The P7 confuses me.
Do you have to release and squeeze between each shot or just continue squeezing?
I’ve been under the impression that you have to release/squeeze each shot.
When you pick the gun up, hold and sqeeze. This is what cocks the gun. Squeezing the it also serves as the slide release. Once you release the sqeeze cock, the firing mechanism is disengaged. So, you have to keep tension on the sqeeze cock as long as you want to keep firing.
I have one and love it.
No, you just squeeze the front strap once then it just takes a half pound of pressure to keep it down and it is just a single action semi auto at that point. I sold my M8
I have a P7M8 which I use for target shooting and carry and you do not have to depress the grip safety for each shot.
It is a very elegant system. The gun can go from “de-cocked, safety on” to “cocked, safety off” in one motion. Full ambidextrous controls. If I remember correctly, it requires 13 lbs of force to depress the lever, but once depressed, only 1 lb of force to maintain it.
Trigger pull is light and crisp, and the same for every shot.
When you set the pistol in your holster, or on the table at the range, it is immediately de-cocked and the safety applied as soon as the grip safety is released. It happens so fast that if the pistol was knocked from your hand it would probably be rendered safe before it hit the ground.
Of course, I’d shed tears since I have a certain attachment to my first handgun and spend a bit of time babying it. :)