I’ve been wanting one of these for over a decade. I bought my P7M8 new in 2004 and I’ve been telling myself to get the fat one ever since. One thing led to another and I just never got around to it. I’ve always had luck finding cool guns locally, but somehow this one never crossed my path other than shooting my friend’s at one of the GT range days. I even had a local deal that fell through on one earlier this year. Thanks to fellow GT member, drewcog, who put me in touch with a seller local to him, I finally have a P7M13 twelve years after buying its much thinner sibling.
The HK P7 Series is my favorite from the company. I also think they’re some of the highest quality guns ever built. As mentioned above, I picked up my first P7 pistol in 2004. That was a new P7M8 back when they were still being built. Its a 2002 model. In 2007 I bought a 1992 P7M10 that I found locally. Just a few weeks ago, I bought a nice P7 from my local shop. This week, I finally got the M13, which is the P7 that I’ve wanted the most and waited the longest for. :sigh:
As many here surely know, the P7 is a striker fired, fixed barrel blowback pistol that uses a gas chamber and piston to delay or dampen the recoil. The design is very sleek and the bore axis is among the lowest of all semi auto pistols. This makes them point naturally for me and I find the P7 guns to be extremely accurate, especially for a service pistol. The design started in the mid to late 1970's for use as a sidearm for the German police. They were totally discontinued about 10 years ago, as they were simply getting too expensive to produce and the gunsmiths who built them were retiring.
This particular example is still unfired in the box and was built in 2000 (AA date code). HK was not importing the M13 at the time due to the 10 round magazine limit, so its very rare to see one of this vintage stateside. This one was privately imported and has an import mark on the bottom of the dust cover. The gun is immaculate inside and out and complete with the box, test target, manual, extra mag, and the cleaning tools. While, I think the single stack P7 variants fit the design better, the M13 is very cool and exotic. :thumbsup:
At this point, I pretty much have the entire collection of P7 pistols. I’m not overly interested in the smaller P7K3. I’d get one given the right opportunity, but I’m going to call the collection complete. I encourage anyone that’s been on the fence about one of these gems to buy one sooner than later. Prices will continue to climb, so they will never be any cheaper than they are presently.
Who has an M13? What do you think?
As always, please enjoy the pics and share your thoughts.
Thanks! :supergrin:
Here is my P7 collection...
P7, P7M8, P7M13, and P7M10
I’ve always loved this old poster. While the headline wasn’t correct even at the time, it certainly was a very nice pistol...
The HK P7 Series is my favorite from the company. I also think they’re some of the highest quality guns ever built. As mentioned above, I picked up my first P7 pistol in 2004. That was a new P7M8 back when they were still being built. Its a 2002 model. In 2007 I bought a 1992 P7M10 that I found locally. Just a few weeks ago, I bought a nice P7 from my local shop. This week, I finally got the M13, which is the P7 that I’ve wanted the most and waited the longest for. :sigh:
As many here surely know, the P7 is a striker fired, fixed barrel blowback pistol that uses a gas chamber and piston to delay or dampen the recoil. The design is very sleek and the bore axis is among the lowest of all semi auto pistols. This makes them point naturally for me and I find the P7 guns to be extremely accurate, especially for a service pistol. The design started in the mid to late 1970's for use as a sidearm for the German police. They were totally discontinued about 10 years ago, as they were simply getting too expensive to produce and the gunsmiths who built them were retiring.
This particular example is still unfired in the box and was built in 2000 (AA date code). HK was not importing the M13 at the time due to the 10 round magazine limit, so its very rare to see one of this vintage stateside. This one was privately imported and has an import mark on the bottom of the dust cover. The gun is immaculate inside and out and complete with the box, test target, manual, extra mag, and the cleaning tools. While, I think the single stack P7 variants fit the design better, the M13 is very cool and exotic. :thumbsup:
At this point, I pretty much have the entire collection of P7 pistols. I’m not overly interested in the smaller P7K3. I’d get one given the right opportunity, but I’m going to call the collection complete. I encourage anyone that’s been on the fence about one of these gems to buy one sooner than later. Prices will continue to climb, so they will never be any cheaper than they are presently.
Who has an M13? What do you think?
As always, please enjoy the pics and share your thoughts.
Thanks! :supergrin:
Here is my P7 collection...
P7, P7M8, P7M13, and P7M10
I’ve always loved this old poster. While the headline wasn’t correct even at the time, it certainly was a very nice pistol...