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SAWBONES · September 24, 2000, 10:30 PM

I make no claim to expertise, just 15 years' experience and lots of $$$ spent!

There are LOTS of leather-trade folks who will be glad to TRY to make you a holster for your P7M8. Many of them prove themselves to be at the Journeyman level when it comes to making a functional, comfortable, well-balanced holster for this butt-heavy, short-framed gun. I've tried 'em ALL, or at least all who were in business between 15 and about 3 years ago, since which time I've found no reason to look further, though I do keep an open mind, and try new things from time to time. (I'm aware of a number of newer makers on the scene, from Bullman to Tauris, whose work I haven't tried. I also have never had a holster from Andy Artoonian, since he won't make left-handed holsters!) There are three makers whose holster work for this gun deserves to be considered at Master level, namely:
Lou Alessi (my favorite for everything, too bad he doesn't have his own website yet, check www.alessiholsters.com for RF Hunting's distributorship)
Matt Del Fatti (http://www.delfatti.com/)
Ken Null (http://www.klnullholsters.com/)

Each of these folks can make excellently-balanced holsters for the P7 that are comfortable, concealable, and accessible. Their designs are all slightly different, including angles of cant (rake). If you know something about how and where you'd like to wear your P7, I can make further suggestions.

About sights; H&K can replace your plastic dot-cylinders with tritium capsules, or T. Mark Graham at ARS (http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/) will insert the appropriate-length Trijicon cylinders for your particular sight base (there are three different lengths). I'd recommend keeping the stock sights and replacing the plastic dots. Adjustable sights for the P7 have recently become available from MMC (http://www.mmcsight.com/), but fixed sights are best for a CCW gun, and I find H&K's particular choice of rear sight width relative to front sight width on this gun to give one of the best "combat" sight pictures available. Best.

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"Potius sero quam nunquam."

September 24, 2000, 10:30 PM	#7
SAWBONES Senior Member Join Date: March 17, 1999 Location: The third dimension Posts: 670	I make no claim to expertise, just 15 years' experience and lots of $$$ spent! There are LOTS of leather-trade folks who will be glad to TRY to make you a holster for your P7M8. Many of them prove themselves to be at the Journeyman level when it comes to making a functional, comfortable, well-balanced holster for this butt-heavy, short-framed gun. I've tried 'em ALL, or at least all who were in business between 15 and about 3 years ago, since which time I've found no reason to look further, though I do keep an open mind, and try new things from time to time. (I'm aware of a number of newer makers on the scene, from Bullman to Tauris, whose work I haven't tried. I also have never had a holster from Andy Artoonian, since he won't make left-handed holsters!) There are three makers whose holster work for this gun deserves to be considered at Master level, namely: Lou Alessi (my favorite for everything, too bad he doesn't have his own website yet, check www.alessiholsters.com for RF Hunting's distributorship) Matt Del Fatti (http://www.delfatti.com/) Ken Null (http://www.klnullholsters.com/) Each of these folks can make excellently-balanced holsters for the P7 that are comfortable, concealable, and accessible. Their designs are all slightly different, including angles of cant (rake). If you know something about how and where you'd like to wear your P7, I can make further suggestions. About sights; H&K can replace your plastic dot-cylinders with tritium capsules, or T. Mark Graham at ARS (http://www.arizonaresponsesystems.com/) will insert the appropriate-length Trijicon cylinders for your particular sight base (there are three different lengths). I'd recommend keeping the stock sights and replacing the plastic dots. Adjustable sights for the P7 have recently become available from MMC (http://www.mmcsight.com/), but fixed sights are best for a CCW gun, and I find H&K's particular choice of rear sight width relative to front sight width on this gun to give one of the best "combat" sight pictures available. Best. ------------------ "Potius sero quam nunquam."