Springfield M14

Springfield M14 Capacity

The M14 is chambered in 7.62x51mmNATO (.308 Winchester) and feeds from detachable box magazines.  The standard magazine size is 20 rounds, however 10-round magazines were made for the M21 rifle and 5 round magazines were made for hunting purposes with the M1A rifle.  All magazines are interchangeable.

Springfield M14 Ergonomics

The M14 has a traditional stock while the rest of the rifle exhibits more modern design.  The safety is located along the front of the trigger guard and sits inside the guard when the rifle is set to “safe”.  The magazine release sits in front of the safety and behind the magazine and the reciprocating charging handle is located along the right side of the receiver.  The drop in the stock was chosen to reduce felt recoil, however the drop also made the rifle very uncontrollable in full-auto fire.

Springfield M14 Fit-N-Finish

The M14 is made with a parkerized receiver made of 8620 steel and an American Walnut stock.  The M14’s design makes it very difficult to accurize with most rifles suffering 8-MOA accuracy requiring specialized tooling and accurizing processes to be done to make the rifle shoot 2-MOA groups, often requiring pounds of fiberglass resin to be soaked into the stock.  The M14 has evolved over the years to fit different roles in the US military including a shorter-barreled SOCOM M14 and a modernized M14-EBR upgrade kit.