P7 Police Trade-Ins???
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My one police trade in P7 was excellent condition barely used internals and a little bit of high surface wear on the outside. Excellent shooter.
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No positive at all.
The negative is, it will make you buy a P7M8 down the road, thus making you spend more $$$$$$.
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People think that the P7 is a fragile little pistol that can break easily . That's not true at all , it's an HK . It does have to be kept clean . These great little shooters are like Seagulls , they **** while they are eating / shooting . Keep your piston & chamber clean , along with the rest of the gun , and they'll go and go . I have a compressor and that works just fine between range trips . About every 1K rounds I'll disassemble the whole gun and lightly lubricate after cleaning .
It's amazing how fast the P7 will shoot. Put one in the chamber and a full 8 round mag and see how fast you can dump it . Under a second is not a problem if you're focused . I don't baby my 2 shooters . I shoot'em like I ain't got a dime in 'em . Arguably , the P7 is the best shooting pistol HK has ever made .
It's amazing how fast the P7 will shoot. Put one in the chamber and a full 8 round mag and see how fast you can dump it . Under a second is not a problem if you're focused . I don't baby my 2 shooters . I shoot'em like I ain't got a dime in 'em . Arguably , the P7 is the best shooting pistol HK has ever made .
Police trade ins:
1. Worth less
2. Still worth a lot
3. As said earlier-often rougher on the outside but pretty low mileage inside.
4. Sometimes have markings ground from the weapon which sure doesn’t help value.
5. As much fun and all of the shooting experience of the non trade ins. For a lot of people their only opportunity to get a P7. Plus people who bought one when they were brought in will be glad to tell you how little they paid for it back then...whether you care or not. Lol.
To me they shoot great. Even if you aren’t getting it to carry, with so many extremely capable, higher capacity striker fired polymer guns out there...sometimes it’s just fun to shoot something different. Different it is.
1. Worth less
2. Still worth a lot
3. As said earlier-often rougher on the outside but pretty low mileage inside.
4. Sometimes have markings ground from the weapon which sure doesn’t help value.
5. As much fun and all of the shooting experience of the non trade ins. For a lot of people their only opportunity to get a P7. Plus people who bought one when they were brought in will be glad to tell you how little they paid for it back then...whether you care or not. Lol.
To me they shoot great. Even if you aren’t getting it to carry, with so many extremely capable, higher capacity striker fired polymer guns out there...sometimes it’s just fun to shoot something different. Different it is.
Well, it looks like I will be buying 2. A standard P7 to shoot and an M8...just because. Flippin H&K's, they're too darn addictive. Lol Thanks, John.
They are addictive..and you wouldn’t be the only one with that plan! As far as the shooting experience and differences between the two..IMO..the only perceptible difference is how you change the mag. You can have plenty of fun with the trade in. I am huge on the engineering and really like the the M8/M13 but that “heat shield” on the M8...isn’t. I’m not saying they are too hot to shoot etc. Definitely not saying don’t get an M8 if you have the means, just saying that aside from the mag release, I can’t tell the difference when shooting them. Then again some no doubt more experienced people claim they can tell that the polymer used in one HK ”just feels cheaper somehow” (not kidding...it was a thing)..I’m sure they could tell the difference. Maybe not on a target or a shot timer but I’m sure they would know. lol.
Whatever you decide, if you get any P7 trade in or other, I think you will not regret it. And there are M8 trade ins out there too just less common. 👍
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Buy it, send it to James Williamson at TT the best HK armor in the US for a tune up and enjoy shooting it and then pass it down to your son or daughter if you have one.
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where can you buy these now?
Gunbroker. They have been selling cheaper than non trade-in guns.
That's the first time I heard anyone say that M8's run hotter than M13's. I thought they were the same except for grip thickness.
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I don't think that's what he meant . He just didn't mention the M13 specifically .
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i dont really see any, and i'm not buying anything off gunbroker
Crash is correct, I was comparing single stack to single stack. The M13 heats up just as much but no worse. My point is in my experience they all heat up the same, heat shield or not IF it’s the same caliber and same number of rounds/cadence thru each.
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I've recently bought 2 P7M8's off gunbroker and they were better than described.
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