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Mk23 SOCOM

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Heckler & Koch Mk23 SOCOM, a .45 caliber pistol, with LAM and silencer. Used in Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Soild: Twin Snakes.

About this creation

This is a Heckler & Koch Mk23 "SOCOM" (or USSOCOM), a .45-caliber handgun.

Many may recognize this gun from its use in the game Metal Gear Solid and Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes (Playstation and Gamecube respectively). I mention this because it was a MGS-fanboy friend of mine that challenged me to make one. In the games, an attached LAM (laser aiming module) and silencer lent the SOCOM its familiar shape in the item window, and I have included an attachable LAM and silencer on this model.

Click here for a few reference pictures.

The diagonal orientation of normal Legos to make the grip is what gives the rest of the gun its shape, and also allows for an actual fillable magazine to enter. However, this creates a design flaw that makes a gaping hole in the side of the gun, so I covered it with a single panel.

I tried to get the slide to slide back normally in many ways, including springs, bands, and magnets. There is simply not enough room left for these methods to allow the slide to move back fully!

Features:

-Moving slide: Must be moved both ways manually. Assists the bullet in ejection.

-Bullet: The ejection slot is large enough to conceal a "spent cartridge" until the slide is pulled back, after which the casing is ejected.

-Magazine: Almost full size. Fillable with (albeit miniaturized) ammo. Ammo chamber can be replaced with a Lego weight for a more balanced feel.

-Silencer: Connects to outer barrel, actually has a barrel hole.

-LAM: Attachable "laser" with on/off flip switch and "indicator light" on right side, and adjustment knobs on the left side.

-Light Module: Another known Mk23 accessory. A black box with a reflective lens. On/off button and indicators on right side.

-Trigger and hammer: They move. Originally, I had it set up so that when you pulled the trigger, the hammer would come up. I scrapped that in favor of the ejecting bullet.

If anyone would like instructions, I will be happy to make them (however, be forewarned that a few special pieces are needed to make the entire gun!), but they may take a while to make, as many steps are taken to make it.

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The SOCOM with all attachments and accessories: The LAM, light, silencer, spent bullet, and magazine.

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The SOCOM with all accessories taken off and out.

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The SOCOM, sans-silencer.

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SOCOM sans-silencer, left side.

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SOCOM with LAM attached.

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SOCOM with light attached.

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SOCOM with accessory tension gear (not removable and not functional). The most normal SOCOM.

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Normal SOCOM with the slide back, exposing spent cartridge and more of the barrel.

Slide back, no bullet.

Normal SOCOM, left side.

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Ready-to-fire SOCOM.

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SOCOM, bullet in mid-ejection.

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Shhh! She's sleeping...

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Gregory Andrews

February 10, 2012

This is a nice clean replica. Excellent job. If you've made instructions I would love a set; andrews.greg@gmail.com Thank you.

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tyber pettie

December 18, 2011

instructions please and thank you my e-mail is tybertpettie@aol.com and again thank you

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Perfect Lego

February 28, 2010

Nice gun! How long did that take to make? Please post instructions!

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saxon white

February 11, 2010

Whoa! thats awsome. you gotta send me the instructions! My email is sax-o-phone@hotmail.com

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xcal 13

December 12, 2009

would love instructions

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Conor McCarthy

October 11, 2009

seen it on flikr or something and i searched metal gear solid gun list and then i saw hand guns(clicked it) saw this type and searched on Google and i saw yours! instructions: conormccar@ Hotmail.com .longest comment by me!

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that guy

July 9, 2009

great job, can you send instructions to thatguy@surfthewebfree.net

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Simron B

May 17, 2009

u said u were gonna make instructions? what happened?

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TCC !

April 21, 2009

lol, this is great! (you forget that Raiden uses a socom in MGS 2:sons of liberty though...)

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C. Nile DeMecha

December 31, 2008

that is simply incredible

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juan elias

November 26, 2008

please post instructions i would like to make it i would give all the credit to you

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Jack smith

July 16, 2008

Thats amazing cool

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Lego Monster

June 28, 2008

awesome. are you ever gonna make instructions?

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patrick andersson

December 26, 2007

it's realy cool and good i love it pleae email instruction when they ae finished

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Justin Wally

November 16, 2007

this is ausome, could you e-mail me the instructions.

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Chris Trosclair

October 6, 2007

AWSOME! You should try to make a lego gun that really fires! (not hard enough to kill anyone, of course!)

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Jackson F.

June 11, 2007

This is excellent!I'd like instructions for this,please.My e-mail address is bforaker@bellsouth.net.Please respond!

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Lee Jones

June 9, 2007

Likely the best Lego gun I have seen - beautiful job. Lee.

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[FOXKUPO] []

May 15, 2007

One of the best functional gun mocs i've ever seen, besides lawrence fetter's HK G36 AR, which can eject shells!!! To the gun, nice. Love the functionality, and tactical attachments, such as the LAM and SOCOM silencer, a working slide is also a great bonus, i'd be nice if you made more :)

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Mike Morse

May 4, 2007

i want instructions!!!

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Will M.

April 15, 2007

This is quite cool. I like how it ejects a casing. This is one of the better guns I've seen on MOCpages.

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John Fink

April 3, 2007

Pretty impressive build. I'd like to see what you can do with a machine gun. I like how you've added the silencer and laser sight. I try to do that with some of my guns too. This really makes me wish I could start building my arsenal.