Sheldon from United States, AZ Public Profile

WARNING: this loader is made out of sheets of flimsy plywood, cut to shape, glued together and painted over. You might get lucky. You might not. For my part, I stacked 30 rds of 7.62x39 over a magpul AK pmag and attempted to load with moderate force to overcome the friction of the stacked cartridges. The ram piece took the path of least resistance and broke the plywood instead of loading the mag (the upper piece that divides the loading funnel and the tray delaminated and the entire thing came loose connected only at the stem, and a chip formed on the lower piece). I purchased from Optics Planet subsidiary Dvor, sent it back and am awaiting a refund. Not recommended.

Several issues with these sights. First of all, on my Gen 1 P99 the part of the slide where the front sight is installed is not thick enough and the threads in the sight not deep enough to allow the front sight screw to hold it securely. It rattles freely in the sight groove. Thinking there was a burr in the threads I incrementally added torque within reason, but the screw broke off right away. Now I can't return it per OpticsPlanet policy. Bummer.

Additionally, while I do not mind a higher POI from a handgun at close range (it is probably accurate at some further distance), the height of these sights is very obviously different from the factory sights on my gun, which are right on at 10 yards. The front sight is much shorter and the rear sight much higher. This will lead to comparatively high groupings.

The finish on the front sight is discolored and the green glow has appreciably dimmed compared to other Meprolight sights I own. I think these sights have been sitting in storage somewhere for an extended period of time.

OpticsPlanet needs to make it clear that these sights are NOT for the "P99 9mm, 40 Compact" but for the "P99 9mm Compact, 40 Compact" (high POI issue), and list incompatible models such as the Gen 1 P99 9mm.