REVIEW: Umarex Walther PPQ C02 Air Pistol
Another version of the famous Walther P99 firearm, the PPQ (P99 Q) CO2 pistol is extremely realistic and a fun all-day shooter. Uses 12-Grams CO2 cartridge Semi-auto 8-shot rotary pellet and mag 8-shot rotary BB mag Semi-auto Open sights. Accessory rail for laser or flashlight Textured grip with finger grooves Manual safety. The owner's manual incorrectly states how the BBs should be loaded. The correct way to load the magazines is from the side that does not have the ratchets.
This pistol has all the look and feel of a genuine firearm. It has a hefty weight and very sturdy feel to it. Although many of the external parts are polymer, it is a heavy grade plastic like what one might expect from a firearm. The operation is extremely simple and straightforward. The performance is a mixed bag. The rifled barrel seems to provide a very accurate shot using pellets. With a new CO2 cartridge my chrony read over 400 FPS with several shots and the velocity was enough to push wad cutter pellets completely through a large apple at 15 feet. On that note, this pistol looks *exactly* like a firearm so use all the customary handing methods you would with a firearm.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
Give it some love, and it's a great trainer.
By NotYourAverageUser
I have a 9mm Walther PPQ M2, so I thought I would get this replica pellet gun as a trainer to save some money at the range -- figuring that this would be more fun and better than dry firing the real thing. I've had (and solved) a few issues that prevent me from giving it the 5 stars it now deserves, but this gun has performed very well so far. I've put about 300 rounds through it, and have had only these minor problems:
-- There was a piece of casting flash on the inside profile of the cast metal trigger that was causing the trigger to stick. Once I found this problem, 30 seconds of work with a penknife blade solved it, and it's been smooth as silk since.
-- The painted dots on the sights were orange, instead of the white that Walther uses, and they were painted off-center, causing a loss of accuracy. I scraped off the orange paint and carefully repainted them in white with a tiny artist's brush. There are detents molded in the sights to guide where the paint should go, so this was easy and greatly improved the experience of the gun.
-- The pistol came with two of the round pellet magazines -- one silver one made of cast metal, and one black one made of injection molded plastic. After about 150 rounds, the plastic one started to malfunction, and inspection revealed that the little gear molded into the back had partly stripped. The plastic simply isn't hard enough to take the forces applied to it for very long. The metal one still looks new and functions perfectly, so I ordered a pack of three more of those.
On a final note -- I love this pistol. Side by side with the 9mm Walther, it looks virtually indistinguishable, and weighs the same as the Walther with a nearly empty magazine. The trigger pull is heavy, with a significant break -- but that turns out to be a good trait in a trainer. Overall, it's a fun, solid unit that performs exceptionally well after a little TLC.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful.
Trigger is atrocious but it can be staged like revolver DAO trigger
By Pavel Postnikov
Same size as 9mm and 22 versions, except for the "slide release" levers, which stick out farther than they do on cartridge guns.
The right slide release lever acts as a safety.
About as heavy as the 22 version.
Trigger is atrocious but it can be staged like revolver DAO trigger, first stage makes it rotate a cylinder clockwise one chamber, then the pull lightens and you get a very mushy break, so you can actually aim with it.
Also, pulling the trigger rotates the cylinder even if the safety is on. Do with that information what you will.
Added some pictures. On all the pictures, gun on the left is PPQ 22LR, middle is the airgun (this product), and the right is PPQ 9mm.
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
Good plinker
By 0rton
This pistol has all the look and feel of a genuine firearm. It has a hefty weight and very sturdy feel to it. Although many of the external parts are polymer, it is a heavy grade plastic like what one might expect from a firearm. The operation is extremely simple and straightforward. The performance is a mixed bag. The rifled barrel seems to provide a very accurate shot using pellets. With a new CO2 cartridge my chrony read over 400 FPS with several shots and the velocity was enough to push wad cutter pellets completely through a large apple at 15 feet. On the down side, the trigger pull is ridiculously hard and spongy. Perhaps a break-in period will smooth out the trigger but there is certainly room for improvement in how the trigger breaks. If you can manage the trigger pull, you will be able to shoot very tight groups with this pistol. If you're used to airsoft or standard BB guns, this pistol will seem very loud by comparison. It's nowhere near the volume requiring ear protection but if you're planning on plinking in your neighborhood, your neighbors will know you're shooting. On that note, this pistol looks *exactly* like a firearm so use all the customary handing methods you would with a firearm.
History behind the firearm that inspired the Umarex Walther PPQ Air Pistol
The Walther PPQ fire arm is not a true new design. It shares its engineering principles and main features with the Walther P99QA variant of the P99 pistol that was introduced in 1996. Many modifications compared to the Walther P99QA like the re-designed grip, trigger guard and slide with forward (big) serrations made their combined appearance in 2008 in the Walther P99 RAD, a P99 variant made in Poland and marketed as a military sidearm proposition and the Walther P99Q police pistol.
Operating Mechanism
The Walther PPQ is a short recoil-operated locked breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol. The PPQ has a glassfiber-reinforced polymer frame and steel slide assembly. It can be broken down into its main parts or field stripped with a take down catch without the help of tools.
