I work for a mid-size police department that issues the SW99 in 40 S&W. Twice now we have had to send a batch of 200 guns back to S&W for them to be replaced due to manufacturing errors which caused them not to function. After having to switch guns a couple times, I gave up and now carry a personaly owned Glock. My department is now going to switch to the new M&P next month.
It seems a lot of people love P99's and I myself have been interested in getting one since they came out. I'm assuming that the problems I've witnessed are unique to the S&W copy. Other than reliability one of the issues I had was that after a training session with about 500 rounds fired my hands were left pretty chewed up. Are the German-proofed guns much different than the S&W copy?
It seems a lot of people love P99's and I myself have been interested in getting one since they came out. I'm assuming that the problems I've witnessed are unique to the S&W copy. Other than reliability one of the issues I had was that after a training session with about 500 rounds fired my hands were left pretty chewed up. Are the German-proofed guns much different than the S&W copy?