Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "P7A13: H&K's Entry into the US XM9 Pistol Trials" video.

  1.  @charlesadams1721  Actually the price point didn't matter at all in the P7 not having been selected in the XM9 program. The P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability and corrosion tests. The 92F was the only handgun that passed those tests. The minimum threshold had to be lowered for the SIG P226 top pass them, since the Army wanted to have at least two handguns to compete on price point.
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  2.  @markcoffman9522  Oh, please... That story again... The Beretta was simply the best gun in those trials. Like it or not.
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  3.  @randymagnum143  Please... The M9 is one of the most famous handguns in history,. the P7 is just a curiosity.
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  4. Actually the price point didn't matter at all in the P7 not having been selected in the XM9 program. The P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability tests. The 92F was the only handgun that passed those tests. The minimum threshold had to be lowered for the SIG P226 top pass them, since the Army wanted to have at least two handguns to compete on price point.
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  5.  @randymagnum143  I'm sure your opinion on the matter has the utmost importance to you, and you find your fairy tales more interesting than reality, but sadly the world doesn't share it and it's not inerested in them.
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  6. Actually the P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability tests.
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  7.  @randymagnum143  The 92F shown the longest service life of any entrants in the 1984 XM9 competition.
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  8.  @haviiithelegogunner907  What? Actually the price point didn't matter at all in the P7 not having been selected in the XM9 program. The P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared ATROCIOUSLY in the reliability tests. The 92F was the only handgun that passed those tests. The minimum threshold had to be lowered for the SIG P226, the second best, to pass them, since the Army wanted to have at least two handguns to compete on price point.
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  9.  @haviiithelegogunner907  I'm sorry to ruin the fairy tale you like to tell, but it's in an official document. The P7A13 tests had been "Terminated by the Army on September 18, 1984, for falling reliability and corrosion resistance requirements". In the 1984 trials the P7A13 had a failure every 158 rounds fired, the worst of any entrants (comparison Colt 1911 included, the second worst with a failure every 162 rounds) and a resistance to salt water corrosion of 86%, again the worst of any entrants. See NSIAD-86-122.
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  10. Infact the P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability tests.
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  11. The price point didn't matter at all in the P7 not having been selected in the XM9 program. The P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability tests.
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  12. Those guns were manufactured in Germany, and, in those years, the German Mark more than doubled its value compared to the US Dollar. However the price point didn't matter at all in the P7 not having been selected in the XM9 program. The P7A13 didn't even reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability tests.
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  13. Actually the P7A13 didn't reach the cost comparison phase of the trial. It was eliminated because it fared atrociously in the reliability tests.
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  14.  @mustafankamil1973  I don't doubt of your personal experience, but personal experiences have very low statistical significance. The tests on the P7A13 had been "Terminated by the Army on September 18, 1984, for falling reliability and corrosion resistance requirements". In the 1984 trials the P7A13 had a failure every 158 rounds fired, the worst of any entrants (comparison Colt 1911 included, the second worst with a failure every 162 rounds) and a resistance to salt water corrosion of 86%, again the worst of any entrants. See NSIAD-86-122.
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  15. Three versions of the Hi-Power were submitted to the early trials and XM9 trials. None survived the first phase of the tests.
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  16.    The FN Hi-Power BDA, one of those submitted to the XM9 program, was double action.
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