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Hk p7m8 new jersey state police9/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It was selected along with the Sig Sauer P- 225 (P6) and the Walther P5. History and Design Helmut Welde designed the P7 pistol in the mid 1970 s as a competitor for the German police forces. I have used P7 series pistols in every available configuration at one time or another, and will hopefully be able to offer some insight gleaned from well over twenty years of use and carry of this fantastic pistol. These pistols have sparked a new interest in these guns, and legions of new owners. The event responsible for the rebirth of the P7 was the release in the United States of thousands of German police trade in service pistols that have found their way to our shores. A unique set of circumstances recently brought the P7 back. In that time I have watched the P7, and its unique squeeze cocking method of operation fall out of favor as a state of the art police service pistol to that of a weird gun with a cult like following by a small, hardcore group of gun owners. The 9mm P7 is the one gun I have always owned at least one of since I began my career till today. After receiving my identification and badge, the pistol that I placed on my belt that night was an H&K P7M13. 1 The Legendary H&K P7 The classic H&K pistol is reborn By Darryl Bolke In 1988, I graduated from the police academy and embarked on a nearly twenty-year law enforcement career in a busy agency in Southern California. ![]()
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