Winchester M14
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I have read a few histories of the M14 and have never seen any suggestion that any of rifles produced were semi-auto only.
Since Springfield Armory was where development was done, I guess it might be possible they made a semi-auto or two in the tool room.
TRW finished their contract with a couple thousand accurized rifles intended for match use. Since it was expected they would only see use in precision applications I guess it is conceivable they might have played with the idea of milling the auto lug off before assembly, making them semi-auto only in the eyes of the law (never heard of this happening, just suggesting it is fathomable).
But H&R and Winchester were contractors whose only job was to crank out rack-grade rifles for service use. I would be very, very surprised to hear that either of them made even a single rifle that was not select-fire.
Since Springfield Armory was where development was done, I guess it might be possible they made a semi-auto or two in the tool room.
TRW finished their contract with a couple thousand accurized rifles intended for match use. Since it was expected they would only see use in precision applications I guess it is conceivable they might have played with the idea of milling the auto lug off before assembly, making them semi-auto only in the eyes of the law (never heard of this happening, just suggesting it is fathomable).
But H&R and Winchester were contractors whose only job was to crank out rack-grade rifles for service use. I would be very, very surprised to hear that either of them made even a single rifle that was not select-fire.
The only USGI M14's I know of that were made semi-auto only are the SEI guns made in the early 2000's for Crazy Horse builds in the US ARMY (2 I.D.).
There may also have been sone Springfield Armory T44 prototypes in the 1950's that were semi-only, but they would only exist in museums today.
There may also have been sone Springfield Armory T44 prototypes in the 1950's that were semi-only, but they would only exist in museums today.
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Any Winchester M14 with a gap rail in Canada would be very likely deemed a C/A by the RCMP lab, yes. Some original guns had the F/A lugs neatly milled off and sometimes the receivers were even re-parkerized, so it can be hard to tell.
If you flip over the receiver and look at the bottom of the op rod rail where the receiver meets the barrel, if it's a USGI manufacturer and there is a relief slot for the connector bar and it's a gap rail, then it was once a full auto receiver.
If, theoretically, you had such a gun and it was not registered, it would be an excellent candidate to build onto, say, a USA-made fulton armory receiver from @####.
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Not a chance. An M14 is either 12(2), 12(3), restricted due to barrel length, or non-restricted. No way it could be 12(5).
During M14 (not T44E4) Rifle production, the US government Springfield Armory manufactured at least five M14 receivers without a selector lug. The serial numbers were X100, X300, X500, X501, and X502. At least four of these receivers were built into rifles.
And the odds any of them are privately held in Canada?
I'm thinking very very unlikely
