The Gordon Carbine You Can Own Now! (Black Hawk Down) H&R Retro 12.5"

Oh, that's fun. Gordy clone on a budget. Let's talk about it. Welcome back, everybody. Clint here today. Excited to be talking to you about this little guy, the Harrington & Richardson H&R 12.5 inch IDF Retro Pistol. Yes, this is a pistol because this is not a CAR-15 stock from B5 Systems, which is what I would prefer. This is actually a pistol brace, which hopefully that won't matter. Because, well, Gun Owners of America is currently fighting to remove short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotgun silencers from the National Firearms Act under the Hearing Protection Act and the SHORT Act. We've made some advances with the Hearing Protection Act, but not so much with the SHORT Act. So be contacting your representatives. Tell them we want the SHORT Act in its full and complete text. Not something neutered. But anyway, let's go ahead and talk about this. H&R, which has recently announced and come out with and is now producing and selling these retro builds are pretty cool because that can get you into a carry handle gang for a relatively affordable cost. Coming in at just $1,099. That's something I think is pretty fun because I've been wanting, I mean, come on guys, the Gordy builds, the Blood Diamond clones, things like that have been absolute hits. People love them. I love them. And it's about dang time I got a carry handle in my collection. And so when I saw this become available, I had to get my hands on it. And well, here it is. So I'm gonna go ahead and go over this loadout, this build, if you will, and kind of explain what I've got here. First and foremost, you're gonna notice that this is, yes, an A1 upper with the carry handle. And the optic setup I have here is the Aimpoint Pro on a Picatinny mount. As much as I wanted to find one of the Leupold mounts, as much as I wanted to find some of the more expensive mounts out there to actually directly clamp the Aimpoint to the carry handle, I just couldn't find them. It's really hard to find that stuff. They quit being produced. Hopefully there's still some out there somewhere or somebody picks up what's lacking and there is a demand in this market. So, you know, somebody out there that knows how to machine stuff, do something cool. With that being said, where did I go? Amazon. I went to Amazon and found me about a $15 Picatinny mount for the carry handle. And that's what I've got on here right now until I get something better. But hey, it's getting the job done. It's holding zero, which is pretty cool. Then again, I haven't shot more than 50 yards with this thing, so there's that. But at the end of it all, I'm pretty happy with that setup. I think that looks pretty good. Let me get my head out of the way there so you can probably see it. But yeah, I'm happy overall with that setup there. Aimpoint, yes, obviously. How is that budget-friendly? I already had one. I already had an Aimpoint Pro. So instead of spending more money on, you know, like a Vortex Strike Eagle or something like that, or, you know, the Vortex, you know, the more affordable that, I decided I'm just gonna use what I already have. But Vortex obviously makes, strike fire, I think is the word I was looking for, makes affordable pro-looking optics if you're going for complete budget-friendly. But Aimpoint Pro, you're not gonna deny that that's a quality product there. Continuing, let's go ahead and actually start on the muzzle end with this guy. This is the Allen Engineering AEM-5 with the burn-proof gear suppressor cover. I decided to go with burn-proof gear because one, suppressor covers can get very, very expensive. And you can find out that you can spend a lot of money for a suppressor cover only to find out that it's just not going to withstand a high round count. Or find something that's a little bit more budget-friendly, which still kind of expensive, the suppressor covers are. But I have yet, especially under higher rates of fire, for extended rates of fire, extended prolonged use, I should say, I have not had any issues with burn-proof gear whatsoever. A big fan of them and their rail wraps. So that's what I've got on here. And since I burnt a hole in my born primitive pants, I'm always gonna be running a suppressor cover now. It's not the first time I did it, but it was just like, all right, I'm done wasting pants. Coming back a little bit further, Midwest Industries makes the mounts for the front sight post picatinny there. That's what I've got on there. Again, affordable, budget-friendly, there you go. There's barrel clamps and things like that, which again are, I guess, more clone correct. But I just kind of like the positioning, especially