I was particularly
drawn to the story of Randy and his team leader, MSG Gary Gordon. I
don’t care who you are, watching two men volunteer to risk
their lives to save others will move you. Randy’s rifle, the M14,
stuck with me for years and was my dream rifle. After returning from
my last deployment, I decided to buy an M1A and outfit it similar to
his. I knew nothing about them and chose the SOCOM 16 because of the
short barrel (I’m a short guy and never liked hauling around long
barreled weapons). Using this picture as reference, I tried to
replicate the movie’s M14:
