The M14 rifle, designed in the 1950s to be the US military’s single, do-it-all battle rifle, had a notoriously short and ...

Savvy officers did not send all of their M14 rifles to the scrap yard, though. Many were retained for sniper work as the M21 sniper rifle and served well in that role until replaced by the M24 SWS ...

Meet America’s last battle rifle. M14. The M14 was in some ways a perfection of the earlier M1 Garand rifle design that served the United States during World War II and in Korea.

The resemblance of the M14 to the M1 Garand rifle is unmistakable and, love it or loathe it, John Garand’s final legacy was the “U.S. Rifle, 7.62 mm, M14.” ...

The M14 served the shortest stint of any battle rifle in the U.S. military – its tenure lasting only from 1957 to 1964. When production was halted, just 1,380,874 rifles had been manufactured.

The M14 was the standard infantry rifle for all Army and Marine units that deployed to Vietnam in 1965, but Defense Secretary Robert McNamara ended procurement in 1964, selecting the M16 as a ...

Enter, the M14. The one thing the M14 has going for it, is its method of operation. It's a long-stroke, piston-driven action that's very similar to the most prolific, assault rifle in history: the ...

M14 rifle. The Army says it wants a heavier, longer-range bullet in the 7.62x51-millimeter weight category, from which it would later transition to an even more exotic, modern caliber.

The M14 uses a 7.62 mm cartridge that is a larger caliber than the 5.56 round used by the M16 and has a longer range. Variants of the M14 are used as sniper rifles by some law enforcement agencies.

Developed as a civilian alternative to the military M14 rifle, Springfield Armory’s M1A has been around since 1974. In fact, Springfield Armory just celebrated the 50-year milestone of the M1A ...