How about a little H&K P-7 action to start the weekend!!

Figured some of you would enjoy this.....especially the holster!!
This one dates to around 1982 from the little research I have done.
Has the heel magazine release and I believe it's the PSP model.

One interesting note.....this one has what appears to be a chrome plated trigger.......and I do not see this feature on the P7's that I have seen photos of.

Here is a link to a very informative video showing what this gun is all about
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Will most likely be listing this one, but what an interesting piece with what appears to be a cult following based on what I see on the auction sites.

Very nice. I once had two of those.

The pistol can be fired three different ways:

1: squeeze lever, pull trigger
2: pull trigger, then squeeze lever
3: squeeze lever and pull trigger simultaneously.

Who made your holster? It appears to say BODYGUARD, but google just wants to show holsters for the Smith Bodyguard.


I can occasionally find P7 holsters, but they are always for the M8, which has a larger trigger guard, so they don't fit my PSP.

Heckler & Koch P7 9MM

Wow, ThreeDFlyer you are lucky to find
the Heckler & Koch P7, Congratulations.

As a young man in the 1980's I remember
seeing that H&K 9mm. I paid it no mind
because I was into S&W Revolvers.

I go the Prescott Valley every summer to
visit. I go to the Gun Shops, Pawn Shops,
and Garage Sales. I've never been lucky to
find something like the HK.

One year, the best I could do was, that I
found the "hard to find" 1894 Marlin 22 Magnum
at a Pawn Shop for $188. I was in NRA 90%
condition.

Another year Ruger introduced the Gold Label
Side x Side 12ga Shotgun. Looked all over for
it, nobody knew what I was talking about. It
came out several years later. Finally got one
for a Hellish Awesome Price.

One day I will find a Heckler & Koch P7 9mm.

Not all of the HK P7 pistols had the “PSP” marking. Mine was one of the last 500 assembled in 1997, it is stamped. My son’s is not.

Just have a PSP, one of the many that came here as used German Police surplus in the late 90's/early 2000's.
Great shooter, and accurate as all get-out.
Yes, they get a little warm with lots of shooting. Never been a practical problem for me.

Alpo said:

Who made your holster? It appears to say BODYGUARD, but google just wants to show holsters for the Smith Bodyguard.


I can occasionally find P7 holsters, but they are always for the M8, which has a larger trigger guard, so they don't fit my PSP.

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Holster is marked as follows:

"TED BLOCKER'S CARRY HOLSTERS"

And the model is "BODYGUARD" H&k-P7

The holster is lined with a white nylon material.

Found this online, not sure if it's the same company??
Custom Gun Holsters at Ted Blocker Holsters - The Finest in Gun Leathers Since 1972

I will most likely be listing this one on an auction soon with the holster included and the two mags. I have too many other S&W's to purchase and as cool as this gun is, there are those out there who really want to own one!!!

Been a few years since I have had the HK P7 out to the range.

IIRC the easy way to tell the difference between the HK-P7 PSP and the P-7 M-8 is that the PSP has a "Heel" mag release (which if memory serves was required on German Military / Police sidearms at the time) where the P-7 M-8 has an ambidextrous thumb release .

BTW magazines are not interchangeable, picked up two M8 mags years ago that do not work in my PSP..
Also the US market M8 has the left grip panel marked HK P7 M8 compared to the PSP which just says HK P7 or HK PSP






PS notice the above M8 has a lanyard loop where the other two do not.
Interesting as most German PD/Military handguns are required to have a lanyard loop

By the time I got around to noticing the P-7-M-13 used examples were just above $1000 (when S&W 3rd gens were in the $300's) so never scratched that itch, then again the P-7 IMO is better suited as a CCW than a combat pistol for several reasons.

Have two belt holsters for the PSP, one is a US made pancake for CCW and the other a west German PD holster, also have a shoulder holster that I cant recall the manufacturer.

Love the design and safety aspect of the "Squeeze Cock" action but the P-7 was reportedly time consuming and expensive to manufacture ,
As stated above the P-7 gets VERY hot in the trigger area after just a few mags,
IIRC mine has some sort of plastic shield at the top of the trigger guard but it doesnt help much.
The other thing to be aware of is P-7 magazines are VERY pricey.

High prices and fairly low supplies have driven the HK-P7 into being more of a collectors piece or a bit of 9mm evolution nostalgia.

IIRC a few incidents occurred where novice German users accustomed to the P-1, P-4, P-5 and P6 accidentally discharged their P-7's,
whether true or not the high price and different manual of arms translated to a fairly short service life.

