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On the other hand, H&K has made a LOT of P7M8s. It had been in regular production from 1979 to 2008, with additional special production runs thereafter.
Only in CA is there an issue of limitation, merely due to the Roster, but the guns are rather common; they were on the Roster for a long time before recently falling off, and a lot of people bought them; they do come up regularly for sale in CA and at CA-capable auctions. I see them come up for sale quite frequently.
It's like getting a particular kind of car and only after you buy it do you suddenly see them everywhere, merely because now it's part of your interest to be aware.
You'll still get good money for them, but it's not as if you could never get another P7M8 again. Everyone is just hanging on to them for the same reason everyone here is telling you to hang onto them, that perception of un-obtanium, only because everyone is thinking they are more rare than they really are which is a false impression created by the "Roster".
People realized how common any certain number of "rare" items really were, all stashed away and thought to be "rare" until millions of people pulled what they thought was highly valuable out of the attic to sell on Ebay, only to realize there were hundreds if not thousands of that same thing, in the same condition or better, already for sale on Ebay for pennies each.
Until that outlet came along, there were no common sources selling that "thing" in high volume for people to realize just how commonly they were held by large numbers of people.
People who once thought they had hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in a comic book collection because the local store (pre-internet) sold "rarely seen" copies of certain issues for $50.00 to $100 not only saw their own "riches" crash overnight into pennies, but that same reality shuttered a lot of comic-book shops.
So because of the Roster, because dealers can't have it as inventory unless it's consignment/PPT, because H&K stopped making it, because many owners turn it into a safe-queen like some kind of Gollum with his precious ring thinking the P7M8 is more rare than it is due to limited perspective... it seems more rare than it is.
I'm betting there are thousands to be had in CA, but everyone is hiding them away for not really knowing just how common they actually are, thinking they are an "investment".
If they were very early P7 / PSP guns or a P7M10 or P7M13, I would be more apt to say don't let them go.
Only in CA is there an issue of limitation, merely due to the Roster, but the guns are rather common; they were on the Roster for a long time before recently falling off, and a lot of people bought them; they do come up regularly for sale in CA and at CA-capable auctions. I see them come up for sale quite frequently.
It's like getting a particular kind of car and only after you buy it do you suddenly see them everywhere, merely because now it's part of your interest to be aware.
You'll still get good money for them, but it's not as if you could never get another P7M8 again. Everyone is just hanging on to them for the same reason everyone here is telling you to hang onto them, that perception of un-obtanium, only because everyone is thinking they are more rare than they really are which is a false impression created by the "Roster".
People realized how common any certain number of "rare" items really were, all stashed away and thought to be "rare" until millions of people pulled what they thought was highly valuable out of the attic to sell on Ebay, only to realize there were hundreds if not thousands of that same thing, in the same condition or better, already for sale on Ebay for pennies each.
Until that outlet came along, there were no common sources selling that "thing" in high volume for people to realize just how commonly they were held by large numbers of people.
People who once thought they had hundreds-of-thousands of dollars in a comic book collection because the local store (pre-internet) sold "rarely seen" copies of certain issues for $50.00 to $100 not only saw their own "riches" crash overnight into pennies, but that same reality shuttered a lot of comic-book shops.
So because of the Roster, because dealers can't have it as inventory unless it's consignment/PPT, because H&K stopped making it, because many owners turn it into a safe-queen like some kind of Gollum with his precious ring thinking the P7M8 is more rare than it is due to limited perspective... it seems more rare than it is.
I'm betting there are thousands to be had in CA, but everyone is hiding them away for not really knowing just how common they actually are, thinking they are an "investment".
If they were very early P7 / PSP guns or a P7M10 or P7M13, I would be more apt to say don't let them go.
Like the diamond industry....
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