBLE side effect of Hard Chroming. I had a PPK Hard Chromed recently by one of the most highly recommended and often referred to Hard Chromer's in the industry. Upon shooting the newly Hard Chromed PPK, the firing pin broke. I sent it back to the vender and he replaced the firing pin. At the next use of the PPK, the "chamber loaded indicator pin" broke. At that point, the cost of shipping the gun to and from the vendor again, would have been more than having my local gunsmith fix it - which he did. Now, I can't say for sure that Hard Chroming caused those parts to become brittle and break, but it sure is suspicious that they broke so soon after Hard Chroming!!!! My local gunsmith said that he's seen fragile parts fail after Hard Chroming in other guns! Hard Chroming IS NOT an exact science and there are risks involved. I personally WOULD NOT have any of my guns internal parts Hard Chromed because of my experience with my PPK and the gunsmith's comments that he's seen it in other Hard Chromed guns!