I love the P7!!!

[rauchman]

Greetings,

A couple of weeks ago, I purchased 2 P7's from SOG. This past weekend I finally got a chance to put some rounds through 1 of them. I fired a P7M8 one time, but only for about 5 rounds or so. Anyway, some things I noticed about the P7. The slide is the smallest I've ever seen on a centerfire pistol. The gun is compact, yet offers a good size grip to hang your paws on. Even though this pistol uses the European style of mag release, it's different in the sense that you release the mag by bringing your thumb inward, kind of squeezing your fingers together, instead of the way I've typically seen this setup. This would be were you use your thumb to force the release outward. Guns that come to mind that use the outward release setup, Walther P5, Ruger Mark II, etc. The trigger was pretty nice, but the reset is long. The gun is accurate. I haven't shot for a while but the first group of the day on this thing got me a 5 shot 1 1/2" group at 15 yards w/ Dynamit Nobel Geco 124 grain. The gun does heat up after a box or so of ammo. But, that's one of the reasons why I got 2 !! One thing I did notice, was that this gun has such a unique recoil signature. By this I mean the way each type of pistol has a unique recoil characteristic. Examples, the Beretta 92FS has got to be one of the smoothest recoilers. The Sig 226 feels almost silky. The Glock has a very quick feel and with the low bore axis, I know others will disagree with this, but I find it centers the recoil more in the palm. As for the P7, the recoil feels extremely fast and precise. It feels snappier, almost like a .40 light, as compared to what I typically think of a 9mm recoiling.

The guns themselves have some holster wear, and one of them had a ding in the crown of the barrel. It did not seem to affect accuracy though. Unfortunately, when I had ordered the pistols, the extra mags that SOG was carrying were depleted. Ugghhhhh.

All in all, I am VERY HAPPY. I picked the 2 pistols for the price of one brand new P7M8. These 2 pistols have jumped to the head of the line as far as favorites. The P7 series for me has always been a type of Holy Grail of pistols for me. Now to fill in the remainder of my all time favorite 9mm's with a P9s, Steyr GB, Sig 210, Walther P5 and P38, and I will be one seriously happy camper.

I'm hoping to send these 2 out for hardchroming and possibly a trigger job by Actions by T ( Teddy Jacobson). Anyway, thanks for listening to me go on forever about my proudest aquisitions for my collection.

Ken

 

[BerettaNut92]

Trigger job?

Those P7s sure are slick ain't they?

 

[mete]

Skunk, I discovered the P7 over 20 years ago ! But I guess better late than never. The trigger is one of the nicest parts of the P7 but you can polish things ( that's all you can do) to make it lighter and smoother . Mine is 3 1/2 lbs. Accuracy - 1 1/4" groups at 25 yds is easy for a P7. To most recoil is like a 380. If you're really serious get a M10 .

 

[BerettaNut92]

20 years ago I was learning to write, get along with other children and was being forced to drink milk in pre-school

 

[gvass]

hi,
buy as many P7 as you can!!!
(it is good even for investment!)

The P7 has one of the best quality steels used by the gun industry. They HAD TO use such super-materials becuase the extrem high slide-speed.

And this is the service pistol I can double-tap the quickest.
If you can hold the trigger on some "sweet point" it could go to almost some controlled full auto burst.

 

[CZF]

I admire the squeeze-cockers, but they don't seem to point like a real pistol
in my hands. Low recoil and great accuracy are also found with CZs.

 

[gvass]

hi,
according to my experiences, the squeeze-cocker on the P7 "educate" (or enforce) the shooter on correct holding the pistol.

 

[MrPink]

I really, really like the P7 - infact the P7 is one of my three most favorite handguns (P7, 1911 & S&W Centennial). That being said, I like the P7PSP the best for carry - with the heel mag catch, its flat as a pancake and no worries about the mag release catching on somthing and popping the mag.

BTW, with the PSP my reloading technique is to hit the catch and hold it briefly - the mag will eject out of the gun ala the "american" release. This equates to a slightly faster reload than the hit-the-catch-and-strip-the-mag-out technique.