Gary Gordon Carbine
The most significant visual difference between the colt 723 and colt 727 is in the rear sights.
Gary gordon carbine. The 723 came out in the 1980s unless im mistaken. Gordons carbine black hawk down the delta colt 723 733 suppressed 9 hole reviews may 14 the colt model 723 and commando model 733 were transitional 80s 90s carbines that laid the groundwork for the development of what we see in general issue for the us. Gary ivan gordon 30 august 1960 3 october 1993 was a master sergeant in the united states army and a recipient of the medal of honorat the time of his death he was a non commissioned officer in the united states armys premier special operations unit the 1st special forces operational detachment delta 1sfod d or delta forcetogether with his comrade sergeant first class randy.
Master sergeant gary gordons colt model 723 was represented in the film by a guatemalan export colt m16a2 modified into a carbine configuration similar to a colt model 727. His m14 sports a camouflage paint scheme and an aimpoint compm2m68 reflex sight. Gary gordon and his car 15.
The colt 723 does not have the same upper receiver as the vietnam era xm177 carbines. M14 rifle 762x51mm nato sfc shughart fires his m14. Gary gordon and his colt carbine and randy shugart with his m 14 hold off the somalian irregulars without hope of support in a scene immortalized in the movie.
We have a discount for slate black industries mlok accessories. The xm177e1 was partially replaced by the colt 629 aka the xm177e2 in 1967. The xm177 was the colt model 610 which came out way before the colt 723 in 1966 along with the colt 609 aka the xm177e1.
And the characteristics that master sgt. We attempt to delve into the topic of the early delta force carbine and find out exactly why they were so attached to this design. The colt automatic rifle 15 military weapons system or car 15 was a family of ar 15 and m16 rifle based firearms marketed by colt in the late 1960s and early 1970s.