Mk23 NBB Vs. P99 NBB .

Broadly speaking, because the differences in quality and noise volume are slight, there is one simple thing to work this out for yourself:

Get the P99 if you want a small-sized handgun, get the Mk23 if you want a very large-framed handgun. This is the most important difference and the one that will influence your appreciation of whichever gun you go for.

One thing worth adding to regarding the size or grip is that the P99 has a very ergonomic and pointable grip - the Mk23,m like the USPs, is a damn good texture and considering its squarishness it is very serviceable, but the P99 grip is more comfortable by quite a long way.

Score one (small point) to Maruzen!

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I say forget the `Bond Vs Snake` concept or argument (just this once) because for one thing Bond would totally destroy that mulleted ponce in a fight (and easily drink him under the table, too ) and also because you don't tend to look too much at your own gun when you're playing Its rather more important, I find, to watch your surroundings teammates, and enemies if you can!

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Both are capable of taking green gas, both worked exceptionally well with almost no faults arising from acceptable use (i.e. not as a bottle-opener/cosh/sextoy/snorkel), both are incredibly quiet and both come in nice shiny cutaway-foam cases

The differences apart from the size are:

The P99 feels nice and solid, the Mk23 feels a little more `loose` and a lot more like Plastic. Of course both are plastic anyway but the P99 feels as if its made more solid, and of nicer plastic.

The slide on the Mk23 can be racked for the first shot, which is mostly pointless but quite cool. It has an external hammer too which therefore affects the following semi-critical detail;

The trigger pull on the Mk23 is immensely long, but you can cock the hammer on each shot and make it immensely short. The P99 has no hammer and the trigger travel is about halfway between the two options on the Mk23, so on the P99 you a] cannot choose to have the lighter trigger, but b] don't ever have to cock it each time to make that possible anyway.

If you plan on making more shots, more accurately (on aggregate), & more quickly then the P99 is for you. (taking on small groups fairly close-to while on your own is the advantageous situation for the Maruzen P99)

If you plan on making fewer shots, more carefully, and more slowly, but with extreme accuracy, the Mk23 is for you. (Taking on single enemies or pairs of them at longer distances, generally while on your own, is the advantageous situation for Marui's Mk23.)

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Both guns come with a tactical light, both use batteries hard (not cheap, then) and are generally unnecessary. If I had to hand it to one of them for the taclight it would go to the P99 simply because the switches are finger-controlled via your trigger finger and do not need the use of your other hand. Also you would generally use the lights indoors in CQB, and the P99 is a fair bit shorter than the Mk23 both with and without the silencers, so it would be marginally easier to use inside cramped doorways and corridoors, etc. etc.

Overall I rate the P99 slightly higher than the Mk23 because of:

The rigidity & feel of the plastic

The shorter, more practical length

The standard, consistent trigger pull

The tighter, more ergonomic grip

Bond, James bond. Remember the name my dear, you'll be screaming it later