About 2008 I started receiving requests for holsters, obviously due to the recent importation of P7-PSP pistols from German police agency trade-ins. Order volume was sufficient to justify purchasing one (about $550 in box with spare mag, tools, and manual), and I completed several dozen holster orders with the P7 over the next couple of years.
Took the opportunity to do some range work with the HK P7. Overall impressions: very easy to shoot well, nicely balanced, easily controlled, very accurate. Detracting factors: holding the cocking lever down for extended periods is tiring, long transition period of training when going from any other pistol platform to the HK P7 design, annoying problem of superheated gas passing through the frame trigger recess directly onto the trigger finger during multiple rapid fire drills (OUCH!!!).
From a holster maker's standpoint, the P7-PSP (and later P7-M8 and P7-M13) all share some characteristics that can create problems: Heavy for the size and caliber. Weight distribution is heavily into the grip-frame, and the overall size (short, compact pistol) does not work well with many holster designs. In short, a great shooting pistol, a finely engineered defensive pistol, but not an easy pistol to carry comfortably and discreetly while also being ready to deploy rapidly.
Anyway, holster demand dried up after a couple of years, the P7-PSP languished in the gun safe for a couple more years, then I noticed that demand remained strong while low-priced German trade-in pistols had disappeared, so my $550 P7-PSP went away for well over a thousand bucks.
I took the money and ran.
