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<blockquote data-quote="Festy_Dog" data-source="post: 948848" data-attributes="member: 2561">&quot;My pleasure,&quot; Festy replies.&quot;The SOCOM (Special Operations COMmand, name adopted from who it was made for, official name is the Mark 23 Mod 0), which some would already know from Metal Gear Solid and its sequel, is part of the HK USP series and was made back in 1991 (same year as the .50 Action Express round was made for the Desert Eagle) which happened to be after the first game Solid Snake was featured in (Metal Gear was made in the late 80's, dunno what console it was for). The reason for its creation was a request by the US government for an 'offensive' pistol, seeing as most military sidearms are purely made as a secondary weapon for self-defense. A large contract was on the line and Heckler &amp; Koch and Colt were competeing for it. No doubt HK came out on top with the SOCOM. Its about the size of a Desert Eagle (ie. big) and has a clip of twelve .45 ACP rounds. The suppressor works remarkebly, wet or dry, though better when wet. There is also the chunky setup in front of the trigger group, its composed of a flashlight, a visible red dot laser, and an infra-red laser (for when using IR goggles obviously). I mentioned a while ago how the older models of the SOCOM had a slide-lock function, anyone who's played 'Medal of Honour: Allied Assault' would have come into contact with with a slide locked pistol, the Hi-Standard Silenced. How slide locking works is that it makes the gun quieter by directing all the force out through the barrel and thus the suppressor (a suppressor ensures a bullet doesn't exceed the speed of sound, preventing the 'bang'), when the slide isn't locked there's the sound of the slide to take into consideration and sound that escapes through the ejection port. The slide then has to be manually operated, which allows the user to collect the spent shell easily afterwards for that extra bit of stealth. The pistol is normally semi-auto though and slide-lock is just a 'mode' you could put the gun into. I think thats about it,&quot; Festy says, and takes a breath.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Festy_Dog, post: 948848, member: 2561"] "My pleasure," Festy replies. "The SOCOM (Special Operations COMmand, name adopted from who it was made for, official name is the Mark 23 Mod 0), which some would already know from Metal Gear Solid and its sequel, is part of the HK USP series and was made back in 1991 (same year as the .50 Action Express round was made for the Desert Eagle) which happened to be after the first game Solid Snake was featured in (Metal Gear was made in the late 80's, dunno what console it was for). The reason for its creation was a request by the US government for an 'offensive' pistol, seeing as most military sidearms are purely made as a secondary weapon for self-defense. A large contract was on the line and Heckler & Koch and Colt were competeing for it. No doubt HK came out on top with the SOCOM. Its about the size of a Desert Eagle (ie. big) and has a clip of twelve .45 ACP rounds. The suppressor works remarkebly, wet or dry, though better when wet. There is also the chunky setup in front of the trigger group, its composed of a flashlight, a visible red dot laser, and an infra-red laser (for when using IR goggles obviously). I mentioned a while ago how the older models of the SOCOM had a slide-lock function, anyone who's played 'Medal of Honour: Allied Assault' would have come into contact with with a slide locked pistol, the Hi-Standard Silenced. How slide locking works is that it makes the gun quieter by directing all the force out through the barrel and thus the suppressor (a suppressor ensures a bullet doesn't exceed the speed of sound, preventing the 'bang'), when the slide isn't locked there's the sound of the slide to take into consideration and sound that escapes through the ejection port. The slide then has to be manually operated, which allows the user to collect the spent shell easily afterwards for that extra bit of stealth. The pistol is normally semi-auto though and slide-lock is just a 'mode' you could put the gun into. I think thats about it," Festy says, and takes a breath. [/QUOTE]

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