What parts of the rifle does that tool work with? I mean, I'm assuming pretty much everything? Scope rings, base, chassis?

Nice!! Tag me if you ever find someone doing more M24 cans. @k31user had a few last year that were earmarked for other things but I don't think any new ones are on tap yet. Really don't want to throw a Surefire on my otherwise faithful M24A2!

I started working on an M24A2'ish rifle, all I need is a barrel and a silencer. The receiver is an original takeoff M24 "C" prefix and US stamp that was made in the early 90's. The stock and bottom metal are NOS. The MIRS rail came with all of my Mk13 Mod 0 stocks, I kept this one as an extra incase I ever needed one. These scope is a NightForce Army Spec with NF marked rings. M24 trigger and an older Harris bipod round out the rest of the parts.

I'm taking a few liberties with this build, since I wanted to use up a few parts I already had on hand (pretty much everything except the receiver and stock). It'll be close to spec, the rail, scope and rings would have to be swapped out to do so. Not many of the issued A2's had MIRS rails, I think they had issues with them and they ended up going with the MARS rails for almost all of the rifles. I don't think these NF scopes were ever used on the A2's, but I have no idea. Maybe it's a Mk11 scope? It has a BDC for the M118LR, so obviously it had to go with something in 7.62. I just think it looks good on the build and it will be fun to shoot. Time to go hunt down an original barrel, which should be a pain in the ass, lol.

Yes, the Mk13 Mod 2 folding tool fits everything on rifle

T10 star driver
T15 star driver
3/16 ball end hex key
1/16 hex key
2.5mm hex key
4mm hex key
5mm hex key

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With Ron's backlog, I would be surprised in any more M24 cans get made before he retires for good. If you have one of the factory threaded M24 barreled actions, you have to get it profiled for the can and re-threaded to 11/16.



With as few A2s that were built what are the chances any even exist? Bartlein is good enough for the girls I go out with.

The stock I found had the webbing on it, so I sanded that shit off. The bottom metal I have is the thicker one for the pst-024 stocks, so I had to add material in the belly area for the bottom metal to sit flush with the bottom of the stock. I finally got around to touching it up and painting black yesterday.

I went with the xm2010 glass. I wanted more than 10x and I figured the m5a2 is at least quasi correct.

One of my friends bought an original A2 barreled action a few months ago, so I know they're out there. However finding something that rare is the issue I'm having. I might just have a custom barrel spun up or sell the kit I have right now. I've got dozens of other projects I'm working on and it seems like nothing ever gets fully built, lol.

So, you did all that work to your build, but no pics? Come on, post a few for us to see!

I'll have pics after I get the BA in later this week. Should have time to shoot it this weekend too.

The stock work turned out nice for my first time attempting something like that  

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Some buys I thought were impulsive and dumb at the time Have a Bartlein to profile for the M24A2 so I can leave the factory barrel unmolested and another for the M40A6. Been waiting to see what I'm going to do suppressor-wise for both to finish them... Have an AEM5-30 and an RC2-Ti pending - both are damn close but neither are right.

Totally awesome.

First 20 rounds down the pipe this morning. Robert at RWS knocked it out of the park.

Great looking M24 and even better shooting! Congrats on the build!

Details on barrel?

11.25 twist bartlein profiled for the M24 suppressor

That's just fantastic! Is the can pending?

It should be approved in the next week or so

looks really good guys. love the groups and builds. this page delivered

side note.... I picked up an RR marked 30-06 LA m700 recently...26" heavy barrel, HS precision m24 stock, but non adjustable. I got it for a great price, and did a "if they kept em in -06" build. one day i may have it for an m24 clone. for now, she stays as is. swapped the EGW base for leupolds and got Mk4 rings.

sorry its inspired, wont post it again, but the paint came out cool

Whoever painted that did a great job

thx man! u know how i do ;)  cant wait till it wears in more

Not approved yet, but the only logical next step would be to break out the spray paint

Really like these last two posts. Very jealous

Very nice rifles, gentlemen! Really enjoying the photos!

I'd ask who's going to clone it first, but USMCSGT0311 probably already has (at least) one in the stable.

https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/Marines-to-field-multibarrel-sniper-rifle-to-replace-two-existing-weapons/5-2552025/

Not yet, but I'll eventually add one to the collection. It makes a lot of sense for the Marines to switch to a rifle that isn't hand built at PWS, but it's still a bittersweet upgrade. The M40 is iconic and has been serving our country for 56 years, so it hurts seeing it replaced. The M40 might also be the US military's first purpose built sniper rifle, not just a modified version of a rifle that was already in the government's inventory (I'm not entirely sure about this, so correct me if I'm wrong). But time marches on and there's other weapons systems that are a better fit for the primary sniper rifle role. And with a modular COTS system, parts are easily obtainable and replaceable. Replacing a shot-out barrel or changing the rifle's caliber can now easily be done by the operator, there's no need to evac a rifle to PWS for a few weeks to get a new barrel installed.

This new rifle could also effect the 2112 MOS because the armorers don't need to custom build each Mk22. So, what does the future hold for that MOS and those Marines? How do they stay relevant? The 2112's will still be busy supporting the USMC shooting team, but we might also see them experiment with building rifles for roles that the Mk22 doesn't fit into (maybe something like the equivalent of the Remington CSR for plainclothes Marines). It would be awesome if they continued custom building sniper rifles, they're always trying to innovate and put their skills to use. Just something beyond the shiny new rifle to think about.

The photo below is the first and last of the M40 series. The changes made over the decades were drastic, the M40 and M40A6 look nothing alike and even common shared parts like the bolt have minor changes between them. Even though the M40 series is coming to an end, it's legacy will live on. If any of you are planning on building an M40xx clone (any of them), start acquiring parts while you still can. Once the parts are depleted, it will be extremely difficult to get clones built.

