Safety & Instruction Manual WALTHER P99 Pistols P99 AS P99 QA P99 DAO Full Size/Compact Read the instructions and warnings in this manual CAREFULLY BEFORE using this firearm. Walther America 2100 Roosevelt Avenue • Springfield, MA 01104 1-800-372-6454 • Fax: 413-747-3317 www.waltheramerica.
WARNING READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS CAREFULLY. BE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND WARNINGS BEFORE USING THIS FIREARM. FAILURE TO READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND TO FOLLOW THESE WARNINGS MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH TO YOU AND OTHERS. This SAFETY & INSTRUCTION MANUAL should always accompany this firearm and be transferred with it upon change of ownership or when presented to another person.
Table of Contents 1 YOUR SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES 4 1.1 SAFE STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION 7 2 PRODUCT DESCRIPTION 8 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Main Features Package Contents Ammunition Functional Elements, Model Number Identification 8 8 9 11 3 PREPARATION FOR FIRING 13 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.
1 YOUR SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES SAFETY IS YOUR NUMBER ONE RESPONSIBILITY!!!! At home, in the field, at the range, or anywhere, the first concern of every firearm owner should be safety. Apply the following safety rules in every situation, with any kind of firearm. If you feel uncertain about any operational aspects of your handgun, please contact WALTHER at 1-800-372-6454 before proceeding with its operation. WARNING: YOU MUST FOLLOW ALL OF THESE SAFETY RULES TO ENSURE THE SAFE USE OF YOUR FIREARM.
YOUR SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES CONT’D. • YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FIREARM AT ALL TIMES. In owning a firearm, you must undertake full-time responsibility for your firearm’s safety and security. You must protect yourself and all others against injury or death from misuse of the firearm 24 hours a day. • FIREARM SECURITY IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. You must secure firearms safely from children and/or unauthorized users. Your firearm should always be kept unloaded and locked when not in use.
YOUR SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES CONT’D. • BEFORE HANDLING ANY FIREARM, UNDERSTAND ITS OPERATION. Not all firearms are the same. Familiarize yourself with the mechanical features of any firearm you intend to use. If you feel uncertain about any operational aspects of your handgun, please contact WALTHER at 1-800-372-6454 before proceeding with its operation. • NEVER ALLOW A FIREARM TO BE USED BY INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND ITS SAFE OPERATION OR HAVE NOT READ THESE FIREARM SAFETY RULES.
1.1 SAFE STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION WARNING: FIREARMS ARE DANGEROUS WHEN USED AND STORED IMPROPERLY THEY POSE A RISK OF SERIOUS OR FATAL INJURIES. FIREARMS CAN BE ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS TO CHILDREN WHEN THEY ARE STORED IN AN IRRESPONSIBLE AND UNSAFE MANNER. FOR YOUR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR FIREARM LOCKED AND UNLOADED IN A SECURE PLACE. THE AMMUNITION SHOULD BE STORED IN A SEPARATE, SECURE LOCATION WHEN IT IS NOT IN USE.
SAFE STORAGE & TRANSPORTATION CONT’D. • NEVER ASSUME THAT A “HIDING” PLACE IS A SECURE STORAGE METHOD. Others may be aware of your storage location or come upon it by chance. It is your personal responsibility to use common sense when storing your firearm and ammunition and to always make sure they are not accessible to children or other unauthorized persons. • NEVER TRANSPORT A LOADED FIREARM. When transporting your firearm, be sure it is unloaded and locked.
2.3 Ammunition WARNING: NEVER USE AMMUNITION NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNATED FOR USE IN YOUR WEAPON. FAILURE TO USE THE SPECIFIC CARTRIDGE INTENDED FOR USE IN THE P99 PISTOL MAY CAUSE THE PISTOL TO JAM, FAIL TO FIRE OR EVEN GENERATE EXCESSIVE GAS PRESSURE WHICH CAN DAMAGE OR DESTROY THE PISTOL, CAUSE PERSONAL INJURY, DEATH OR PROPERTY DAMAGE. Locate the caliber designation marked on the pistol. This information indicates the ammunition that must be used in this pistol (see 2.3 Figure 1).
Different combinations of bullet velocity, bullet weight and firearm weight can have major impact on felt recoil; high felt recoil can be uncomfortable to some shooters. For example: • Gun Weight: lower gun weight increases felt recoil. • Bullet Weight: higher bullet weight increases felt recoil. • Bullet Velocity: higher bullet velocity increases felt recoil. To acclimate yourself to higher levels of felt recoil, consider the following: • Use a firm two-hand hold on the grip when firing.
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2.4.1 Loaded Chamber Indicator The loaded chamber indicator is on the right side of the slide. The loaded chamber indicator can be observed when the rear of the extractor is recessed, revealing a red colored marking (2.4 Fig. 1). WARNING: DO NOT RELY UPON THE 2.4 Fig. 1 LOADED CHAMBER INDICATOR TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF A ROUND IN THE CHAMBER. ALWAYS CHECK THE CHAMBER OF THE FIREARM BY REMOVING THE MAGAZINE AND LOCKING THE SLIDE IN THE OPEN POSITION.
