I'm curious as to why the Walther P99 never caught on domestically. Seems fairly popular abroad but I know of not one domestic LEO contract for the P99. S&W must have thought highly of the gun initially because they sold their own version of it. Their support of it didn't last however. Now that the S&W M&P is out, I've heard they are discontinuing their version of the P99. From what I can gather the M&P is already beginning to enjoy a popularity that the SW99 never did.
With interchangeable backstraps, superior reliability, plenty of different trigger options and the popular polymer frame the P99 / SW99 seems to have everything going for it. I'm curious why others think these pistols never really challenged Glock for the police market? And how is the P99 accepted with the average shooter? It seems that fans of the P99 are definitely fanatics but how many of us are there really? I hear that some people still get funny looks when they take them to the range.
I guess I ask because I think the AS P99 is a great pistol and can't understand why it's not anywhere near as popular as it should be.
With interchangeable backstraps, superior reliability, plenty of different trigger options and the popular polymer frame the P99 / SW99 seems to have everything going for it. I'm curious why others think these pistols never really challenged Glock for the police market? And how is the P99 accepted with the average shooter? It seems that fans of the P99 are definitely fanatics but how many of us are there really? I hear that some people still get funny looks when they take them to the range.
I guess I ask because I think the AS P99 is a great pistol and can't understand why it's not anywhere near as popular as it should be.