![]() Variant designed and built by Master Weaponsmith Timothy F. Several M14 variants were developed and created. 308 Winchester bullets, with the tighter twist rate being best for stabilizing the heavier bullets. ![]() The bore features a 1:12 to 1:10 twist rate, sufficient for stabilizing 7.62 NATO or. The M14 has full-auto capability and a 20 round detachable magazine. It is largely based upon the M1 Garand design it differs by using the White gas-cutoff short-stroke piston design, along with a rotating bolt. The M14 is a lightweight, magazine-fed, gas-operated, air-cooled, shoulder-fired weapon, chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. M14s were also pulled from storage, fitted with scopes, and issued during the War On Terror in Afghanistan, to provide long range fire support against Al-Qaeda and Taliban insurgents. However, after the outbreak of the Iraq war in 2003, some M14s were pulled from storage and issued to infantry units for use in combat, but heavily modified for DMR role. Navy, where they were stored aboard ships. Only limited use of the rifle was made after the adoption of the M16, mostly by the U.S. forces early in the Vietnam Conflict, the M14 was largely replaced by the M16 in the late 1960s, under Secretary of Defense Robert MacNamara.
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