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With Harris as President, the company received its first of many military contract awards. Harris parlayed McMillan's reputation for high quality, high accuracy benchrest competition rifles (previously built primarily from the rifle actions of other manufacturers), to create markets for military sniper rifles and custom hunting rifles.
The M40 rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle used by the United States Marine Corps. [1] It has had four variants: the M40, M40A1, M40A3, and M40A5. [2] The M40 was introduced in 1966. The changeover to the A1 model was completed in the 1970s, the A3 in the 2000s, and the A5 in 2009. [3]
Mk 13 mod 7 – .300 Winchester Magnum chambered sniper rifle built on Accuracy International Chassis System with Remington 700 long action. M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System – Improved version of the Mk 11, replacing the M39 and Mk 11. M40 rifle – M40A3, M40A5 and M40A6 variants in use as sniper rifles.
The U.S. Army's M24 Sniper Weapon System and U.S. Marine Corps' M40 sniper rifles are based on the Model 700, with variations differing primarily in barrel and action length. The M24 uses long action, while the M40 uses short action. In 2009, the Army rebranded the M24E1 to the XM2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle.
Unertl Optical Company, Inc. was a manufacturer of telescopic sights in the United States from 1928 until 2008. They are known for their 10× fixed-power scopes that were used on the Marine Corps' M40 rifle and made famous by Marine Corps Scout Sniper Carlos Hathcock during the Vietnam War.
M40 rifle: Remington Arms: 7.62×51mm NATO: Bolt-action United States: 1966 M89SR: Technical Equipment International 7.62×51mm NATO: Short-stroke piston (semi-auto) Israel: 1980s Kongsberg M59: Kongsberg Gruppen.30-06 Springfield 7.62×51mm NATO: Bolt-action Norway: 1959 Kongsberg M67: Kongsberg Gruppen: 7.62×51mm NATO 6.5×55mm.22 Long Rifle ...
The primary difference between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps rifles is that while the U.S. Marine Corps M40 variants use the short-action version of the Remington 700/40x (which is designed for shorter cartridges such as the .308 Winchester/7.62×51 mm NATO), the U.S. Army M24 uses the Remington 700 Long Action. [25]
Taking the M27 as the basis for a new design, the Army developed an improved version of the M27 that was type-designated the M40 106-mm recoilless rifle in 1955. [22] Although unsuitable for military purposes, M27 recoilless rifles were used to trigger controlled avalanches at ski resorts and mountain passes in the United States. [23]