New acquisition: Squeeze cocker

[American1776]

Just acquired on auction a Chantilly stamped Heckler & Koch P7M8. Condition is excellent, internals are super clean. Two mags included. Date code is 1986.

I've owned the PSP police trade-ins in the past, but always lusted after the M8 and M13.

Finally found a very nice M8. Has the fat-trigger and W.Germany stamp.

I paid a lot (over 3k), but these Chantilly's are going for a lot more these days. I got lucky (even though the prices are insane).

I have watched over the past 10 years these gun appreciate in value. I'm not sure there will be a ceiling in the foreseeable future.

Anyone else a fan of the old German Staple gun?

 

[rjm6120]

Certainly a big fan, but those are way out of my price range. I am envious!

 

[Alpo]

About 20 years ago I picked up a PSP. Sent it off to Robar and had it NP3d.

 

[target tech]

I was still carrying mine up until about two years ago. I started to watch the prices go up and decided it was time to retire it from holster duty. I've had mine since new in early '93.
The first one I ever shot belonged to my crew chief when I worked for Pan Am at JFK in the late 80s' - early 90s'. His was actually a P7-M13. I was a 19 year old kid and just fell in love with them. The stacks of old SOF magazines in my old closet at home, with the HK full page advertisements, had a lot to do with it also.
Sorry I can't find any pics out of the holster.....I think these were from a holster thread at one time.

 

[Bro. Dave]

I am also a fan of the platform. I have an M13 and an M7 in excellent condition and one of the re-worked, plum colored slide M7s that I carry when I'm feeling saucy. I sure couldn't afford them in todays market.

 

[Old cop]

These were issued to our SWAT Team in the ‘80s, great guns but too expensive for my budget.

 

[pawngal]

Yes, I lucked into a P7M8 2 or 3 years ago when one walked into my pawnshop. 2 mags & original case. I shoot it well but it is hard for me to keep it "squeezed", I need to work on my hand strength.

 

[squidsix]

I have said before, that if this was the only gun I had, I would love it.
I had one for years. I really think its a cool platform. I sold mine when I discovered S&W revolvers.

My brother carries a P7M13 every day. A little butt heavy, but it is a sweet shooter.

 

[billwill]

Prices have gone nuts on those things. You have to pickup a whole bunch of aluminum cans to pay for one of those. Great shooter for sure.

 

[Muley Gil]

When I was an international police officer in Kosovo, my station commander went on leave. I offered to clean his duty sidearm, an H&K P7. It just so happened that I was going to be doing range officer duty during those 2 weeks.

Whenever I had down time, I shot the snot out of my buddy's squeeze cocker. Loved it, especially with all that free ammo.

When my station commander returned, his P7 was nice & clean.

 

[22lrfan]

I found this 1981 P7 in a pawn shop two years ago. I felt guilty about the price I got it for but I got over it.

 

[Gene L]

I got one for a retirement gift back 12 years ago. Like new, possibly restored by H&K, as it was a police gun...I think. Box, tools, two mags. I like the way it shoots but my old hands have a problem pulling the slide. I'm glad they're bringing big bucks but I won't sell mine...at least not now. $3K????

 

[BourbonCowboy]

That's one of my two Bucket List guns...

The other is a Cabot 1911

 

[Absalom]

These are sweet, but have become a bit of a cult item and the prices reflect that.

When the Nds-stamped German police P7’s were replaced in the early 2000’s, officers could retain theirs for €170. By the time HK had taken the rest back and exported them to the US, and they made it into retail, they were at $700 to $900. Nowadays ….

In 2018, Bavaria became the last German state to give up on the P7, citing lack of factory support and spare parts; they adopted the HK SFP9 instead. By 2020 the change was largely completed. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the retired Bavarian P7’s will land on any civilian market.

 

[KEN L]

About 20 years ago I picked up a PSP. Sent it off to Robar and had it NP3d.

I wonder if Hans Gruber did that to his?

 

[LVSteve]

Huge fan of the P7 design. I have two Steyr GBs, but I don't have a gas retarded blowback gun using a piston yet.

I remember when CDNN had P7 type pistols (PSPs ?) for $600 or maybe $800 in about 2005. I just couldn't bring myself to buy one, I mean over $500 for some shot out police pistol??

 

[MP-5]

By the way, did anyone mention Hans Gruber?

 

[American1776]

I got one for a retirement gift back 12 years ago. Like new, possibly restored by H&K, as it was a police gun...I think. Box, tools, two mags. I like the way it shoots but my old hands have a problem pulling the slide. I'm glad they're bringing big bucks but I won't sell mine...at least not now. $3K????

they do have a strong spring that makes for a tight action.

As far as prices go: I saw one, just like mine (Chantilly, 'fat trigger', like new, M8) go for $4,800 last week.

Unbelievably expensive, but they will only go up in the future.

 

[ColbyBruce]

I liked mine so much I bought one for my son. My wife wasn’t happy about it but he was tickled pink.

 

[demkofour]

Back in very early ‘80s I had a P7 that was used as an occasional on duty BUG as well as an off duty pistol. Then came the original S&W Mini Gun, the 469. I went to a local S&W LE distributor and sold/traded that P7 for a new 469… the P7 was a marvelous shooter, but to me at the time seemed too heavy for a nine round gun, compared to the new Mini Gun.
Years later, maybe around 2000, a LGS has several P7M8 pistols in the showcase, no box or papers, but with 4 magazines. I picked the best of the lot, mechanically excellent, but a bit worn on the exterior. No reimport marks, no ground off European agency marks, just a nice P7M8. Paid around(?) $900 bucks, which I thought was fair for the time.
The gun went off to William Birdsong for a Black-T/Green-T refinish and has been stored as a safe queen ever since.
Recently, with all the hype, I decided to get it checked out by a reputable P7 expert and it will be going out to Teufelshund Tactical for a going over. After that, I think I gonna load it up and send some rounds down range, as the P7s are amongst the best shooting 9mm pistols ever built!