what do these numbers mean on the hk p7?

[yongxingfreesty]

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=82505375

i kno the 17042 is the serial, but on the link below what does 11/82 mean?
is that when the gun was made? imported?

http://gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=83046978

are all p7 psps police trade ins? how can you tell?

thanks

 

[GunNut]

IIRC, date put in service. It should also be really close to when the gun was made.

 

[yongxingfreesty]

hmm, wow. those guns are old. i cant wait for mine to come in (9/87)

why do some have it and some dont? does it mean that it is a police trade in if it does?

 

[yongxingfreesty]

anyone?

 

[GunNut]

Visiting hkpro.com or parkcitiestactical.com will get your answers quickly.

 

[BrainLazy]

P7s were sold both through regular civilian channels and through special government contracts, the easiest way to tell the difference is by the proof marks.

Normally, commercial H&Ks have the ULM house proof mark (an antler) on the slide, frame, and barrel. However, the German government does their own proof testing on department contract firearms.

Instead of the ULM antler, you'll see an 'eagle bracketed' BWB above a 3 digit number. That BWB stands for Bundesamt für Wehrtechnik und Beschaffung or "Federal Bureau of Military Technology and Procurement"
In addition to the month/year date mentioned in the post above, you'll find a mark designating the department it was originally purchased for. (In this example (Nds) Polizei Niedersachsen, or the "Lower Saxony State Police".)

Another common department mark to find on trade-in P7s is BMI, Bundesministerium des Innern, or "Federal Ministry of the Interior".

 

[hksw]

If you examine the factory test target, the target was shot in 11/82 when it was manufactured. (European dating convention is DD.MM.YY. Gun was made either the 18th or 19th (hard to tell) of 11/82.)

 

[hksw]

If you examine the factory test target, the target was shot in 11/82 when it was manufactured. (European dating convention is DD.MM.YY. Gun was made either the 18th or 19th (hard to tell) of 11/82.)

 

[usp9]

Hmmmm...
11/82, serial number 17042

My 12/83 is serial number 621XX, meaning 45,100 guns made in little over a year.

My 05/95 at serial number 809XX shows only 18,700 guns made in twelve years.

I wonder why the drastic slow down?? Anyone know?

 

[hksw]

USP is my guess.

 

[CWL]

These were very expensive to manufacture because it required lots of machining. H&K made these pistols to fulfill national police pistol requisitions with smaller amounts going into the private community. Once the police contracts ran out, H&K decreased their manufacture. By making these for civilian market in only small numbers, it kept the price & value very high.