{"id":73383,"date":"2022-08-26T02:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=73383"},"modified":"2022-08-25T09:35:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T13:35:59","slug":"winchester-proto-m14-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/08\/26\/winchester-proto-m14-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Winchester Proto-M14 Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0RfcZHca8gw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 30 Dec 2016<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of World War II, the United States spent 12 years looking for a successor to the M1 Garand rifle. The new standard infantry arm was expected to be select-fire, lightweight, accurate, controllable, and fire a heavy .30-caliber projectile. It would replace not just the M1, but also the BAR and perhaps the M1 Carbine as well &mdash; a true universal weapon. Of course, these requirements were complete fantasy, unachievable in the real world &mdash; but that did not prevent Remington, Springfield Arsenal, and Winchester from trying to meet them.<\/p>\n<p>This rifle is a Winchester prototype, which has been substantially lightened from the M1 it began life as. A pistol grip has been added, along with a fire selector lever and a box magazine system. A detachable lightweight bipod allows it to be used for supporting fire. I do not know exactly when it was made, but it is chambered for the T65 or 7.62 NATO cartridge, which dates it as definitely post-WWII.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Cody Firearms Museum for allowing me access to film it! Check them out here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbURISVpobXo5ZHV3UjBZdmxDY1FCNUtaZXQxZ3xBQ3Jtc0tteUZiaG9meW4wNGowM2lMNk5mVWhPV2FYS09CaWEyek1pNlAtd1pFOW9Md1dvOGFNclcyVkdieWdrNF9hblJCcjdwcWdHNU9udFdrR18xSUZ4UVlYM2lwQUdiMUc4cnc2VWtwbFFLa3ZQcFIzbi1pSQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcenterofthewest.org%2Fexplore%2Ffirearms%2F&#038;v=0RfcZHca8gw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/centerofthewest.org\/explore\/f&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons Merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqa1pHN1l4eGdwc3pLYmdlN3IxRklDZDJIajFRd3xBQ3Jtc0ttSTF4alFHbTZCMW1ZMFAyRmV3X2JoRXBucUNjREdxZXdVUHZVZFlQUlNrTzVpVm96Q1hSbHRObjV3UWJUelBnbzdESjZnSnJaQ3hjWUoxaTRUQ0xLR3ZuX2htY1k2QmdkTU9JTEFWMFpHTi0zMEdncw&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons&#038;v=0RfcZHca8gw\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-09-35-11-Winchester-Proto-M14-Rifle-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-09-35-11-Winchester-Proto-M14-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-75909\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-09-35-11-Winchester-Proto-M14-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-09-35-11-Winchester-Proto-M14-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-09-35-11-Winchester-Proto-M14-Rifle-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Screenshot-2022-08-26-at-09-35-11-Winchester-Proto-M14-Rifle-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 30 Dec 2016 In the aftermath of World War II, the United States spent 12 years looking for a successor to the M1 Garand rifle. The new standard infantry arm was expected to be select-fire, lightweight, accurate, controllable, and fire a heavy .30-caliber projectile. It would replace not just the M1, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5,13,663],"tags":[1063,140,1366,49],"class_list":["post-73383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-military","category-usa","category-weapons","tag-1950s","tag-design","tag-forgottenweapons","tag-guns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-j5B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73383"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75910,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73383\/revisions\/75910"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}