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The Walther P99 has an unusual following. People love them or hate them and the whole issue appears to surround the trigger. Pure German engineering and design, with its replaceable backstrap swell, these units are still one of my favorite polymers to shoot in 9mm, especially suppressed. The single action trigger is excellent and that is what one lives with 99% of the time. It is the "stress" trigger, the double action trigger that pulls like a lawyer reading a liability disclaimer. If your not sure if this is "go time", Walther's "stress" trigger is for you.
But this is about the slide recoil assembly. The Walther requires an unusual loading on the slide spring to begin with and there are no reports of failure. But to say that the plastic spring retainer makes the Glock units look robust would be an understatement. Finer minds than mine would tell you that that plastic rod is there only to keep the spring in alignment. But still...
Enter Sprinco.
In short, the Spinco unit changes the whole feel of the Walther P99. It is a much softer, much more pleasant apex load. It is a magnificently constructed unit with both primary and secondary springs all resting on a hardened and polished 17-4 stainless rod (approx. 41 "c" rockwell). The Spinco unit has, as its secondary, a chrome silicon spring that really makes a difference in the final compression. The massively strong primary spring is also chrome silicon. All told the unit produces 28 pounds of return to battery load and that is huge for a polymer pistol. Open load is a delicate balance as well and Spinco spent years getting this perfect. The issue is completely eliminate wear from slide to frame impact and get back on target as quickly as possible. With the secondary spring dealing with slam and muzzle flip and the primary spring dealing with muzzle dip, the Sprinco unit greatly improves return to target. They make no claims on felt recoil, but on this platform, its obvious. Competitive shooters have used them for years.
Note : Those who run these units on the Walther will eventually see small rubs on the guide rod. This is normal and of no consequence at all. The harder barrel of the Walther (Rockwell 45-46 c) will mark the softer rod over time.
There isn't much that one can do to improve the best aspects of this pistol, this is surely one of them.
http://www.sprinco.com/recoil.html
The Walther P99 has an unusual following. People love them or hate them and the whole issue appears to surround the trigger. Pure German engineering and design, with its replaceable backstrap swell, these units are still one of my favorite polymers to shoot in 9mm, especially suppressed. The single action trigger is excellent and that is what one lives with 99% of the time. It is the "stress" trigger, the double action trigger that pulls like a lawyer reading a liability disclaimer. If your not sure if this is "go time", Walther's "stress" trigger is for you.
But this is about the slide recoil assembly. The Walther requires an unusual loading on the slide spring to begin with and there are no reports of failure. But to say that the plastic spring retainer makes the Glock units look robust would be an understatement. Finer minds than mine would tell you that that plastic rod is there only to keep the spring in alignment. But still...
Enter Sprinco.
In short, the Spinco unit changes the whole feel of the Walther P99. It is a much softer, much more pleasant apex load. It is a magnificently constructed unit with both primary and secondary springs all resting on a hardened and polished 17-4 stainless rod (approx. 41 "c" rockwell). The Spinco unit has, as its secondary, a chrome silicon spring that really makes a difference in the final compression. The massively strong primary spring is also chrome silicon. All told the unit produces 28 pounds of return to battery load and that is huge for a polymer pistol. Open load is a delicate balance as well and Spinco spent years getting this perfect. The issue is completely eliminate wear from slide to frame impact and get back on target as quickly as possible. With the secondary spring dealing with slam and muzzle flip and the primary spring dealing with muzzle dip, the Sprinco unit greatly improves return to target. They make no claims on felt recoil, but on this platform, its obvious. Competitive shooters have used them for years.
Note : Those who run these units on the Walther will eventually see small rubs on the guide rod. This is normal and of no consequence at all. The harder barrel of the Walther (Rockwell 45-46 c) will mark the softer rod over time.
There isn't much that one can do to improve the best aspects of this pistol, this is surely one of them.
http://www.sprinco.com/recoil.html
