West Coast Armory is a full service, store front, firearms shop located in Issaquah, Washington. From classic single action antique Colt revolvers & Pre 64 Lever Action Winchesters to modern semi automatic firearms, and silencers, we work hard to bring you superior products and professional gunsmith services at a fair price.
West Coast Armory is constantly working with our manufacturers and distributors to get great deals we can pass on to you the customer. Due to our convenient location in Central Issaquah our firearm and accessory inventory is constantly changing so check this page often to ensure you don't miss our next great deal!
The Heckler & Koch company began to develop a new self loading pistol with compact size and enhanced safety features in about 1971. After several years of prototyping and experiments, HK finally brought out the PSP (Polizei Selbstlade-Pistole in German, or Police Selfloading Pistol) in 1976. It was intended for a West German Police, and consequently the PSP had been adopted by several police departments, as well as Border police units as a P7. Mass production of PSP started in 1979. By the 1981 Heckler - Koch company brought up an updated version of the P7, the P7M8. P7M8 featured a magazine release, relocated from the heel of the grip to the base of the triggerguard ("American" style instead of "European" style), as well as enlarged triggerguard and a heat shield inside the triggerguard, to protect the trigger finger from hot part of the frame, which contained the retarding gas cylinder. The P7M8 was adopted by the New Jersey State Police (USA) and is still in use there. Next version was the P7M13, a high capacity derivative of P7M8, which accepted double stack magazines with 13 rounds, instead of earlier 8 rounds single stack magazines, used in P7 and P7M8. P7M13 was introduced in 1982. Last production variant of the P7 breed is the P7M10, a high capacity version chambered for more powerful .40SW cartridges, which appeared in 1991. The experimental P7M7 pistol, chambered for powerful .45ACP ammunition, with gas retarded system replaced by the artillery-like liquid oil recoil retarder, never make past prototype stages, because of excessive costs and complexity of the system.
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