H&K P7M13 HGHU - ArniesAirsoft

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Shao14

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Registered: September 2004
Posts: 306,044

Review Date: 1/9/05

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: �23.00 | Rating: 8

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Excellent finish, realistic squeeze safety and firing pin indicator, accurate for a springer
Cons:	grip creaks, a springer after all

Introduction:

The H&K P7 is one of those unique looking guns that people either love or hate, and I happen to fall in the former group. A long time ago, MGC made a GBB version of the H&K P7M13, but it was long out of production, and can only be bought from collectors at an overpriced rate nowadays. Hopefully, this review will convince the collectors on a budget that the Tokyo Marui's high grade hop up (HGHU) springer replica of the P7M13 is the next best thing for that spot on the shelf.

Build and Finish:

Visually, the TM HGHU P7M13 has an excellent matte black finish, arguably the best finish on TM's second generation springers. Especially the slide has a realistic metal-looking finish to it, but everything external is made of ABS plastic, and so the gun is fairly light. The grip has nice texture on the sides. All the trademarks are clearly and deeply engraved on both sides of the gun, the only unrealistic text is the "Made In Japan" text in place of the "Made In Germany" in small font on the left side of the slide. The sights are unpainted and unadjustable, but can be lined up easily in a well lit room, and one can paint some white dots on them himself/herself.

Don't let the short barrel on the gun fool you, the gun is not small, or at least not the grip. The grip is fatter than that on a 1911, partially because of the innovative squeeze safety mechanism, which I shall get to in the next section. While the grip, the whole gun for that matter, looks excellent, the grip does creak somewhat when pressed, which can distract the shooter from otherwise a flawless experience.

Features:

The P7 does not only look unique, but it also has a unique operation. There is a solid chunk right in front of the grip that can be squeezed into the grip, kind of like the grip safety on a 1911 except it's bigger and is in front of the grip instead of on the back. On the real steel P7, squeezing this part into the grip cocks the firing pin, and releasing the grip un-cocks the firing pin and the gun can not be fired. The gun can be carried safely with a round in the chamber. On TM's P7, the part serves simply as a trigger safety, when not squeezed in, the trigger is locked regardless of firing pin positions (firing pin is cocked by pulling the slide only), and only when squeezing the part in, can the trigger be pulled. And I shall call this part the squeeze safety from here on. With the squeeze safety released, the P7 looks out of proportion with the oversized grip combo, but the look kind of grows on you. When holding the gun properly, it is very natural to keep the squeeze safety depressed, and does not really interfere with shooting just as natural as the 1911's grip safety.

Another cool feature of P7 faithfully replicated by TM is the firing pin indicator. When the firing pin is cocked, it protrudes a bit out of the back of the slide to signal the shooter that the gun is ready to shoot (similar to that on the P99), and this works the same way on the TM P7 as can be seen in the picture above.

Performance:

Being a springer, the shooter has to rack the slide after each shot. The magazine is a full size replica, and it holds 21 rounds. The ambidextrous mag release lever is located under the trigger guard like other H&K handguns. The slide pull is short and smooth. The trigger is single action only with a short and smooth pull. Like any other TM HGHU springers, the hop up is calibrated for .25g BBs, and TM's excellent hop up rubber is evident in the accuracy of the P7. Despite the short barrel length, the P7 is quite accurate. Hitting a letter sized target at 30 feet is no problem. The power is a bit lower, however, than that of larger springers such as the TM HGHU SOCOM, but it's still comparable with other springers. The gun is not field stripable, and the take down button is an extra safety switch when pushed to the back. There is no slide lock lever, and the slide can not be locked back (in fact, I am unclear how the slide locks back and releases on the real steel P7). The ejection port is not open.

Conclusion:

In conclusion, the TM HGHU P7M13 is a must-have for P7 fans, period.

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Wingman

Registered: October 2004
Location: Massachusetts USA
Posts: 786

Review Date: 2/5/07

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 8

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Very good performance and nicely detailed
Cons:	Cannot be field stripped and creaky lower grip panels

Probably one of my favorite pistols (I owned a real steel P7M8), when I finally saw a airsoft version, I just had to get it.

The Tokyo Marui P7M13 w/hop-up is a fine springer pistol. Performance (range and accuracy) are adequate and it is very well finished and detailed.

As the slide doesnt have much gripping area (compared to your 1911's, USP's, Glocks etc.), it takes some practice to quickly cock the pistol for shots (I usually grip mine in the muzzle area). However, after a short initiation, you'll easily work out the mechanics as the slides needs only to move back approximately 1 inch to cock. The sights are quite good and you will pick them up easily. Trigger pull on mine has a nice crisp let off (just remember the grip safety!).

The pistol is very compact and is a nice change from all the 1911's, Glocks, Desert Eagles, M9's and Mk23's that you see out there.

If they made this pistol field stripable and opened the firing chamber, it would be just about perfect.

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PenGun

Registered: October 2004
Location: Dublin
Posts: 549

Review Date: 21/5/08

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: �25.00 | Rating: 9

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Compact, accurate, quite realistic for a springer!
Cons:	Slide seems brittle, also hard to rack slide

This is probably my all time favourite springer, mostly due to te fact it lacks any seams and has really nicely detailed trades.
The slide also features textured paintwork that could pass for the real finish at a distance.
The manual safety is integrated into the squeeze cocker grip and blocks the trigger, so you can leave it ready to fire without worrying about shooting yourself too easily. A neat feature is the cocking indicator which protrudes from the rear of the slide when the gun/piston is ready to fire.
For such a small gun it is also quite accurate, probably due to the fixed barrel and chunky HK sights.
The only negative points regarding the P7 are the awful looking chamber port (a silver sticker would have done wonders Marui!) and the fact that with such a slender slide profile the slide is quite slippery and thus difficult to rack quickly.
But for a cheap replica of my all-time favourite HK pistol, its superb.
So superb I sprayed it silver to become Hans Grubers personal weapon from the original Die Hard movie...
And then realised I liked it better in the black Sad

I'm hoping TM bring out a GBB version which would surely be a massive hit with airsofters!

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