>>63910754

that's not true. it's everything they claimed it is, and made it to be, and it's a marvel of craft. the army just did not need 250,000 of them. they're still what they are, which is desireable for a lot of reasons to a lot of people. as far as military handguns go, not counting executions, it's done a lot of work in a lot of different situations, because it's remarkably reliable. it really is remarkable. i can make almost any handgun malfunction in at least two or three different ways by riding the slide wrong, holding it wrong when i shoot, or something else. you really can't make a mk23 malfunction. the bullet just always finds its way in, the slide always closes, the round always ignites, it always ejects. you know how ejecting rounds and catching them is fun? on almost any handgun, how hard you reciprocate the slide determines which angle the bullet flies off at. with the mk23 *the bullet always goes the same way no matter if you rack it slow or fast*. the only other gun that has the same magic cycling qualtiy i've ever seen is a Nylon 66.