All right. That's it.
Time to open a can of whoop PASS!
Have you ever seen a P7 up close?
Held one?
Shot one several times?
I didn't think so. Armchair quarterback!
It expensive for several reasons.
1. HK uses the highest grade of steel available. P7s are heavy for that reason.
2. HK makes very limited runs of P7s for the US market since 90 percent of the agencies can't aford to spend $800 a gun per street cop. The Seattle Port Authority police force all carry P7M8s and the SWAT team gets P7M13s. Its just too expensive for poorly funded agencies. But the limited runs cause a scarcity with drives the price high. And HK doesn't want the P7s to compete with the USP line. Thus the price point.
3. The P7 is bar none, the most accurate combat 9mm ever made with a 4" barrel. The Sig P210 is only for duty carry and is almost a target gun. It's huge and not concealable.
Of the hundreds of police trade in refubs that people were snapping up about a year ago, how many of those P7s made it back to the used gun counter. I haven't seen any around Seattle.
The other reasons why the P7s are pricey is also due to its internal design is unique. It is NOT a simple blowback design like on a PPK, AR-15 rifle, or a Bersa. It has a gas-retarded recoil piston system that absorbs recoil.
It also has a sweet single action trigger. No action job needed here.
If you pop open the grip panels on a P7 and any 1911, glock, Sig, or HK USP, you'll see that it was built like a Swiss Watch not a 36 part Glock or a 86 part 1911.
And there is nothing to modify on the P7 except for getting a hard chromed finish. HK still hasn't got that right.
Its manual of arms is a challenge to use instinctively so you need to train with it regularly. But with its squeezecocker activated slide release, you can really zip through mag reloads while others fumble around.
It is the fastest gun onto target I've ever seen or shot!
And if you care, there is a growing community of P7 enthusiasts numbering a good 500 + over on Park Cities tactical's website, HKPro, and so on.
Its not the rich boy's gun you think it is.