HK MARK 23

[gsd2053]

Switzerland, the land of fine chocolate, firearms and watches.

Thanks,

I thought so but wasn't sure. They used to sell those Swiss Wool Blankets at all the Army Navy stores.

[OLIAR15]

First test at 25 meters, 20 shots without and 30 with the suppressor. Only had abt 25 mins range time after coming back from work, and there was a strong rainstorm just before I started. It was still raining a bit, cloudy and very dark despite being only 7:30 pm. Every club member had left so I had the range for myself.

Without the suppressor, the pistol points very naturally for me, and behind the sights you forget about its size. Weight is manageable too. Ok I have large hands, (and body). The gun is very comfortable to shoot, it absorbs recoil nicely, trigger is fairly light (better than my P8) and breaks cleanly. Gun was very accurate, especially considering I had never shot one.



With the suppressor, it gets very nose heavy and my first shots were a bit low. Noise reduction was good, but strangely the first shot was louder and the subsequent ones much quieter. Accuracy was still good and I think it’s the shooter that mostly opened up the groups. I’ll have to spend more time with it.



I used S&B / Sellier & Bellot 230 gr FMJ

[SteyrAUG]

For target shooting the size / weight really isn't that bad.

[flenna]

Nice find, this pistol has always intrigued me for some reason. Maybe because I remember the mystique about them when HK first released them, designed and marketed as an “offensive handgun”.

[The Dumb Gun Collector]

People love to poo poo them and every YouTuber who says "crew served handgun" looks at the screen like he is Richard Pryor. But I think part of the mystique is the knowledge that the Mk23 is probably the ultimate hard-use handgun. Other than combat in an acid-tank, the gun is basically so overbuilt it hard to see any non-manufactured scenario where the gun fails.

I would never carry one, but if I was told I was going to be dropped off at the South Pole and the world was about to be hit by an asteroid, I wouldn't mind having one in a drop-leg.

[Outlander Systems]

I bought mine to LARP as Solid Snake, and was immediately amused by the “cReW SeRvEd PiSToL” I’d heard all these years.

People love to poo poo them and every YouTuber who says "crew served handgun" looks at the screen like he is Richard Pryor. But I think part of the mystique is the knowledge that the Mk23 is probably the ultimate hard-use handgun. Other than combat in an acid-tank, the gun is basically so overbuilt it hard to see any non-manufactured scenario where the gun fails.

I would never carry one, but if I was told I was going to be dropped off at the South Pole and the world was about to be hit by an asteroid, I wouldn't mind having one in a drop-leg.

[1_click_off]

I picked one up several years ago. It is a blast to shoot with my Ghost45. This thing is almost movie quiet. Only ammo I have found that chokes it is the Magtech +p solid brass. It fails to feed and hangs up before going into battery. Bump it forward and it goes in and fires. Last round always hits the top of the head. That Magtech is hot enough to make you feel the recoil on this beast.

[CRAMBONE]

“Movie quiet”

Just thought of this. Why didn’t these have a slide lock?

[SteyrAUG]

“Movie quiet”

Just thought of this. Why didn’t these have a slide lock?

I think the first versions actually did.

[1_click_off]

From what I read the first versions had slide lock, but it was breaking internals or frame when used.