{"id":422,"date":"2010-06-10T10:11:39","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T15:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/?p=422"},"modified":"2010-06-10T10:11:39","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T15:11:39","slug":"photos-from-ggi-heckler-koch-p7-m8-custom-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/photos-from-ggi-heckler-koch-p7-m8-custom-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from GGI Heckler &#038; Koch P7 M8 custom work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While catching up on our custom-gun backlog, we&#8217;ve been finishing a  number of H&amp;K P7 projects lately.  We&#8217;ve had requests to post some pics of  our current P7 work, so with your indulgence here&#8217;s a few snapshots of  an M8 that Torie and I just completed for a good and patient customer  from Ohio.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->This pistol has our beavertail conversion, 30LPI hand checkering, a bit  of magazine well beveling, action work with an over-travel stop and  modest reset reduction, Meprolight night sights, and is finished in  SuperBlack.<\/p>\n<p>As shown, these <em>can<\/em> be checkered but it&#8217;s far from easy, requiring more of a  graving style and some specialized stuff to work with.  After 35 years  of this work you wouldn&#8217;t like my hands and elbows, unless you were my orthopedic surgeon.<\/p>\n<p>Click any image to enlarge, and join the discussion on this topic <a href=\"http:\/\/sigforum.com\/eve\/forums\/a\/tpc\/f\/430601935\/m\/1600070412\" target=\"_blank\">over at SigForum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-backstrap.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-423\" title=\"p7m8-refinish-backstrap\" src=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-backstrap-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-backstrap-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-backstrap-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-backstrap-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-side.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-424\" title=\"p7m8-refinish-side\" src=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-side-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-side-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-side-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-side-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-torie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-425\" title=\"p7m8-refinish-torie\" src=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-torie-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-torie-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-torie-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/grayguns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/p7m8-refinish-torie-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While catching up on our custom-gun backlog, we&#8217;ve been finishing a number of H&amp;K P7 projects lately. 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