Saw a HK Mark 23 Socom in real life.

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Damn that thing is big. It's almost the size of a Desert Eagle. Too bad it's a plastic gun. God told me that plastic is a sin.
 
I don't think God lied, but I think that someone has been misinterpreting! :)

Plastic isn't a sin, it's an alternative lifestyle!
 
Big?

Its my understanding that Navy Seals used them for a while. Not because of their firepower, but because they were big enough to use as substitute paddles for those little rubber boats...
 
Saw a HK Mark 23 Socom in real life.
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To quote one of my teachers from years ago back when I was in middle school (junior high)...

"Well woo woo..."

That gun has got to be the most unwieldy, most over priced, most unnecessary creation in the history of firearms designs...
 
Sundance,

Everyone has an opinion, but according to Frogman, moderator of the Navy SEAL forum at Tactical Forums the Mk23s DO get used by the SEAL teams and are actually preferable in certain situations.

Overpriced, I won't argue with you on that one.

Unwieldy and unnecessary? If the SEALs see fit to use them, I'd tend to disagree with that.

Smaller isn't always better.

Shake
 
"That gun has got to be the most unwieldy, most over priced, most unnecessary creation in the history of firearms designs..."

Yeah, but if you collect HKs, it's a must have.
 
What do you expect? It was to fulfill a Government specification for a specific requirement for SOCOM.

Remember the old joke about a horse designed by congressional committee. Ended up looking like an elephant.

James
 
What do you expect? It was to fulfill a Government specification for a specific requirement for SOCOM.
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From what little I've been able to glean from the gunrags, that about sums it up. The thing was built around the requirements. I do like the separate decocker and safety, though. I thought the all-in-one lever on the USP was neat, until I realized that in practice you can accidentally decock from a cocked-and-locked condition if you're not careful.
 
I've had the opportunity to shoot one of these, along with an HK tactical (both were suppressed). I greatly preferred the Tactical.
 
Concerning the reason for the Desert Eagle

Some folks may not remember this, but the Desert Eagle, in it's original .357, .41, and .44 Magnum chamberings, was designed and produced for a certain sport that was popular at the time.

Anybody? Anybody? Buehler? Here's a hint: IHMSA. Yup, Handgun Metallic Silhouette, reliably knocking over the steel chickens, piggies, turkeys, and rams, while transitioning to the next target - without cocking and overpressuring the pre-Cassull revolver, working the bolt on the XP-100, or reloading the Contender/Wichita/MOA Maximum. Tada, here's a gas-operated heavy autoloading pistol, capable of OhMyGawd velocities without tearing itself apart.

Now the fellow who wants to pack a brace of Desert Eagles in shoulder holsters for personal defense, he may have his priorities a wee bit off kilter...

Not that I refused to watch "Barb Wire" due to misapplication of Desert Eagles.;)
 
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