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.

I included the above picture in the previous post on the pirate takedown, but I noticed the M40 sniper rifle the Marine is using has an extended magazine on it. I've never seen that before and ...

The old M40 rifle is on the way out. The U.S. Marine Corps is replacing its existing sniper rifles with a newer model that fires a heavier, longer-range bullet.

The Army’s proposed fiscal 2019 budget includes $46.2 million to field 5,180 M110A1 Compact Semi-Automatic Sniper System (CSASS) rifles for infantry, scout, and engineer squads, with the goal of ...

Selected back in March 2018 as a much-needed and long-overdue replacement for the M40 sniper system that Marines have wielded since the Vietnam War, the Mk13 is chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum ...

The team is selling raffle tickets now for its first annual raffle of an authentic Marine M40 sniper rifle used in combat in the Vietnam War. The rifle and its components are valued at about $15,000.

Among them is the call for a new rifle to replace the standard issue M40 sniper rifle, which Marine snipers have criticized for its limited range.

M40 sniper rifle with Redfield 3x9x40 scope, used by Sgt. Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney, is displayed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps. (Charles “Chuck” Mawhinney via DVIDS) ...

Marine Corps snipers will finally get a new, longer-range rifle called the Mk13 Mod7. It's chambered in .300 Winchester Magnum, is topped with a Nightforce ATACR 5-25x56 F1 scope and replaces ...

Chuck Mawhinney, the Camp Pendleton Marine who became the deadliest sniper in the corps’ history while serving in the Vietnam War, died on Monday at his home in Baker City, Oregon. He was 75.