M14 Endurance Test

[Jersey Devil]

That's a lot of rounds to be fired in one day!!!

Reprinted here from Reprinted from Garand Stand Report #100 with permission from Mr. Billy Pyle.
Not for use without expressed written permission.

[bruce]

Hum... 30K!!! Way cool! Or maybe given the round count and necessary speed of shooting... Hot Stuff!

[IRON WORKER]

Hello Brian , I've got moore pictures of the rifle on the M14 Forum and serial number posted in my ordnance corp thread .Info is all from Springfield Armory archives and is public domain.

[Jersey Devil]

Thanks Patrick. Feel free to post a link to your thread on the M14 Forum here. Unlike other forums, I encourage members to link back to threads elsewhere.

[m14brian]

That's a pretty awesome test.
m14brian

[IRON WORKER]

Here are the SA archive photos.




serial number 545480
This is how the rifle looks today in the Armory collection,notice charred stock

[IRON WORKER]

Something I just noticed is the first rifle has a T44 stock ,rifle in collection has a birch M14 stock ,different rifles ? who knows
Actually they had more than one endurance test I found other pics . The T44 Rifle is the 30,000 test rifle.

[Jersey Devil]

Great observations, Patrick. I didn't even notice that!
If you have more photos, please share them here!!