Walther P99
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Very nice gun, I don't own one but would love to have one. The thing that es me off is the price difference in Canada. You can buy that gun brand new for just over 500 dollars (US) in the states. It is twice that much in Canada. I refuse to pay what Canadian retailers are asking.
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If the medallion on the top right side of the grip frame says:
Made in Austria, then it's 100% made and assembled Austrian.
Made in Austria, Smyrna, Georgia, then all the parts and frame are made in Austria and the gun was assembled in Georgia.
If the frame says Smyrna, Georgia the frame was made in USA. I believe all the other parts are still all Austrian, and the gun is assembled in USA.
I've yet to see one of these USA frames in the flesh. My G17 was made about a year ago and it has an Austrian frame.
Check GlockTalk forum, do a search and see for yourself.
If the medallion on the top right side of the grip frame says:
Made in Austria, then it's 100% made and assembled Austrian.
Made in Austria, Smyrna, Georgia, then all the parts and frame are made in Austria and the gun was assembled in Georgia.
If the frame says Smyrna, Georgia the frame was made in USA. I believe all the other parts are still all Austrian, and the gun is assembled in USA.
I've yet to see one of these USA frames in the flesh. My G17 was made about a year ago and it has an Austrian frame.
Check GlockTalk forum, do a search and see for yourself.
capp325 said:
I thought the same until I read otherwise.
http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=546876&highlight=frame+and+austria
To see a USA made frame, look 1/3 down the page.
http://www.glocktalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=412093&perpage=40&highlight=&pagenumber=22
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Try before you buy
I had a P99 .40.
I never got used to the trigger.
And in .40, I can describe it as being very "snappy". I didn't find it pleasant to shoot.
But that was me. Other people love it.
Try it first.
I had a P99 .40.
I never got used to the trigger.
And in .40, I can describe it as being very "snappy". I didn't find it pleasant to shoot.
But that was me. Other people love it.
Try it first.
Just because it has the name and location of the importer (Glock Inc, Smyrna, Georgia) stamped on the frame does not necessarily mean that the frame is made in the USA. My German-made USP is stamped Heckler & Koch Inc, Sterling VA.tapedeck74 said:
capp325 said:
I agree. However,
http://www.custom-glock.com/shotshow05/shotshow05-Pages/Image38.html
At the end of October, 2004, my father Gaston Glock and I had the priviledge of watching the first made-in-the-USA GLOCK frame roll off a new production line in SMyrna, Georgia. That particular frame was for our longest-established pistol, the one that first captured America's hearth, the 9x19 GLOCK 17. It was the culmination of a long and aruous program that had begun approximatly a year before.
I don't wish to bore you with the figures; suffice to say that the investment was hugely expensive. The quality that has become the hallmark of GLOCK pistols does not come cheap. Coslty machinery and tools, all brand new, had to be made to extremely precise specifications for the American-based manufacturing effort. New personnel had to be trained, and many were flown to Austria for that purpose. In additionto the specially trained personnel manning the new machines, quality control inspectors and other personnel had to be in place to support the ne wproduction line.
The result, of course, is receivers of the same supurb quality as were made in Austria, but produced in Georgia for the American market. This will also streamline production flow, and allow us to make pistols more quickly and bring them to American gun shop shelves and law enforcement armories sooner and more effeicently. A happy by-product of the new program has been promotions and advanced career opportunities for the loyal employees of GLOCK, USA already in place, not to mention new jobs created stateside.
The first of these receivers are in standard service pistol size: GLOCK 17, GLOCK 22, GLOCK 31, GLOCK 34, 35, and 37. If the new production line wokrs out as well as we expect it will, the compact (GLOCK 19-size) pistols will be the next group whose frames will be made in the USA. I envision the day when the frames for all GLOCKs sold in America will be made in the US. The next step, of course, will be manufacturing the pistols stateside entirely. Already, GLOCK's unique pistol boxes, and some small parts, are produced in the US.
The new program will, in time, result in cost savings that will help us keep the cost of the pistols to the consumer to an absolute minimum. In the meantime, this major investment in enhanced production capability is a symbol of GLOCK's commitment to the firearms industry, the law abiding American gun owner, and the public safety and national security of the United States.
THIS IS ALL FROM ROBERT GLOCK IN THE 2005 GLOCK ANNUAL ON PAGE 6-7.
From my personal experience with glock, I have found that a first version one is built with superior materials and workmanship than any other version. I spent months hunting for a glock 10mm version one and could not find it so I bought a brand new one at the start of this year. Right after that I found a version one for sale and could not resist buying it. The previous owner said the round count was low and it looked as if it were new. I had about 500rds through the new one at this point and decided to test the durability of the two because of the difference in production locations. I only got about 700rds through the new pistol before it started to have problems and was regarded as un-repairable shortly there after due to wear and tear from the high recoil of the 10mm. I had the pistol deregisterd and sold it for a fraction of the cost for the remaining parts that were useable. I have now put about a 1000rds through the old version one that I have no idea what the round count from the previous owner was without a problem of failure ever. It even still looks like almost new due to the coating that was used on these early version glocks. Just my 2cents
Brian46 said:
I call BS. Glock has a superb warranty, and that gun would have been replaced in no time, had it actually broken.
Never mind that the only gen 1 pistol was the G17. Everything else came out for gen 2+
You my friend, are headed north, and talking out your lower-south.
