M40 (1966-1976) After testing existing bolt-action rifles for accuracy, durability and immediate availability, the Marine Corps decided on the Remington Model 700. Some reports indicate that ...

This modernized version (above) of the Vietnam-era M40 USMC sniper rifle is based on the Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle blueprint. The first Remington bolt-action centerfire rifle after the ...

Like the M24 used by the U.S. Army, which is also based on the Remington 700 hunting rifle, the Marine Corps M40 is a bolt-action sniper rifle chambered for 7.62×51 millimeter NATO ammunition.

Chambered for: 7.62×51 millimeter NATO Like the M24 used by the U.S. Army, which is also based on the Remington 700 hunting rifle, the Marine Corps M40 is a bolt-action sniper rifle chambered for ...

The sergeant primarily waged war in Vietnam with one of the new M40 sniper rifles, a modified version of the Model 700 Remington 7.62mm bolt-action rifle that was first introduced in 1966.

Since 1966, Marine snipers have been carrying the Remington based bolt-action M40 as the preferred rifle. That rifle has gone through multiple modifications, including changes in 2014 that ...

Prior to the MK-13, the Marine Corps had relied on the M40, a bolt action sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge that has gone through multiple upgrades since introduction in the ...

despite steady upgrades to the bolt-action platform. While the Mk13 will replace the M40 while on deployment, Marine scout snipers and Recon Marines will continue to train with the older platform ...

Marine Corps budget documents from early 2020 noted that the “ASR will replace all current bolt-action sniper rifles ... That means the decades-old M40, which has been in service midway through ...