page_title: M14 rifle
section_title: Commercial production
hierarchical_section_title: M14 rifle / Variants and related designs / Commercial production
caption_attribution_description: English: CBP Agents pay tribute to fellow fallen officers during a Law Enforcement memorial service in Washington D.C.
context_page_description: The M14 rifle, officially the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an American select-fire battle rifle that fires 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition. It became the standard-issue rifle for the U.S. military in 1959 replacing the M1 Garand rifle in the U.S. Army by 1958 and the U.S. Marine Corps by 1965 until being replaced by the M16 rifle beginning in 1968. The M14 was used by U.S. Army, Navy, and Marine Corps for basic and advanced individual training from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s.
  The M14 was the last American battle rifle issued in quantity to U.S. military personnel. It was replaced by the M16 assault rifle, a lighter weapon using a smaller caliber intermediate cartridge. The M14 rifle remains in limited service in all branches of the U.S. military, with variants used as sniper and designated marksman rifles, accurizing competition weapons, and ceremonial weapons by honor guards, color guards, drill teams and ceremonial guards. Civilian semi-automatic models are used for hunting, plinking, target shooting, and shooting competitions.
  The M14 is the basis for the M21 and M25 sniper rifles which were largely replaced by the M24 Sniper Weapon System.
caption: A U.S. Border Patrol Agent with M14 during a law enforcement memorial service
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