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You folks?

I just shot one of the dang things, I shot a Glock too but that doesn't make me a Glock guy either.

Look here we have one guy saying they can go off by simply reholstering and you saying you can't quite squeeze it all the way.

Be thankful Gaston came to your rescue.

No sensitivity, but when you state that the front strap is "always exerting pressure (around 15 pounds of pressure) to return to the uncocked position", it outs you as having little to no first hand experience with the P7. Fact is it takes less than 2 pounds to keep the front strap in the firing position. (It's the magic of mechanical advantage, kinda like a compound bow) If you "came to the conclusion that the chance of that thing unintentionally decocking because of a compromised hand was just too great to ever think of carrying one" then you should also leave your Glock at home, you'd never be able to pull a Glock trigger in that circumstance.

The 15# and 2# matches my understanding, but I never measured anything about them.

When you get comments on how hard it is to hold when you ar bleeding vs how easy it is to hold that you get shot when holstering the gun just shows how the most information seems to come from people who know the least...

Given all the stuff available today, I really can't think of a single reason to warrant needing to carry a P7 other than pure nostalgia.

MM

This.

I’m sure you would say the same about a 30-30...

You can think whatever you want.

But I can tell you that I do still have a 32 Win.............................

Didn't say the P7 didn't work; just said there's no reason to warrant carrying one, given the other choices today....................unless you just have a special spot for it in your heart, & there's nothing wrong with that.

But, it has no intrinsic magic & it surely is not "better" in a single way that I can think of.

MM

The reason they were adopted world wide is the safety aspect. If your not squeezing the grip it ain’t cocked and it’s not going to fire.
When you cock the pistol it has a very lite trigger pull, that along with the fixed barrel make them very accurate. The gas piston also reduces recoil.
The cost of manufacturing was the reason they were discontinued. Only downside is it’s a single stack, low capacity pistol. Hasbeen

say the same thing about a 1911 and you're a hater...

I'm of the same opinion, although I've only owned two of them. I'd heard so much hype about how great they were, I bought one blued and one hard chromed (much like the picture above). They were nice guns, but the hype turned out to be mostly that IMO. Accuracy of either gun, while decent, wasn't all that special and not better than most modern semi-autos, and the "wonderful trigger" some go on about was just kind of blah; not heavy but they had plenty of creep with no good way to eliminate it. Lots of sheet metal parts in those guns too.

I also noticed the velocity they delivered was pretty mediocre; both of my examples were noticeably slower with the same ammo than a subcompact G26. Between that, the weight, and the limited capacity, they're still a cool nostalgia gun but far from my first choice for any time I might need a pistol.

For looks though, I sure do like the form and proportions of the P7, and they always felt good in my hand.

For the most part, I like metal guns better than plastic. And the P7 is one cool shootin iron. But I like Berettas and old Smiths and Walthers and Colts and K9’s too.

Plasti-guns lack a certain je ne sais quoi, even if they’re a reliable tool.

I like old(er) guns as well, hell, I just plain like guns.

Some I like more & have more use for than others & there's nothing wrong with nostalgia either..........just recognize it for what it is.

MM

I got a P7 that I would sell for $1500.

In the world I live in here, a LOT of guns change hands. However, you rarely if ever see one of these come up for sale. I have only heard of 2 in the last couple years. One I saw personally at LGS that was pretty scratched up, but still priced at $1500 and I believe sold on Gunbroker. The other was a nice one I heard about from a pawn shop owner I bought a nice old Smith Combat Masterpiece from who bought ir for $700 and quickly turned it around for ~ $1500. He would probablly get more for it now.

I had one for a while but didn't love it as much as I'd thought I would.

Amazing triggers.

I've used a P7 PSP for CCW for a number of years, because it fits my hand better and points more naturally for me than anything else around. Yes, it is heavy for its capacity, the trigger can get hot if you shoot a lot of rounds quickly, it has a unique manual of arms. But, I can close my eyes, point it at something, open my eyes and the sights are right on. Your mileage may vary. And when I bought it I got it with 7 magazines for around $750.