2.4.4 Slide Stop Locking the slide in the “open” position: Grasping the grip of the frame and with your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard, depress the magazine release, and completely remove the magazine. Firmly grasp the serrated sides of the slide from the rear with the thumb and fingers. While steadily holding the grip, briskly pull the slide fully rearward to extract any cartridge from the chamber and clear it from 2.4 Fig. 4 the pistol.
• ALWAYS BE AWARE OF OTHER PEOPLE so that persons cannot accidentally walk into the line of fire. • THE SHOOTER (AND ALL OTHERS IN THE SHOOTING AREA) MUST ALWAYS BE IN A POSITION THAT IS OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE and are not within an area where they may be struck by ricochets, particles spitting from a revolver, or by ejected cases from other types of firearms. • NEVER SHOOT AT HARD SURFACES, WATER OR UP INTO THE SKY.
3.2 Loading • Do not load the pistol until you have read and fully understand this manual. • Do not load the pistol until you are ready to use it. Keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard until you are ready to fire. • Never load your pistol until you are sure of your target, what is beyond it and are fully prepared to fire. • WALTHER has provided you with a magazine designed to operate in your specific model of pistol.
Loading may be made easier with the aid of the WALTHER Magazine Loader: Put the magazine loader with its long wall oriented to the rear on top of the magazine (3.2 Fig. 3). Press down the magazine loader and insert a cartridge with your other hand (3.2 Fig. 4). Let the magazine loader go up again. Push in the cartridge completely with your hand. Repeat the procedure for the number of cartridges you wish to load, up to the magazine capacity. 3.2 Fig. 3 3.2 Fig. 4 3.2.
CAUTION THE PISTOL IS NOW LOADED AND READY TO FIRE. THE PISTOL AND ITS MAGAZINE ARE NOW LOADED AND WILL FIRE WHEN THE TRIGGER IS SQUEEZED. REMEMBER TO KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION UNDER ALL CONDITIONS AND ALWAYS KEEP YOUR FINGER OR ANY OTHER OBJECT OFF THE TRIGGER AND OUTSIDE THE TRIGGER GUARD UNTIL YOU DECIDE TO FIRE THE PISTOL. NEVER LEAVE A LOADED FIREARM UNATTENDED OR OUT OF YOUR DIRECT CONTROL.
3.4 Firing the P99 DAO, P99 QA, and P99 AS 3.4.1 Firing, General WARNING: ALWAYS KEEP THE MUZZLE POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION. WARNING: WEAR EYE AND EAR PROTECTION SPECIFIED FOR FIREARM USE EVERY TIME YOU DISCHARGE YOUR FIREARM. MAKE SURE OTHERS IN THE VICINITY OF WHERE YOU WILL BE SHOOTING DO SO AS WELL. WARNING: “STAGING” THE TRIGGER VIOLATES A BASIC RULE OF FIREARM SAFETY WHICH WARNS YOU TO KEEP YOUR FINGER OUT OF THE TRIGGER GUARD UNTIL YOU HAVE MADE THE COMMITMENT TO FIRE.
WARNING: AFTER INSERTING A MAGAZINE, ALWAYS TEST TO MAKE SURE IT IS LOCKED IN PLACE BY APPLYING SOME REMOVAL PRESSURE TO THE EXPOSED PORTION OF THE BUTT PLATE. WARNING: UPON FIRING THE PISTOL OR RELEASING THE SLIDE FROM THE SLIDE STOP, THE SLIDE MOVES REARWARD OR FORWARD WITH SIGNIFICANT FORCE AND SPEED. TO AVOID INJURY, BE SURE NO PART OF YOUR BODY IS IN THE PATH OF THE SLIDE’S TRAVEL. 3.4.2 Firing the P99 DAO Firing is done as described above.
3.4.4.2 P99 AS, Single Action Trigger Traditional Single Action Trigger After firing the first round all subsequent rounds will be fired with a traditional Single Action trigger, until the pistol is reset to Double Action by pressing the decocker. Anti-Stress Trigger It is called “Anti-Stress” because the trigger pull of the P99 AS is the same length for the first shot, regardless of whether it is double-action or single-action.
3.6 Unloading the Pistol WARNING: THE P99 PISTOL IS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A MAGAZINE DISCONNECT FEATURE. THE P99 PISTOL WILL FIRE WITH THE MAGAZINE REMOVED FROM THE PISTOL. • Point the muzzle in a safe direction. Make sure your finger is off the trigger and out of the trigger guard. Depress the magazine release and remove the magazine (3.6 Fig. 1). • Keep the muzzle still pointed in a safe direction, and keep your finger off the trigger and outside the trigger guard.
3.7 Clearing Misfires WARNING: IF YOUR FIREARM GIVES ANY INDICATION THAT IT IS NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY OR THE OPERATION OF YOUR FIREARM HAS CHANGED “THE WAY IT FEELS OR SOUNDS”, STOP FIRING. MAKE SURE THE FIREARM IS POINTED IN A SAFE DIRECTION, UNLOAD THE FIREARM AND HAVE IT INSPECTED AND TEST- FIRED BY A GUNSMITH QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SERVICE ON WALTHER FIREARMS. • If a cartridge fails to fire, wait sixty seconds while keeping the muzzle pointed in a safe direction.
