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Old August 16, 2014, 12:32 AM   #11
RX-79G
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It is for safely loading and handling the weapon - an extra protection when transitioning from loading to firing or loading to decock.

From the P99 manual:
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Anti-Stress (AS): Traditional Double-Action/Single-Action trigger with Decocker.
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De-cock the P99 AS after loading, before holstering and prior to disassembly.
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After the slide is closed, press down the decocker (P99 AS only). Doing so resets the trigger action from Single Action to the safer Double Action mode.
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The Anti-Stress trigger acts as a kind of two-stage trigger, and lessons the possibility of a stress-induced unintentional discharge.
Somewhere official:
http://www.carl-walther.de/public/do...99_ENGLISH.pdf

There are other DA/SA guns that have triggers that will behave like this, at least when loading from the slide forward. Walther just took it a step further and causes the trigger to move forward during mag changes, too.

Those who are holstering the pistol cocked are simply mishandling it. You can argue it is safe, but you can argue doing the same with a Beretta or Sig 226 is just as safe because they all have 5 pound triggers and firing pin safeties. But the P99 manual doesn't mince words about it - this is a DA/SA gun that you are supposed to decock and the AS is just a safety feature, not a carry mode.


Do you have one of these? Did it come with a manual?
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