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Delta Force - Colt Model 723 (Clone, semi-WIP)

A2 Upper with Field Sights (A1E1/C7)*

Colt Commercial A2 Lower*

Lone Star Ordnance Stowaway 2 Grip

Oldgen Boonie Packer/Johnson Redi-Mag Mk.1

Colt 'N1' Retractable Buttstock w/ John Masen Recoil Pad and Cherokee CAR15 Cheek Riser

M4 Profile Barrel w/ 6-Hole 'Skinny' Handguards

Custom 'Gangster Grip' with Oldgen Surefire Laser Products 660 Light

Aimpoint 5000 w/ Leupold Vertical Split Rings, Modified MGW Carry Handle Scope Base

AIM-1/D Designator (IR Laser) on PAQ-4 M16A1/A2 Mounting Bracket

OD General Purpose Strap, Modified with Paracord Loops

*This upper is from Tony's Customs and is somewhat of a placeholder while I'm waiting to receive a more clone-correct one with Colt proofmarks and no forge marking.

*Technically, my lower is a Colt Match Target lower and not a true Commercial M16A2, but it still has the correct A2 buffer tower profile and the Redi-Mag hides all sins.

Trying out different cable management on the 723

Not sure if the reference photo actually shows a velcro wrap like I used, it could be something else entirely.

Another recent addition to my Delta 723 Clone

In order to mount an old Laser Bracket and still be able to use the Weaver Scope Mount, unit guys would drill two extra holes on the carry handles of their CAR15's with corresponding threads tapped on the weaver mount.

These screws would allow the laser bracket to install in its usual method of a raised peg through the default optic mounting hole.

In order to do this, I had a few custom 3D-printed jigs made that allow me to mark the spots for drilling on both the carry handle and the weaver mount, respectively. They also work well as single-use drilling jigs.

Drilled the front hole on the upper slightly off center sadly, but not because of the jigs, but because of my sucky-ass drill press. Probably could have done it straighter by hand, but a bit of widening with a needle file fixed it right up.

AIM-1/D needed a remote cable so I made one

(Redoing this as a separate post since the original post i reblogged from was kinda long) Some closeups on the Delta 723 Carbine Build with Gangster Grip, Aimpoint 5000, and AIM-1/D Laser on an old PAQ-4 Carry Handle Bracket. The lower was from intlmilco for those curious, and I was originally disappointed cause it came out more purple than grey, but one of the reference photos I've been using for this build (3rd pic above) appears to show a purple lower as well, so no harm, no foul.

That being said, eventually I should get a black anodized lower with A1-style buffer tube reinforcements to make this build just a hair more kosher since A4/M4 profile reinforcements weren't seen on these rifles. Will probably either have intlmilco make another one or I might just shell out the cash for a pre-ban lower and hide the incorrect markings with a redi-mag.

IT Lasers Inc. AIM-1/DLR Aiming Designator

In most of the post-1993 photos of Delta using the AIM-1 series lasers on the Model 723 Carbine, the DLR model seems to be the most common over the original AIM-1/D.

The DLR can be identified by the extended guard protruding from the diode window (however, some of the early DLR models had the same flat glass diode window as the original AIM-1/D model.) This feature allows it to mount an accessory lens cap or a special blue diffuser cap with a variable density aperture (both of which are sadly missing with my example).

The unit I received also came with a PVS-4 rail grabber mount, which with some examples, were machined with a wider countersink and a custom slot to fit the laser in place of the typical carry handle/bracket adapter block.

Admittedly, my unit is in much poorer aesthetic condition than my AIM-1/D, but both work equally the same, and really I was just after the proper remote cable that the DLR kit came with.

My unit was assembled August 1995 and inspected on Christmas of the following year.

^AIM-1/D vs AIM-1/DLR

A very bizarre offset rail mount for AIM-1/D series lasers

Comprised of a standard AIM-1/D Carry Handle Adapter bridged to a weaver mount using a crude piece of sheet aluminum welded between them.

When I originally got it, it was coated in liquid latex and I've since repainted it. The screws and lock nuts for the rail clamp do not appear to be original - I believe the original hardware would have been a pair of fixed crossbolts with thumb nuts.