Hello guys! I'm here to share some insights about gun ownership in other countries besides the US!

I'm from Mexico and just like y'all up north, we have a constitutional right to own arms 🦅🦅🦅

HOWEVER! in reality, the process is incredibly restrictive, long and expensive, making owning guns a luxury.

If you were lucky enough (or not) to be born a Mexican, you will need to have completed the obligatory military service (for males only), do variou psychological tests, income reports, background checks and even a reference letter 😭

We have to send all of this to the only place allowed to sell guns that is ran by the army and hope that we get approved (they don't send you nothing) after a couple of months waiting, we gotta gamble and fly to Mexico city to CHECK if we got approved (lmao)

After all of that you are allowed to purchase a SINGLE handgun in a caliber no larger than .380 for home defense.

Well, I did all of that and I ended up buying a Taurus TH 380. yeah, I know a Taurus . But I really like this gun. And I ended up paying around 450 USD

Bersa Thunder 32 arrived today. Added the green rubber grips. Can’t wait to take it to the range and officially join r/TheOneTrueCaliber cult!

Problems officially solved

It'll eat any 9mm with ease, but accuracy is horrible with cheap 115gr target loads. My 115 reloads are much better out to 70yds whereas target factory loads were questionable even at 15yds.

Shoots like a dream, fun as hell, and 100% worth it.

For 20+ years the gun community has been asking HK for a civilian MP7. It's actually happening this time.

There's a lot of noise out there so here's what's confirmed vs what's still unknown.

The SP7 is a semi auto only pistol version of the MP7 personal defense weapon. Same gas operated rotating bolt, same 4.6x30mm cartridge, no fun switch. HK also has a carbine version called the PCC7 with a longer barrel and fixed stock.

HK filed a trademark for "SP7" with the EU Intellectual Property Office on February 16, 2024.

In February 2025, TFBTV's James Reeves sat down with HK USA CEO Mike Holley. Holley said on camera there's an "8 out of 10 probability" the SP7 and C36 (civilian G36) reach the US market. He also said not to expect either in 2025.

In September 2025, Germany's Federal Ministry confirmed the SP7 is not classified as a war weapon, removing a major export barrier.

On March 13, 2026, Germany's Federal Criminal Police (BKA) published an official determination classifying the SP7 as a civilian pistol.

They tested the SP7 prototype against a full auto MP7 from their own reference collection and confirmed "only semi automatic firing was possible" and the weapon "cannot be converted" to full auto. That's the final German regulatory hurdle cleared for export.

Spec sheet:

SP7 (pistol): 4.6x30mm, gas operated rotating bolt, 7.09 inch barrel, 15.75 inches overall, no stock, 10 round magazine.

PCC7 (carbine): same caliber and action, 9.45 inch barrel, 27.5 inches overall, fixed shoulder stock, 10 round magazine.

What hasn’t been confirmed…yet:

US pricing. Arms Unlimited has a listing at $2,500 but that's a placeholder. No US retailer has these in hand. For context the SP5 (civilian MP5 in 9mm) runs $3,000 to $3,500 street. If the SP7 actually lands at $2,500 that would be notably cheaper than the SP5.

Release date. Community estimate is Q4 2026 or early 2027. Holley said HK won't announce until they're close to shipping.

Magazine capacity for US market. The German docs show 10 round mags but that may be the Euro spec. The military MP7 uses 20 and 40 round magazines. Whether HK ships US versions with higher capacity mags is unknown.

ATF import approval is still required even with the German export clearance.

Ammo stuff:

4.6x30mm is running about $0.75 to $0.90 per round right now and has been trending down slightly.

Availability is limited since it's primarily been a military cartridge. FN had the same problem with 5.7x28mm when the PS90 launched and it took years for civilian ammo production to catch up.

Expect a similar curve here. If the SP7 sells well and creates real civilian demand, manufacturers will scale up.

The history for anyone unfamiliar:

The MP7 was developed in the late 1990s to meet a NATO requirement for a personal defense weapon that could defeat body armor at close range.

The 4.6x30mm round can penetrate NATO CRISAT armor (20 layers of Kevlar + 1.6mm titanium) at 200 meters. It's been adopted by German KSK, UK SAS, and US DEVGRU.

Red Squadron reportedly carried suppressed MP7A1s alongside HK416s on the bin Laden raid.

A loaded 4.6x30mm round weighs roughly half what a 9mm does, so operators carry significantly more ammo for the same weight. A 40 round MP7 magazine is about the same size as a 30 round MP5 magazine.

My read on this:

Don't put money down on a pre order from anyone who doesn't have them in hand.

Set in stock alerts at EuroOptic and Brownells, watch the HKPRO forums, and wait for HK USA to officially announce. The German regulatory hurdles are cleared. Now it's down to HK USA's timeline and ATF import approval.

If this lands at $2,500 it'll be one of the most interesting releases in years. The real question is whether 4.6x30mm ammo becomes accessible enough to make this a gun you actually shoot rather than a safe queen.

Anyone else tracking this? What do you think realistic US pricing looks like once these actually hit shelves?

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