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Are you happy with hard chrome. I have a m8 in excellent shape with the grind mark. I've been thing of having this repaired but not sure of who to sent it to. What's a ball park figure of cost. Hasbeen

I had a couple of these, one was hard chromed and looked just like tmitch's picture above. I liked that finish, it looked good and was pretty durable, much better than most other coatings or platings. That said, something like NP3 would be slicker and also look good.

Not being in a position to keep extra guns in the safe, I sold both my P7M8 pistols because I was looking for better carry guns. Sorta apples to oranges if you're a collector, but I settled on the Glock 19 after these P7's. Size is about the same, weight is a lot less, with twice as many rounds, and better ballistics by a significant amount. Accuracy of the P7's was good, but no better than the G19 or a good 1911 in my experience. I guess my point being that the P7 is really unique and cool, but a lot of the hype is more legend than fact.

I'm very happy with the work Fords Custom Gun Refinishing did, but it wasn't cheap. I had mine done in 2010 and cost was $210 for the hard chrome and another $200 to smooth out and re-engrave the slide. Would probably be a bit more today. A friend had his P7PSP done in Robars NP3 and it's nice, very slick/slippery, but it's softer and shows scuffs and rubs easier. At the time, Fords were the only ones I found that would do the grind mark removal and re-engrave.

Pretty much sums it up. Love the gun but not at today's prices, glad I got one early. At the range you definitely need something you can shoot while the P7 cools down.

I use a TT gunleather IMB Mike's special that drops the pistol down pretty low in the waist band, it helps with the heavy handle flopping around.

The biggest drawback to the gun IMHO is it's weight to capacity ratio. It may be sacrilege to suggest but I'd love a P7 with a polymer or aluminum frame.

Don Hume offers several holster designs also. I carry mine in their H721.

I've got a PSP and an M8. I had a M13, but foolishly sold it. The PSP is my favorite.

Mine is hard chrome and has been trouble free in years of use. I have shot it plenty and fired the IDPA courses of fire and not had heating issues others have mentioned. The heat shield is on the M series of pistols that didn't exist on the PSP.

I had an M13 that had been Birdsonged, but preferred the hard chrome and kept it...

The PSP does get warm shooting. I guess the West German Police didn't shoot long strings very often.