![]() The backstrap is also lightly textured, which I note mainly because it’s not a standard texture you see every day on a steel gun. Likely the most notable feature of the P7, and the one that earned it nicknames having to do with staple guns, the P7’s striker is only cocked when the textured steel cocking lever on the front strap of the grip is depressed - i.e. ![]() ![]() In no particular order, here are the features I know of that set it apart from other pistols…or did in 1976 when it was designed.ĭisclaimer: I’m not a historian and I’m writing from memory as I lack the time to research anything at the moment, so please consider everything you see below as though it has an asterisk reading “as far as I know” following it. H&K’s P7 may or may not be one of those things where the end result is “more than the sum of its parts,” but its parts alone are pretty darn impressive. ![]() Every last detail and feature was designed to make it more effective in a gunfight. The P7 is elegant, classy, and civilized, but also highly efficient and effective. Add a set of Nill grips and fuhgeddaboudit. Functionally it’s a great spy gun, but it’s also the pistol I would pick above any other to pair nicely with a tuxedo and a high-end timepiece. The P7 is what 007 should have been carrying since it was first made in 1979.
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