4.1 Main Components 4.1.1 Field-Stripping Disassembly • Remove the magazine and unload the pistol. Lock the slide in the open position. Look into the chamber and down through the magazine well. Verify that no ammunition remains in the pistol. • Close the slide: Pull the slide slightly to the rear. Slowly release the slide, allowing it to return to forward position.
4.1.2 Field-Stripping Reassembly WARNING: ALWAYS FOLLOW THE FIELD STRIPPING INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY. NEVER DO ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY INSTRUCTED TO DO IN THIS MANUAL. NEVER ALTER OR MODIFY THE PARTS IN YOUR PISTOL. WARNING: WEAR SAFETY GLASSES EVERY TIME YOU ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE YOUR FIREARM. • Hold the slide upside-down. Place the barrel inside the slide with the locking lugs oriented as shown in 4.1 Fig. 5.
• Push the slide from the front into the slide guides of the frame (4.1 Fig. 10), far enough for the take down catch to engage, making sure that the slide also engages the rear slide guides of the frame. Release the slide and allow it to move fully forward into the locked position. • P99 AS only: De-cock the striker by pressing the decocker all the way down. 4.1 Fig. 10 Note: It is normal for the recoil guide rod to slightly protrude from the Full Size 9mm slide.
4.2 Magazine WARNING: WEAR SAFETY GLASSES EVERY TIME YOU ASSEMBLE OR DISASSEMBLE YOUR MAGAZINE. 4.2.1 Disassembly WARNING: The magazine spring is under pressure. Use caution when stripping down the magazine. Control the floorplate catch and the magazine spring while you remove the floorplate so that they do not fly out and cause injury. 1. Using a .15” (4 mm) punch, depress the floorplate catch through the hole in the floorplate (4.2 Fig. 1). 2.
4.3 Cleaning the Pistol Your firearm is a precision instrument. To ensure the reliable function of the pistol, it is necessary to establish routine maintenance procedures. WARNING: CHECK THAT THE PISTOL IS UNLOADED (MAGAZINE REMOVED FROM PISTOL AND CHAMBER CLEAR). ALSO ENSURE THAT THE MAGAZINE IS UNLOADED. After each use of the pistol or after being subjected to extreme weather conditions, the pistol should be cleaned and lubricated.
4.4 Lubrication After cleaning the entire pistol, use a cloth to apply a light film of high quality gun lubricant to all external metal surfaces and wipe clean. Do not over-lubricate the pistol to the extent where lubricant will be dripping or running down the handgun. Excess lubricant can attract dirt, unburned powder and carbon residue, which can interfere with proper functioning of the pistol.
5 ADJUSTING THE PISTOL TO ITS USER WARNING: MAKE SURE THE HANDGUN IS UNLOADED BEFORE ADJUSTING. 5.1 Grip If the grip of the pistol does not fit your hand comfortably, the backstrap can be replaced with another size to better suit your hand. To do so, push the pin in the bottom part of the backstrap out using a punch (Full Size: 4mm / Compact: 3 mm), exchange the backstrap for one with a better fit and replace the pin (5.1 Fig. 1).
Steel Rear Sight: Windage adjustments are made by drifting the steel rear sight from side to side with the rear sight adjustment tool. If shots group to the right, move the rear sight to the left, if they group to the left, move the rear sight to the right. The standard WALTHER Steel Rear Sight (5.3 Fig. 2) will fit very tightly into the slot cut in the slide. The rear sight adjustment tool is available as an accessory and highly recommended when adjusting for windage.
6 WARRANTY Within the first year after the date of purchase, WALTHER will repair or replace your defective weapon free of charge provided the defect was not caused by your misuse or negligence. WALTHER handguns are warrantied to be free from defects in material and workmanship.
7 CONTACT & SHIPPING For Owners within the United States Walther America Sales + Warranty Service 2100 Roosevelt Ave. Springfield, MA 01104 Phone: 1-800-372-6454 Fax: 413-747-3317 E-mail: customerservice@waltheramerica.com • Call or e-mail the Customer Service Dept. for authorization and shipping instructions. • Ensure that the firearm is unloaded. • DO NOT SHIP ANY AMMUNITION. • Enclose a letter which includes your full name and address (no P.O.
8 ACCESSORIES Accessories for your WALTHER firearm are available from your local WALTHER Stocking Dealer, or directly from Walther America. Contact the Customer Service Department at 1-800-372-6454 or www.waltheramerica.com for information about these services.
Note: This handgun is not equipped with a device that fully blocks use by unauthorized users. More than 200,000 firearms like this one are stolen from their owners every year in the United States. In addition, there are more than a thousand suicides each year by younger children and teenagers who get access to firearms. Hundreds more die from accidental discharge. It is likely that many more children sustain serious wounds or inflict such wounds accidentally on others.
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