(Note: this thread is just for newbies and people that love guns. HK snobs and know-it-alls, please give us all a break and go somewhere else. The warning is a bit heavy handed, I admit, but I've used them before on my picture threads and they seem to help 
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Recently I picked up this amazing NIB PSP from 1980 ("IA" date code). It is hard to believe that treasures like this are still out there in Canada:
I've seen many discussions on here over the years about the difference between the PSP and P7M8. Now I have the opportunity to show some of the basic differences in pictures. This is a comparison with my 1989 ("IK" date code) P7M8:
You can also see that the firing pin take-down mechanism is slightly different, and that the P7M8 grip appears to be a little longer - if only just in terms of the lanyard loop:
This angle gives you a good view of the difference in the heel of the gun. Note also the different triggers guards at this angle, and that the grip panels are not the same:
The trigger guard looks alot bigger on the P7M8, but if you set them one on top of another you see that is not all that different:
When you look at the mags from this side, they look the same, except that one is marked "P7" and the other "P7M8":
But when you flip them over you will see that the P7M8 mag has a mag catch on the front right side, and PSP has a mag catch on the back:
Internally they are just about the spitting image of one another:
If we look from this angle though, we can see the mag catch on the P7M8 (right) under the ramp, and also an area at the rear of the gun is hollowed out in a circle shape (for weight I assume):
Some stripped down PSP shots of a PSP I used to own:
My HK family:
This sort of shows you how small the P7s feel in the hand compared to the USP/P2000 design, and how much lower the barrel sits in your hand:
With some GLOCK 19s:
The GLOCKs are a little closer on the "sit low in the hand"/bore axis issue:
With some SIGs (228 and 239):
)Recently I picked up this amazing NIB PSP from 1980 ("IA" date code). It is hard to believe that treasures like this are still out there in Canada:
I've seen many discussions on here over the years about the difference between the PSP and P7M8. Now I have the opportunity to show some of the basic differences in pictures. This is a comparison with my 1989 ("IK" date code) P7M8:
You can also see that the firing pin take-down mechanism is slightly different, and that the P7M8 grip appears to be a little longer - if only just in terms of the lanyard loop:
This angle gives you a good view of the difference in the heel of the gun. Note also the different triggers guards at this angle, and that the grip panels are not the same:
The trigger guard looks alot bigger on the P7M8, but if you set them one on top of another you see that is not all that different:
When you look at the mags from this side, they look the same, except that one is marked "P7" and the other "P7M8":
But when you flip them over you will see that the P7M8 mag has a mag catch on the front right side, and PSP has a mag catch on the back:
Internally they are just about the spitting image of one another:
If we look from this angle though, we can see the mag catch on the P7M8 (right) under the ramp, and also an area at the rear of the gun is hollowed out in a circle shape (for weight I assume):
Some stripped down PSP shots of a PSP I used to own:
My HK family:
This sort of shows you how small the P7s feel in the hand compared to the USP/P2000 design, and how much lower the barrel sits in your hand:
With some GLOCK 19s:
The GLOCKs are a little closer on the "sit low in the hand"/bore axis issue:
With some SIGs (228 and 239):