PGW isn't around anymore, so no more EFR fof the A3/5. McMillan has a set amount of A4 stocks remaining in inventory, once they're gone the USMC A4 stock will be discontinued. Remington no longer makes M24 triggers and suitable donor rifles are becoming harder to get. Dan Ross is no longer in business, so original DD Ross scope rails, bottom metal and recoil lugs are nonexistent. Schmidt & Bender may have discontinued the Gen 2 Mildot reticle, but we're unsure about this since a few correct scopes recently popped up for sale with a dealer. Gary Schneider is retiring and is currently training the person who's taking over the business. Barrels will still be available, but it might be too late if you wanted one that was actually made by Mr. Schneider. M40A1 smear stock and Unertl prices continue to skyrocket, with no ceiling in sight. All original M40 parts from 1966 are very rare and almost never come up for sale (a Redfield 40X marked base now sells for about $2,000).

As you can see, it's not just the USMC M40 that's being retired, it's EVERYTHING M40 related that's being retired! The future of cloning these rifles looks bleak, so get what you can right now. Very few OEM parts for anything in the M40 series are still currently produced and they won't be around forever. Are any of you guys working on M40xx builds? Once my A1's and a few more A3 variations are built, I'll finally be done with the entire M40 series. Hopefully you guys are also set to wrap up some builds! Please post some photos of completed rifles or builds in progress!

1966 to 2022:




Also from the article before their edit:

"The A6 model began fielding in 2016. It is built by Winchester."

Is there a timeline for when everything it is replacing is completely phased out? Are there any chances of surplus or take off parts making it to the market eventually, or does everything have that "must be destroyed" bullshit attached now?
Maybe some kind of refurb programs like they did with the M24Rs?


Some mod 7, a6, and m2010 chassis trickling out would be nice.

Nothing is leaving the Marine Corps, absolutely nothing. There won't be any surplus items, they're destroying a lot of stuff and some stuff is being stored. Half of the A6's were put in storage when they got the Mk13 Mod 7's. If they end up doing anything, it will be destroying shit. They're also done cutting up all the A4 stocks, so no one should be holding their breath for those to come out as surplus. The A4 stocks are all gone. The Corps refuses to send it to the CMP, which is ridiculous. That's millions of dollars of taxpayer purchased pieces of history that was destroyed. If anyone here knows any politicians that are high enough up the food chain to actually do something, let them know asap and maybe the A6 rifles could be saved.

Disappointed but not surprised

While you are not wrong, and from my Marine Corps experiance, nothing from STA ever gets out to the public.  Now that being said, I was with 2/23 STA at the end of the 90's, and early 2000's.  I wanted to recreate the M40A1s from then, and they were unique.  The rifels were fitted with a clip slotted PIC rail base for use with the PVS10.  That seemed to not go anywhere and the rifles were refitted with Unertl's and A3 rings.  I had an M40A1 built to this spec by C&H Precision.  And out of the blue, a PVS9 showed up on Ebay.  I bought it and it had a USMC service tag from Quantico.  I don't know how it made it out, but here it is.

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This is the only photo I could find online with an M40A1 w/ 1913 clipslotted base.  I can't find my pics from back then.

Some stuff has gotten out over the past 5 decades, that's how all of us here have gotten our original parts. Right now is different though, things are much, much tighter at PWS. A surplus/DRMO KN203 is a lot different than an A6 chassis that is going to be cut in half at PWS. Unless someone with a lot of rank can intervene, we're not going to see anything come out of PWS.

Thanks a nice build, I love seeing the A1 with night vision! Have you done any night hunting or shoots with it?

It sucks that the latest gear is getting shit canned.  I do hope some of the stocks at least make their way out, and some glass.  I am sure you will find them if the do!

I just got he Simrad cap, and the photo was just taken after I snug fit it.  I am thinking I can get out and shoot it this week with the PVS and get it dialed in.  I will post some pics once I can get it on paper.

Now I need to find a stock for Mod 5.  Last think in my life I need, is years of persuit of parts!

Thaks, for all your awesome info here though!

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You need your own thread at this point. Sweet baby jesus.

Have any close ups or single shots of your Mk13 Mod 7s?

Having Chris at Red Bull Armory build me one - still undecided how to scope it.

Was leaning ATACR.

Definitely go ATACR.

I'm at a loss for words. Incredible.

There's a Nightforce NXS 5.5-22x56 USASFC up for sale over at Accurateshooter.  I'm not affiliated with the seller in anyway.  Just wanted to give a heads up to folks in this thread.

Suppressor was finally approved last week. Picking it up next week, but wont have a chance to shoot it until the weekend after at the earliest

I wanted to keep the M5a2 leupold on it, but I just don't like the h58 reticle, especially for trying to shoot tiny groups.

On the fence now between rocking my x42 atacr w/ mil-c or 5-25 mk5 w/ pr2

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I gotta stop looking at this thread...  It's making my bank account nervous.

I've consolidated much of the information on the MK13 Mod 5 buried in this thread into a detailed, step-by step build guide here. If you're interested in building one for yourself, this should answer any and all questions you have.

decided to go with the x42 atacr.



20 rounds, this thing just flat out shoots

Some Navy rifles.

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Jesus christ man - this is a tech forum, not Babe of the Day...

Gotta throw up a warning before you just throw something out there like that.

Damn, save some pussy for the rest of us bro!

Gorgeous M83 you have there - I need to finish mine up still. Just waiting on a Unertl to slap on it and still need to pick up a "B" prefix receiver.

That's an awesome parts kit.  There's practically zero info out there on these.  Very obscure rifle that is extremely difficult to clone.  Post some pics when you get it finished!