We reviewed “Walther’s New P99” in the January 1997 issue ... When the striker is cocked, you can see its tail with a red dot protruding from the rear of the slide; you can also feel ...

The P99, produced by Carl Walther GmbH, was originally designed as police pistol but has found commercial success in the United States and elsewhere. Although the basic design is two decades old ...

Their evolving lineage of polymer pistols that started with the P99, PPQ, PDP ... but is optic-ready, and uses Walther’s proprietary mounting plates to fit a variety of optics. Red dot pistol sights ...

In 2011, Walther sought to change this by developing the P99 into the PPQ (called the P99Q ... It also sports a red loaded chamber indicator on the right hand side of the slide, and a Picatinny ...

The same goes for the way in which the red-dot sight tracks on the reciprocating ... Because they’re built off a simplified version of Walther’s older and proven P99 action, their reliability ...