After my recent P7M8 purchase many members here told me to send it off to get inspected... yet nearly no one said why. Seems like many people are afraid to touch the internals of the P7.
So I broke down/cleaned/inspected the internals of my M8. Although its not as easy to break down as some modern guns, it's not that bad; looks worse than it is. To me it was similar to striping down a 1911 to bare frame, perhaps a little more difficult.
There was no rust or build up of burnt powder, carbon etc in mine. (Mine is a 2005 and the original/previous owner carried it much more than he shot it), I wiped the oil in there off and put a light coat back on and put it all back together. As usual used the scraper in the cylinder (make sure you are turning it clockwise as the instructions say) and checked it with a bore light. Doesn't need to be squeaky clean and bright... its a piston cylinder its always going to get dirty; just like the insides of a user serviceable suppressor.
M13 should be the same.The heat shield snaps in and out of place, no glue. however I did not remove it in fear that the plastic may be brittle from heat.
Detail takedown instructions of the frame link to a detailed P7 Takedown
Below are the instructions I used, and the pictures of mine taken down and the tools used.
So I broke down/cleaned/inspected the internals of my M8. Although its not as easy to break down as some modern guns, it's not that bad; looks worse than it is. To me it was similar to striping down a 1911 to bare frame, perhaps a little more difficult.
There was no rust or build up of burnt powder, carbon etc in mine. (Mine is a 2005 and the original/previous owner carried it much more than he shot it), I wiped the oil in there off and put a light coat back on and put it all back together. As usual used the scraper in the cylinder (make sure you are turning it clockwise as the instructions say) and checked it with a bore light. Doesn't need to be squeaky clean and bright... its a piston cylinder its always going to get dirty; just like the insides of a user serviceable suppressor.
M13 should be the same.The heat shield snaps in and out of place, no glue. however I did not remove it in fear that the plastic may be brittle from heat.
Detail takedown instructions of the frame link to a detailed P7 Takedown
Below are the instructions I used, and the pictures of mine taken down and the tools used.
