Remington Model700/M40 Marine Corps sniper rifle in the Vietnam issue configuration. The rifle has a tapered, medium-heavy barrel, clip-slotted receiver and oil finished walnut stock. The stock has an integral cheekpiece and aluminum checkered buttplate embossed with the Remington logo. The rifle has an aluminum hinged floor plate and trigger guard with a black annodized finish. The barrel and receiver have a parkerized finish. The receiver is fitted with a blued Redfield base and rings. The rifle has a Redfield 3X-9X "Accu-Range" telescopic sight with black annodized tube. The scope has the unique internal range scale and double stadia wires in the top of the eyepiece with conventional, fine wire cross-hairs. The left side of the barrel is stamped with a Remington production code "UDS" over the caliber "7.62 NATO" just ahead of the receiver. The opposite side of the barrel is stamped with the Remington "R.E.P." proof and two sub-inspection marks. The left side of the receiver is roll-stamped: "U.S./6257284" on the chamber followed by "REMINGTON/MODEL 700" opposite the ejection port. The bolt is blued and has the serial number, "6257284" electro-penciled on the underside of the handle. The partial serial number "7284" is vibra-penciled on the left side of the scope base and scope tube. The telescopic sight has the Redfield name and address roll-stamped on the eyepiece. The Marines purchased 995 M40 Sniper Rifles from Remington between 1966 and 1971. These rifles were initially fitted with the green-annodized Redfield 3X-9X Accu-Range telescopic sight. Some black annodized Accu-Range scopes were purchased by the Marines as replacements in the early 1970s. The M40 sniper rifles replaced the Winchester Model 70, M1C and M1D sniper rifles used by the Marines during the early stages of the Vietnam Conflict. In 1977 the Model 40 rifles in the Marine inventory were rebuilt to M40A1 configuration with heavy barrels and fiberglass stocks; 10X Unertl USMC telescopic sights replaced the Redfield Accu-Range scopes around 1981. Unmodified examples like the aforementioned example are extremely rare.

Excellent. The rifle retains 98% plus of the original parkerized finish on the barrel and receiver. Most of the blue finish is present on the bolt, scope base and rings. The telescopic sight is in excellent condition with nearly all of the original black annodized finish. The optics are excellent and the scope shows minimal wear. The markings on the barrel and receiver are excellent. The walnut stock has a semi-gloss finish and is in excellent condition with minimal wear. This is an excellent representative example of a Marine Vietnam M40 Sniper Rifle in the configuration used during the Vietnam Conflict.