The internal preset striker 'Quick Defense' trigger of the PPQ is a departure from previous Walther pistols and has been developed for the PPQ. When the trigger is pulled, the trigger bar engages a disconnect lever, which props up a sear hook, which releases the fully pre-loaded striker assembly, firing the pistol. Pulling the trigger does not partially load the striker spring as with the Glock and many other striker fired pistol designs. The PPQ trigger pull is entirely due to the trigger and disconnector springs.
Design and Development
The PPQ has a trigger travel of approximately 9 mm (0.4 in) with a relatively short trigger reset of 2.5 mm (0.1 in) and a trigger pull of approximately 25 N (5.6 lbf). Unlike many other trigger systems, preset internal strikers have a let-off point and trigger pull that remains unchanged from the first shot to the last and requires no decocker. It should be noted that the striker of the PPQ variant does not protrude from the back of the slide, as the firearm is in a constant cocked state.
Due to its trigger characteristics, the PPQ pistol is marketed by Walther in Germany as a special forces pistol and not as a police duty pistol. The Technical Specifications (TR) of the German Police (Technische Richtlinie Pistolen im Kaliber 9mm x 19, Revision January 2008) for obtaining a German Police duty pistol certification require a first shot trigger pull of =30 N (6.7 lbf), a trigger travel of =10 mm (0.4 in) and a trigger reset of =4 mm (0.2 in).
Ergonomics and fully ambidextrous controls were a key focus in the design of the firearm, and as a result, three interchangeable grip backstraps are included (small, medium and large) to accommodate various hand shapes and sizes; this feature permits most shooters a comfortable and efficient grip on the firearm. The injection molded grip frame contains four steel guide rails for the slide: two at the rear of the frame, and the remaining pair above the front of the trigger guard.
The trigger guard itself is squared off at the front and textured. The polymer grip has a texturized 'HI-GRIP' non-slip surface on the sides and both the front and rear backstraps and a slightly funneled magazine well to aid magazine insertion. The hollow cross pin that secures the lower end of the backstrap was designed to function as a loophole for attachment of a lanyard. Under the dust cover the grip frame has an integrated mounting MIL-STD-1913 (Picatinny) rail for attaching accessories, such as a tactical light or laser pointer.
The slide and other metal parts of the pistol are Tenifer treated (a nitriding process also used on Glock pistols). The Tenifer finish is between 0.04 mm (0.002 in) and 0.05 mm (0.002 in) in thickness, and is characterized by extreme resistance to wear and corrosion; it penetrates the metal, and treated parts have similar properties even below the surface to a certain depth. The Tenifer process produces a matte gray-colored, non-glare surface with a 64 Rockwell C hardness rating and a 99% resistance to salt water corrosion (which meets or exceeds stainless steel specifications), making the PPQ particularly suitable for individuals carrying the pistol concealed as the highly chloride-resistant finish allows the pistol to better endure the effects of perspiration.
PPQ pistols are delivered in a polymer pistol case containing the pistol, three backstraps of different sizes, two magazines (one standard length and one extended grip length), magazine loader, safety cable lock, instruction manual, warranty papers, factory test target showing five shots fired at 15 m (16 yd) distance, and an envelope with the case of the proof round fired during the proof test at the C.I.P. accredited Beschussamt Ulm (Proof House Ulm).
The PPQ pistol's 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W chambered barrels are rifled with traditional lands and grooves to stabilize the bullet in flight. The PPQ M2 .45 ACP barrels deviate from the other models having polygonal rifling instead. As of 2016 the PPQ M2 9×19mm Parabellum and .40 S&W barrels also feature polygonal rifling.
Safety and Feeding
The PPQ features three internal safeties (trigger safety, firing pin safety and disconnector safety) of which the external integrated trigger safety inner lever mechanism contained within the trigger serves as an additional passive drop safety.[10] The pistol has a loaded chamber indicator in the form of an extractor on the right side of the slide that gets recessed in the slide when a cartridge is present in the chamber. When the extractor is recessed a red coloured indicator at the end of the extractor also becomes visible.
The PPQ feeds from staggered-column or double stack magazines of varying capacity. Walther also offers staggered-column magazines with a +2 baseplate that add 2 rounds to the magazine capacity at the expense of extending the grip and the pistol height by approximately 18 mm (0.7 in).[3] For jurisdictions which restrict magazine capacity to 10 rounds, Walther offers single stack 10-round magazines. The magazines are made of steel for Walther by the Italian subcontractor MEC-GAR and have an anti friction coating for easy loading and anti-corrosion and witness holes to view how many rounds are in the magazine.
A steel spring drives an orange coloured plastic follower. The standard staggered-column PPQ magazines weigh 80 g (2.8 oz)[3] After the last cartridge has been fired, the magazine follower exerts upward pressure on the slide stop causing it to engage the slide stop notch thereby holding it in the "open" position.[10] The slide stop release levers are located on the left and right sides of the frame directly beneath the slide and can be manipulated by the thumb of the shooting hand. When a cartridge is present in the chamber the pistol can be fired without the need of having a magazine inserted in the weapon.
Empty magazines are released by depressing ambidextrous magazine release levers incorporated into the trigger guard[3] in all non M2 PPQ variants or by depressing a reversible thumb release push-button located behind the bottom of the trigger guard in the PPQ M2 variant. Additionally, the PPQ M2 magazines are not compatible with the original PPQ magazines.