The Corps celebrated the M40 rifle with Redfield scope, the same type of weapon used by legendary Marine sniper Sgt. Charles "Chuck" Mawhinney.

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.

The U.S. Marine Corps is sticking with its Vietnam-era, M40 sniper rifle series, despite complaints from scout snipers who say they need the modern, longer-range weapons used by special-ops snipers.

Marine scout snipers have deployed with Vietnam-era M40 sniper systems as Corps officials have struggled to adopt a much-needed replacement, despite introducing upgrades to the M40 pattern ...

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 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.

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 ...

And the M40’s nearly 1,000-yard range is behind other sniper rifles in the U.S. military’s arsenal. The Army’s M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle can engage targets at 1,300 yards.

Used by the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, snipers fulfill a specialized role in military operations. Their primary function is to engage high-value targets across significant distances, and from ...

The Mk13 Mod 7 sniper ... of the Army’s 1,300-yard M2010 Enhanced Sniper Rifle and U.S. Special Operations Command’s 1,600-yard Precision Sniper Rifle, it far outstrips the M40’s ...