Walther CP99 Compact Review

Overall Rating

Well I just finished shoot this air pistol for 8 hours STRAIGHT and put about 3500+ BB's through it. I did take a 5 min break every 15 clips or so And I would let the gun sit for about a minute after each clip.This air gun performed WAY past my expectations. I previously owned a Pro77, which is complete GARBAGE compared to the Umarex. Something they don't have listed in the ad, and they should, is that this air gun HAS A HAMMER DECOCKER. This is a fantastic feature. Accuracy is great, for what it is. I could walk my shots across the target and place bb's into the same hole. For a "cheaper" BB pistol, I find this is quite amazing. I did find that I had better results using Marksman BB's then I did with Crosman.

Blowback is slightly less then a .22LR pistol, but it is strong enough to make you have to re-align your sights. Trigger is has a good feel. It is a 2 stage trigger the first half pushes the bb into the chamber, the second half fires the weapon. It feels realistic in my eyes as you can feel the sear release just like on a real handgun. Co2 consumption is good. I normally got 5-7 clips depending on whether or not you rapid fire the pistol. After the 5-7 the blow back would not function since pressure was too low, but you can manually cock the gun and fire, upon which I could get another 4-6 clips out of it. The magazine is ALL METAL. The Umarex magazines are agian very solid and can take some abuse.(some one was thinking at Umarex ;) This should also be listed in the ad. The Pro77's is plastic and is very delicate.

I purchased this pistol as an alternative to shooting my real steel, since BB's are cheaper. The whole pistol is very VERY solid. I definitely do not feel like it will fall apart in my hands as I did with the Crosman. I really can't tell you how pleased I really am with this product. If Umarex/Walther continues with the quality that I have seen in this air gun, then they have a customer for life.

I would have put white or green dots on the sights, the flat black is kind of a wash. I also thought that the process to break the seal on the Co2 could have been worked a tad better. I found myself a few times with a dead gun, since the Co2 had not been punctured enough to open it up. If you turn the wheel the Co2 sits on too far, then when you go to turn the bottom of the "clip" to pierce it, it won't turn all the way since the Co2 is already too far up. So that does take getting used to. Again for what it is I am as happy as a compass due north.

I would at least get 2 other magazine and ALOT of Co2. I would also advise on purchasing this product (copy and paste the link) It makes loading the clips much easier and faster. Shoot safe and have fun.

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/pe llet.pl?pellet_id=439

Doesn't have to be from Pyramid air, but that marksman speed loader is really handy.