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Model 727 = early M4?
What is the difference between the Colt Model 727 and the early M4 which were called Model 777 with the fixed carrying handle. From looking at photos, they both seem identical
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The only difference is that the Model 727 is full-auto, the Model 777 fires burst. Otherwise, they are identical, as best I can tell.
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BTW, anyone have any images of the 777, I can't seem to find any. Last edited by AdAstra2009; 07-11-2009 at 05:55 PM. |
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I thought that during the figthing in Mogadishu (filmed in "Black Hawk Down"), the Colt Carbines they were using were burst guns. I can assume in actual life they weren't using the 727 Carbines (at least not Gary Gordon, who was said to fire his Commando in three-burst when defending the second crash site), but what were they using then? The M4 (777 model) came out a year after the event.
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Didn't even know the 727 have burst fire
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They don't; the 727 is auto, according to the AR variants chart. Burst fire = 777 (AKA earliest model M4).
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So none of the early colt carbines had burst?
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About the only service where there was any consistency in the carbines used was the USAF, who, as I've said before, tend to be very stingy when it comes to buying small arms. Their Vietnam War-era GAU-5s (XM177s) were pretty much the standard USAF carbine from the 1960s until as recently as 2001. Last edited by MT2008; 07-12-2009 at 05:31 AM. |
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