So, I can’t really tell you the where and the when and how this did under trials, but we will take a close look at it, and I can point out a whole bunch of very interesting features of this particular prototype example. The Cody museum has the Winchester firearms collection, which includes a lot of prototypes some which we have looked at, some which we’ll look at in the future, and some like this one. Unfortunately, while there are good references out there on the Springfield and the Remington corporate versions of the different rifles that ended up as part of the M14 project, there doesn’t seem to be much reference material out there on the Winchester guns, and this is one of those. There doesn’t appear to be much documentation on this. Now, this was obviously part of the development program process for the M14 rifle, where exactly it fits in that process, I really don’t know. Hey guys, thanks for tuning in to another video on, I’m Ian, I’m here today at the Cody Firearms Museum, part of the Buffalo Bill Cody Center of the West, and I am taking a look at a very interesting prototype Winchester Select-fire Magazine-fed version of an M1-Garrand.
It has been dusted off and implemented in the war against terror in current times. The mighty M14 rifle is a battle rifle that refuses to be shelved. It is chambered for the T65 or 7.62 NATO cartridge, which dates it as definitely post-WWII. A detachable lightweight bipod allows it to be used for supporting fire. A pistol grip has been added, along with a fire selector lever and a box magazine system. This rifle is a Winchester prototype, which has been substantially lightened from the M1 it began life as. It was extremely light and made from an ordinary Winchester M1 Garand Rifle with many modifications. Winchester produced a prototype M14 with select fire weapon complete with a removable bipod. Of course, these requirements were complete fantasy, un-achievable in the real world – but that did not prevent Remington, Springfield Arsenal, and Winchester from trying to meet them. It would replace not just the M1, but also the BAR and perhaps the M1 Carbine as well – a true universal weapon.
The new standard infantry arm was expected to be select-fire, lightweight, accurate, controllable, and fire a heavy. In the aftermath of World War II, the United States spent 12 years looking for a successor to the M1 Garand rifle.
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