Walther LP400 not for sale?

[RobinC]

Given these glowing reports, why is no one using them at the national or international level ? I think they have missed the boat for 2012, no one this close to the Olympics would swap over to an untested pistol - particularly without the support from the manufacturer - morini and steyr have the lion share now, and you try to find a lp400 in the uk;-)

Lee

Some of the Russians, seniors, juniors, and Ladies, a Mongolian Lady and a German Lady, all who are in with a shout at 2012 Gold are using them. Yes they are new, they were late into production and not a lot about, but the UK price and availability is down to the UK importers, there is nothing stopping them putting them in stock or making the same cut as the Germans do, German VAT is only 1% lower. Could it be that the German shops are ordering more and holding stock compared to the UK importers? We have new Walthers air and smallbore, nothing has gone wrong with these or our old ones, but the technical back up is superb, either through Bill or from the factory techs direct who come here for big meetings, they were at Bisley this year.
Yes Walther went through a bad patch but that was ten years ago!

PS There is thread on Targettalk, Olympic pistols, Pilkguns site, LP400 vs LP10.
Robin