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In article <01GTVMBB730Y8WYON1@nic.CSU.net> cvakg001@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu writes:

#Are you speaking of the Walther 88?  If, so, have you shot one?

	I have one.  Nice gun, but not worth $1500.  I paid 7&change for
	mine.  For that money, it is good, but I would not pay more.
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#I am also considering the SIG 226 and the glock 17, and  maybe even a HK P7 
#for I pefer ambidextrous. 

	The 226 is a great pistol.  I have a 220 (.45 ACP) and would not trade
	it for anything, except maybe an original .44 Automag.

#The local gunshops and ranges
#have little info on the Walther other than it's accuracy. 
#What I'm looking for, is the usual- accuracy, longevity, cleaning, feeding, 
#availibility and cost of parts, and overall performance.

	Very well built.  From the slide rails down, the P88 has no equal,
	not even the SIG, though it is VERY close.  The ergonomics are
	excellent.  One ambidexterous lever releases the slide and drops the
	hammer.  No way to hit the wrong lever.  Workmanship is very good.
	The mag release is also ambi.  Capacity is 15+1.  You can squeeze
	16 if you file the mag follower down about 2 mm (have to take the mag
	apart and file the BOTTOM of the follower, NOT the top :)).  You could
	file it enough to get in 17 and maybe even 18 rounds, but I suspect the
	mag would then be prone to jams.

	The only thing I do not like about the P88 out of the box is the 
	trigger.  Because of the mechanism that raises the back end of the
	firing pin out of the slot that locks it safe, the trigger has a kind
	of mushy feel to it.  For the money they ask, it should have a trigger
	that is damned near match grade IMNSHO.  With use the trigger improves
	quite a lot, but I still think some day I will have a job done on it.

	There is also the P88 COMPACT, which is a substantially different gun.
	I don't care for them.  The ergonomics of the levers are very different,
	e.g. a slide mounted safety lever, like the PPK and others.  Not my
	favorite.  It is not ambidexterous to the same degree as the regular
	P88.  It is about 5/8 inch shorter than the standard P88.  Big deal.
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#Has any body out there shot one? 

	Yeah, but I'm such a lousy shot, I doubt I could tell you anything of
	value :((((((((((((((((((((((((

#Does anybody know if Walther makes or is planning to make a 10mm?

	That would be interesting.  I was really hoping for a .45 P88, but
	I could live with 10mm.  I'd also like to see a SIG in 10mm.  Anyone
	know if anything like this is in the works?

	-Andy V.