The H&K P7 M13 is Coming Back? The P7 Pro at SHOT Show 2025!

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The P7 Pro P7 Slim takes the iconic HK P7M13 design to the next level while staying true to its roots. Featuring 100% parts interchangeability with the original, the P7 Slim boasts an aluminum frame, a Picatinny rail, a slimmed-down profile under an inch thick, and a featherweight 20-ounce build. This is the modern P7 enthusiasts have been waiting for! Check out this faithful yet innovative take on one of HK's most beloved designs at SHOT Show 2025.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vtVMiHfacc
 
I am trying to figure out that grip. Is that like a grip safety but on the front? Doesn't that require gripping and adjusting your grip to get it to feel right?
 
I watched the video but didn't understand - is HK making these again, and mechanically it's the same just a lighter frame and different grip?

I love Die Hard and the gun was way ahead of its time, but I don't see the appeal these days.
 
Agnotology said:
I am trying to figure out that grip. Is that like a grip safety but on the front? Doesn't that require gripping and adjusting your grip to get it to feel right?
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It does somewhat function as a grip safety but wait, there's more...
Think of it like a Glock except where instead of the trigger cocking the striker, the pivoting front of the grip does it and then also acts as a decocker.
Also utilizes a gas piston operated slide, enabling the barrel to be fixed to the frame.
 
Something about an aluminum frame on these guns doesn't seem right.

The P7s earned their reputation because of their design and their quality. Removing the quality from the equation makes it hard to justify charging prices approaching what you might be able to find an original on the used market for. I hope they figure it out and really can sell a modernized P7 that's as well built and reliable as the originals but wait and see I guess.
 
not new guy said:
Something about an aluminum frame on these guns doesn't seem right.

The P7s earned their reputation because of their design and their quality. Removing the quality from the equation makes it hard to justify charging prices approaching what you might be able to find an original on the used market for. I hope they figure it out and really can sell a modernized P7 that's as well built and reliable as the originals but wait and see I guess.
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He makes steel ones, too.
 
not new guy said:
Something about an aluminum frame on these guns doesn't seem right.

The P7s earned their reputation because of their design and their quality. Removing the quality from the equation makes it hard to justify charging prices approaching what you might be able to find an original on the used market for. I hope they figure it out and really can sell a modernized P7 that's as well built and reliable as the originals but wait and see I guess.
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The focus was to resurrect a P7 but modernize it and make it more viable for carry, making it slimmer and lighter than the P7M8/M13 but still as soft and flat shooting. The P7 is pretty heavy loaded. That said, I don’t have any time behind one of these. I don’t know if I’d want to carry this or not.
 
Tartakovsky said:
The focus was to resurrect a P7 but modernize it and make it more viable for carry, making it slimmer and lighter than the P7M8/M13 but still as soft and flat shooting. The P7 is pretty heavy loaded. That said, I don’t have any time behind one of these. I don’t know if I’d want to carry this or not.
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I’d love to have a P7M13 Slim with a red dot, after they fix reliability and if the price comes down. I’m certainly not a buyer at $3k+.
 
With HK now building some guns in the U.S. to get around stupid import/export rules from both countries, there is a possibility of real P7s coming back in some form. But we probably won’t know until like 8 years after they start prototyping.
 
PappyM3 said:
With HK now building some guns in the U.S. to get around stupid import/export rules from both countries, there is a possibility of real P7s coming back in some form. But we probably won’t know until like 8 years after they start prototyping.
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HK is not going to start manufacturing the P7 again.
 
Have wanted a P7 since reading my first Sandford "Prey" novel over 25 years ago !! Had several opportunities to pick one up over the years but they are just too big for my girlish little hands !!! 😁
 
M1911 said:
HK is not going to start manufacturing the P7 again.
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I mean, the new U.S. plant is to cater to U.S. customers. They’ve mentioned with this new plant they’re open to things that is shown interest.

It would have to be done with new manufacturing techniques because they didn’t save any tooling aside from mags. But with modern manufacturing it wouldn’t be too hard to spin up a new version. Hell, that P7pro guy did it and he’s a tiny shop.

It doesn’t matter to me one way or another. I don’t think anybody should get their hopes up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they went through with it either.
 
PappyM3 said:
I mean, the new U.S. plant is to cater to U.S. customers. They’ve mentioned with this new plant they’re open to things that is shown interest.

It would have to be done with new manufacturing techniques because they didn’t save any tooling aside from mags. But with modern manufacturing it wouldn’t be too hard to spin up a new version. Hell, that P7pro guy did it and he’s a tiny shop.

It doesn’t matter to me one way or another. I don’t think anybody should get their hopes up, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they went through with it either.
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They are just not going to do it. The market is too small. They will put those engineering and manufacturing resources into building a gun that will sell hundreds of thousands of units, not to a boutique gun that will sell a couple thousand units per year.
 
M1911 said:
I’d love to have a P7M13 Slim with a red dot, after they fix reliability and if the price comes down. I’m certainly not a buyer at $3k+.
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And 3k is being pitched as introductory pricing (for beta testers, effectively). Who knows what it will cost when the dust settles.

Still though, I wish them all the best in getting this thing dialed in.
 
M1911 said:
HK is not going to start manufacturing the P7 again.
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I believe the question has been put to HK directly and it was essentially laughed off as never happening. I may be making this up but I believe the story is that the original mfg equipment had reached the end of its useful life and is long gone.
 
not new guy said:
I believe the question has been put to HK directly and it was essentially laughed off as never happening. I may be making this up but I believe the story is that the original mfg equipment had reached the end of its useful life and is long gone.
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If I understood what the HK Pro guy said is that HK still has the tooling for the P7 magazines but no other tooling.
 

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