Luckily for us those German service PSP pistols made their way to the USA used market instead of the bottom of the ocean
Many years ago a clean P-7 PSP could be had for about $600 at about the time a nice clean used P-5 was about $400 and a P-1 more like $300.

Very neat guns....Enjoy your PSP

Im guessing mine was issued to some desk jockey as it is LNIB , ( identical to the one below including the cardboard box).
IIRC American market P-7-M-8 boxes were plastic clamshell design and marked M-8

If you scan the COMPLETED auctions on GunBroker you will see what crazy prices these guns are going for these days.......

Saw one NIB at a gun show today. Beautiful.

One of my former co-workers carried one as his duty gun. We worked together at a FL PD. Oddly, it was 1986 and we both had just moved down from Mo. PDs. Me from the E. side and him from the NW., St. Joseph. I moved on to another FL agency. His wife got homesick so back to Mo. He was a very good cop. The only one I ever knew that carried one of those. Anyhow he liked his HK and shot it well. I shot it but it was too foreign for me. I don't remember the capacity. Most definitely an interesting gun.

Just watched the OP's posted video and realizing its probably been more like 6 years since I last shot that P-7 but the video was a great refresher

Do recall the barrel to frame axis being very low which makes for a low recoil impulse , the barrel being fixed to the frame also aided in accuracy.

I cant recall if the brass gets mangled or if Im thinking of my HK G3 which also hasnt been shot in years but doesnt really matter since 9mm is currently so cheap ...

Perhaps I need to have an HK refresher day at the range in the near future ?

The P-7 is an interesting piece to say the least and nearly all the feedback I have read supports the gun as being a reliable and accurate design. I acquired this piece in a recent trade and it will most likely be put on the market soon for someone else to enjoy. The boys on the HK forum have good things to say about the P7 and it's later variants.

The P7 is definitely interesting...

They are fantastic shooters, but so different from everything else. If you go the P7 route it is probably best that is all you use.

I think that is why most P7 guys seem to be P7 Junkies who own several. I used to take classes with a friend that is a P7 guy. He would always take a couple and alternate since they could get quite hot to the touch.

If only I would have bought some of those German police imports...

Park Cities Tactical was a fantastic forum for HK P7 fans. I believe the man who ran it passed away and so did the forum.

THREEDFLYER said:

I acquired this piece in a recent trade and it will most likely be put on the market soon for someone else to enjoy.

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If that's your plan, whatever you do... DO NOT shoot it!
If you put a few mags through it, you'll have a very hard time letting it go.

I had two identical P7M8's at one point and unfortunately sold one off. That turned out to have been a big mistake, since prices have about doubled since then. Hindsight is 20:20, but there's a reason they have such a following.

They're extremely accurate and are fun to shoot. Fit and finish is superb and they perform like a much larger gun. My wife typically prefers shooting .22 pistols, but she immediately proclaimed the P7 as hers after she shot it! She's only done that with two other guns, a Winchester Diamond Grade 20ga Skeet and a Colt Woodsman Sport. That's her way of saying, "don't sell it, bring it when I come to the range with you and clean it when I'm done".

I like your Ted Blocker pancake! He's probably best known for his competition rigs, but he also made some excellent duty and concealment rigs. I don't carry my P7M8 (don't want the holster wear and would hate to have a gun gun like this taken as evidence if I had to shoot someone), but I have accumulated a few holsters for it. Shown is a Fist #13 Sportsman, a Kramer #3 IWB and a Del Fatti LP-HTL. Even if you don't plan on carrying, it's nice to have appropriate leather for a gun!

I'm a huge fan of the P7 and its variants...

This one is currently at the engravers, it's getting a 100% work over.
When it's complete I'll gift it to my son and I'll post up some photos here.

I have a HK P7/PSP as well

Mine is only the second P7 that I have seen in a factory fitted presentation case
Since this photo was taken I have acquired some wood grips to replace my old discolored plastic ones.

Back in 1995 this one was in a plane that had it's wing ripped off at 8000 feet. everything hit the ground in orange groves here in Florida. The HK still works great. The Desert Eagle, which was in the same gear bag, had it's frame twisted to the point that the magazine could not come out. Magnum Research declared it un-repairable.

I too need to dig mine out and shoot it. It has probably not been to the range in 20+ years

Heckler & Koch

I'm on the Outlook for One now!

I see Fugate Firearms has a New in the Box 1992
Chrome H&K P7 9MM for $4500.

I'm still looking, of course. I'll find one at a
Reasonable Priced one.