Who wants H&K to bring back the P7?

Hackathorn's "Porsche of pistols" is certainly not for everyone

 

HK recently commented on this in a FB post. The tooling for the P7 is gone.

I'd like to play with one but it's not likely to ever be a new production gun.

 

I have 2 PSPs, last one at an estate sale for $600; I would like to see mags no more than $50 ($35 would be even better)

 

Not so strange to me. When SIG introduced the “new” P225-A1, I thought I might actually be able to get new factory mags for my P6. But that A1 is a reconfigured P239 anyway, so those mags don’t work in an “old” P225 or P6. Over the holidays I picked up my LNIB P239 SAS Gen2 and saved at least $250 compared to the asking price for those P225-A1’s in the local Cabela’s Gun Library (and at last count there were 3 of them).

 

I’ve owned a few. Still have one. It’s an incredible bit of engineering.

Exceptional trigger that rivals a good 1911. Extremely low bore axis. Very fast to shoot.

I carried one off duty when my kids were little. It’s one of the safest guns I’ve ever seen. As soon as you put it down, it’s a completely inert piece of steel.

Downsides:

It’s really busy in there. There are an awful lot of tiny parts that all have to play well together to make it run. Remarkably, they seem to do that well.

It’s extremely butt heavy with very little forward length. Difficult to find a holster that holds it securely. I carry appendix and it always had a desire to fall forward out of my waistband unless the holster was really deep. And, that would interfere with getting a decent grip on the draw.

It was an incredible design and, a fantastic shooter. But, it doesn’t fit what most people are looking for today in a defensive handgun.

Then again, I often carry a 3” S&W 65 or a Ruger Speed Six. So, I’m not a good judge of what’s the best anymore.

 

From what I understand its a often asked question.. A few have asked HK even and the answer seems to be that the cost to sell it would be astronomical. Apparently part of that is because HK claims to have destroyed the tooling.

 

9mmepiphany, I agree about the robust construction of the P7 magazines. The only pistol magazines that come to mind that seem as heavily constructed are the SIG P210 magazines.

 

I’d love to see new P7s on the shelves, but as many have pointed out, ain’t gonna happen soon...

The P7 is an aficionado’s firearm. Someone who appreciates fine engineering, and is ready to spend more than five minutes trying to understand what he has in his hands. Seeing that used ones sell for $1500-$2000 and more, there is a steady base of people ready to buy them - only that there is probably not enough of them to justify retooling.

This said, there is no gun I’m aware of that is so intrinsically safe to carry loaded, while being ready for action at all times.

It’s also the most uncluttered and slim full size/compact gun around, which makes it an ideal CCW platform. The only drawback being its top-heaviness, which necessitates an appropriate holster. But when you spend two grands on a used gun, you can spend a hundred and change on a good holster...

Actually looking for one of them staple guns right now...

 

Be fun to see a scaled down polymer framed version in .380.

Sized and priced like an LCP. I know, I know, not in this lifetime. lol

 

I would never want one, but with what they are selling for used I bet HK could make a limited run of them and make some money.

 

I had a used P7 probably about 30 years ago. I thought the gun was well engineered and built, though I never really took a great liking to the whole squeeze cocking lever design. Could feel the heat after around 100 rounds or so but never found it to be much of a problem. Cleaning required a bit more effort, especially at getting the gas system cleaned out. Overall I suppose the whole P7 experience was like a "B" or "B+". Good in that I had a chance to try it out but just wasn't as big of a deal for me as others felt it was. Eventually I traded it in on something else and moved on. Really don't see HK, or anyone else for that matter, coming out with a new P7.

 

P7, blah. Lot's of them out there.

P9S though, I'd love to see newly made ones in 45 ACP.

 

I have a M8 and it runs great and is accurate.