with the Surefire Turbo that you see that I have on here. This guy has their, you know, it's a mount that can show you this the best that I can, swivel. So if I wanted it nice and high, I could do something like that. Or if I wanted it, the barrel's still hot. Good job, Clint. Something like that I could, or I could switch the mount around and I could have it go lower. It really is up to you. I really disliked that. So this is typically how I run it. Goon tape for the pressure pad. It is just a tape switch. Just apply a little bit of pressure there and you can see when it's activated. Easy enough, right? Cool. And guys, that's pretty much it. Pretty much it. And AWS Gear, who makes my belt and everything, also came out with a sling. I decided to give it a shot. You guys know I love Tech 10, but I also am not like completely sold on anything. I just want, you know, except obviously, hey, EOTech makes a great optic. So does Aimpoint. So does Trijicon, right? Leupold, yeah. But I see quality in the market from all over the place. So it's like, why not? You know, give it a shot. And AWS Gear, if they make this sling as good as they make their belts, and I know we've got a Rockstar here, and that's what I'm noticing. This thing is pretty sweet. So the way I have it set up, obviously just using the sling mount underneath the front sight post, and then wrapping it around the brace. And this is really comfortable. If I want to give myself a little bit more play with the sling, you take it and you just pull back. And now if I'm rocking body armor or something like that, or if I want it to be a little bit more loose, because I want to go to the opposite shoulder or anything, I can do that. If I want to cinch it a little bit tighter, get it closer to my body, I can do that as well. So easy enough. But that's it, guys. That's ultimately my build. I keep saying my build, but how I have set my Gordy clone. Now let's go ahead and offer some respect and honor Gary Gordon. Who is Gary Gordon? He is one of the two men, him and Randy Shughart, that made the ultimate sacrifice during Operation Gothic Serpent, which we all know as Black Hawk Down. Shughart was armed with an M14, and Gordy, Gordon, was armed with a, more of like an M4 CAR-15 that was set up that looked similar to this. There's obviously a lot more clone correct references out there, but it was something similar like this. Red dot mounted on top of the carry handle suppressor, and there you have it. All right. And these guys went in to rescue one of the downed pilots, and knowing that that was going to pretty much be a one-way trip for them, both of them did lose their lives. Both of them got the Medal of Honor because of it. And I absolutely want to make a clone correct Shughart and Gordon rifle, but that's just gonna take some time and money. But anyway, if we're gonna be talking about Gary Gordon and the Gordy setup, we obviously need to pay respect and as to why this rifle is so popular. Thanks to the movie, yes, but thanks to the actions of an actual hero and the tool he used. So there you have it. Let me know what you guys think about this setup here. Me personally, like I said, I am definitely a fan. It's a whole lot of fun. And before I finish though, I was waiting for the cover to cool down because it's what's underneath the cover that's pretty neat. It's not, if you guys know Allen Engineering, Ops Inc, things like that, then you know you have to have a shoulder, an actual mount for the silencer to index on. And I do not have that installed on this barrel. It's a pencil profile barrel for the IDF reference rifle here. But what I do have is the Otter Creek Labs. Let's see if I can get that off without burning myself. It's a Otter Creek Lab adapter that threads onto the muzzle device, or I'm sorry, threads onto the barrel and is just a muzzle device that, the rain's hitting it now, that is the adapter for your silencer. And I thought that was just way too freaking cool. The only problem is I didn't realize that at the time, cause I was just in a rush to get this done. How many people have done that before? That they also make a flash hider variant. I decided to go with the break cause that was the first one I saw and not realizing they had flash hiders because when you shoot this guy without the silencer, she, I'll just show you. Oh man, I lost myself two rounds. I think that gets the point across. So yeah, suppressor only shooting for me for this guy, but it's fun. Anyway, before I get rained out here, guys, make sure you're checking out the friends over at Manad Knock Firearms who've been supporting the channel since day number one. 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