Talk:M40 rifle

message: Hathcock used a Winchester Model 70, not a Remington 700 (or M40A1).198.45.3.253 21:06, 7 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Hathcock

message: "During the Vietnam War, the Marine Corps decided they needed a standard sniper rifle.[2] After testing several possibilities, they ordered 700 Remington Model 40x rifles (target/varmint version of the Model 700 bolt-action rifle), and gave them the M40 designation"
They ordered 700 Remington 700s?  That seems like either a very strange coincidence or a typo.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.249.51.26 (talk) 21:37, 24 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: History

message: Why is there no pictures of the M40 and M40A1 models? The A3 model looks like shit.. and why is there a pic of a M24? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 218.101.75.57 (talk) 08:03, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  M40A1 pictures 

message: The manufacturer is missing from the specifications table. 74.12.81.178 06:34, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manufacturer 

message: "The A3 model costs $3,200." - What does this mean, is this in USD? is this the retail value, for citizens or the army, or is it the manufacturing cost. I don't believe this belongs here. 74.12.81.178 06:36, 4 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Costs in synopsis 

message: These weapons are almost carbon clones of each other. I read that the M40 was based off both of these weapons, since they were so similar. Is this the case or am I mistaken? Someone please respond regardless of whether I'm right or wrong, because I've wanted to know this fact for a while. respond  here or on my talk page. Thanks for your time. --MKnight9989 20:17, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Winchester 70 or remington 700? 

message: The April 2009 issue of "Leatherneck" magazine mentions that the PWS is working on a successor to the M40A3, dubbed the M40A5.  It contains that latest M40A3 product improvements such as a detachable magazine, but will also feature a threaded barrel for mounting either a muzzle brake or a sound suppressor. --D.E. Watters (talk) 22:37, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: According to literally every source I can find, as well as simply looking at it, the M40A5's magazine holds 5 rounds, not 10. Alex T Snow (talk) 19:48, 12 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  New variant: M40A5 

message: The maximum range of the M40A3 is listed by the Marine Corps as 1000 yards, I don't know who changed it to 800m (it was formally listed as 1000 yards on the page). If someone was to assume that it matches the range of the Army M24 rifle, that is false. The Marines themselves gave the rifle such a range, and the Army themselves listed the range of the M24 as 800m. —Preceding. FeralLynX (talk) 12:08, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Maximum range

message: A bit of insight as to why the A2 and A4 designations were skipped over would be a good addition to the page. Spartan198 (talk) 09:04, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Designation 

message: The article states "Additionally the Army's version allowed mounting of a night vision scope, whereas the older USMC versions were tied to the daylight Unertl 10× limiting sniping operations with the M40 and M40A1 from dawn to dusk." This is untrue. The USMC used the SIMRAD KN200/250 (I don't remember which it was) as an attachment to the Unertl using  special scope rings. The USMC also fielded the AN/PVS-10 day/night scope, which could be installed instead of an Unertl. Since then, the AN/PVS-22 has essentially made these older systems obsolete. The AN/PVS-22 could be fitted to the M40A3 by the addition of a picatinny rail section on the fore-end of the stock, which was being implemented as early as 2006. The picatinny rail is now standard on the M40A5.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.91.178.67 (talk) 23:34, 11 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Differences between M40 and M24 

message: What is the source for the rate of fire? Using 5+1 (5 in internal magazine and 1 round chambered) as a start? ...or loading all by hand? If a 10 round detachable mag is used, I believe that the rates would be different from the 5 internal magazine. — Berean Hunter (talk) 03:47, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  12 RPM? 

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