From the American Rifleman Archives: U.S. Marine Corps M40-series rifles have earned their reputation as robust, precision battlefield instruments in the skillful hands of Marine scout-snipers.

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.

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.

The new Mark 13 Mod 7 sniper rifle, a favorite of Navy SEALs is replacing the older M40 series of rifles. ... commercial Remington Model 40X bolt-action varmint rifles with heavy ...

This modernized version (above) of the Vietnam-era M40 USMC sniper rifle is based on the Remington Model 700 bolt-action rifle blueprint. Photo courtesy of NRAMuseum.org.

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 ...

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.

Over the next five years, the MRAD will replace the Army’s existing M107 sniper rifle and M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle under the Precision Sniper Rifle program, and all bolt action rifles in the ...

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 ...

The 16 Sniper Rifles Used by the US Military. Stocktrek Images / Stocktrek Images via Getty Images. 24/7 Wall St. Staff. Published: August 15, 2023 10:47 am.