Walther P99 Kaboom (UPDATE in OP 3/17/10)

[asheron2]

3/17/10
So after sending the ammo and destroyed casing into CCI, they have agreed to replace the gun as soon as mine arrives at their business. I am extremely happy with the customer service at CCI, and they were very helpful and fast to reply. They will also be reimbursing me all shipping costs with ammo. I will definately be buying more products from them.

Althought the problem was with a CCI rouns, i believe that this can and does happen to all ammo companies. What truly tells the quality of a company is how they treat it when their product does fail.

So, all in all i give CCI an A++ for customer service!!


Original Post
So i went shooting this mornign with my walther p99..........yeah ill let the pictures explain.







Luckily i still have all my fingers and both eyes are where they are supposed to be.

[69Mach1]

Damn. Glad your safe. What do you think happened.

[Gio]

Dang, glad to hear you were not injured.

-Gio

[NSR500]

What were you shooting, Wolf?

[Twystd1]

Looks like it went off out of battery. But how... HHHmmmmmmm

[AK4me]

Yea please let us know what type of ammo it was.

[JBird33]

OOB or run of the mill case failure at a less supported spot of the chamber?

[NewbieDave]

PMC blazer?

[asheron2]

It was CCI Blazer. The gun did fire in battery, i had to beat it apart with a brass punch, the pictures were taken afterwards to simulate what it looked like before.

The blowout happened at the less supported part of the case that is for the feedramps.

[NSR500]

CCI Blazer is Aluminum, right?

[asheron2]

CCI Blazer is Aluminum, right?

correct

[asheron2]

Does anyone know what the warranty is like for Walther??

What course of action should i take in getting this fixed and replaced.

[NSR500]

Hmmm... I've never shot any of that stuff. Is it coated with anything like Wolf, that may cause sticking or build up?

[asheron2]

Hmmm... I've never shot any of that stuff. Is it coated with anything like Wolf, that may cause sticking or build up?

They does not seem to be coated with anything upon inspection.

[paul0660]

I think your beef is with the ammo, but maybe Blazer should be talking to Walther about how you are going to be put right. A quick look on the web indicates Walther has a 1 year warranty, a s&w p99 is lifetime. Good luck........