I had a dream this one was mine!

cslinger said:

...but 2 mags is a little dramatic. They certainly don’t get that hot that fast.

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Not dramatic; fact.
I don't do mag dumps.
On the third mag, every time I went to the range, I could not hold it more than 2 rounds before I couldn't take the heat.
Also, I have a high pain threshold. My skin was beet red if I pushed thru the 3rd mag.
Just stating what happened with the one I had. I can't speak for all of them.

Those Nil grips are nice, bit I am told they can be very fragile at the top because of how thin they are.

I had a P7 many years ago. It was used, in the box, and had a plum colored slide. Wrote to H&K and they said it could have been caused by differences in the metal, the heat treatment, or the bluing solution; or possibly a combination of all three!

Never could get a comfortable grip on the gun or get totally acclimated to the whole squeeze cocking manual of arms, but the gun functioned fine and was very accurate. Heat could be felt after two or three mags but I would just set the gun down, let it cool off, and shoot something else. The one maintenance chore I found somewhat tedious was cleaning the gas cylinder and piston.

Back in the '80s, I bought a new P7 PSP type, later a new P7M8. I've hung onto the P7M8, but rarely shoot it. The earlier gun did get pretty hot after a couple magazines, and the heat shield on frame and trigger of the P7M8 version does help with that. They are robust, very accurate, reliable little pistols, but as has been mentioned, are oddly proportioned. Were I carrying one the P7 series of pistols, I'd definitely want a properly designed holster.