Hi I'm the son of the man who built the first XM40 rifles

[Son of XM40 builder]

Hello,
My Dad built the first 12 experimental M40 rifles for trials in Vietnam. He worked with my grandfather in Remington's R&D lab at Ilion NY back in the early 1960s until 1970. My grandfather made the first run of barrels also.

 

[ClamHammer747]

Bold statement to come out of the gate with.

what is the benefit to you of bragging about what someone else did?

 

[Lowlight]

What name cause there are books about it

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Bold statement to come out of the gate with.

what is the benefit to you of bragging about what someone else did?

I also worked at Remington for over 20 years and built the M40 rifles for the scout sniper assn many years ago.

 

[pmclaine]

Gents, a gentleman posted over on another site pertaining to this subject claiming to have worked on the original M40 project.

He seemed to be legit and was given his due.

He had some good info.

Original poster do tell your story.

If true any insight you give can be helpful.

Did you also work at Remington?

 

[pmclaine]

I think he is legit guys.

He answered the answer I was looking for as I hit send.

 

[RTH1800]

Welcome. Ignore the rude post and do tell.

Enjoy the site.

 

[pmclaine]

Son of Smiley by chance?

 

[Badfinger]

Welcome to the addiction....

 

[pmclaine]

M40 - by the guy that built #1 -- and -- whose son built the USMC M40 Reproductions - M40rifle.com

First I have to give a little history to connect to the M40. I was employed at Remington in 1963, first in production and then in 1964-65(?) moved to the research

www.m40rifle.com

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Son of Smiley by chance?

Yes! Smiley is doing well!
He's getting ready to head south for the winter. I no longer work at the musket mill as mother Remington let 585 of us go in October.

 

[Davesnothere]

Well I spoke with Ike and have his autograph. Spoiled me. After that, anybody who was only a four-star was a piker. LOL.

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Well I spoke with Ike and have his autograph. Spoiled me. After that, anybody who was only a four-star was a piker. LOL.

I sent one of the Admins my credentials

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Welcome to the addiction....

Thank you! As soon as my Dad joins me Ill have him sign up here also. Probably will be a week or two, he's getting ready to come to FL

 

[Threadcutter308]

Welcome from Western Warshington

 

[molonlave]

Welcome, glad to have you here!

 

[Ric O'shay]

That would make you....A Son of a Gun, Builder.

 

[verdugo60]

Welcome, sounds like your family has some interesting rifle lore to share going back several generations.

Curious if you can nail down a year or time frame when Remington shit the bed. Some of the 80’s and 90’s rifles were freaking shooters!

 

[pmclaine]

Thank you! As soon as my Dad joins me Ill have him sign up here also. Probably will be a week or two, he's getting ready to come to FL

Glad your Dad is doing well.

I remember his posts on M40Rifle.

This site has many Remington/M40 fans. You will also find many Remington haters.

I happen to be one of the former building rifles off of receivers from the time your Dad was busy in research.

You will find many Remington products here

Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

Hi! Rules are simple; please show us your issued and/or clone USMC M40, M401, M40A3, M40A5, or M40A6!!! I'll start. Here's an issued circa 2015 in Eastern Europe. Here's my clone of the above that I finally was able to finish ~4 years later; C&H built, everything is correct except for the...

www.snipershide.com

My Remington Chuck MaWhinney over run is oictured in there somewhere........Did you have any work doing the MaWhinney run of 100 numbered rifles and the twenty over runs?

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Glad your Dad is doing well.

I remember his posts on M40Rifle.

This site has many Remington/M40 fans. You will also find many Remington haters.

I happen to be one of the former building rifles off of receivers from the time your Dad was busy in research.

You will find many Remington products here

Lets see your USMC M40-M40A6!!!

Hi! Rules are simple; please show us your issued and/or clone USMC M40, M401, M40A3, M40A5, or M40A6!!! I'll start. Here's an issued circa 2015 in Eastern Europe. Here's my clone of the above that I finally was able to finish ~4 years later; C&H built, everything is correct except for the...

www.snipershide.com

My Remington Chuck MaWhinney over run is oictured in there somewhere........Did you have any work doing the MaWhinney run of 100 numbered rifles and the twenty over runs?

No I was moved up to engineering by that time. I kick myself for not buying one of the M40 rifles I built.

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Welcome, sounds like your family has some interesting rifle lore to share going back several generations.

Curious if you can nail down a year or time frame when Remington shit the bed. Some of the 80’s and 90’s rifles were freaking shooters!

Well since I'm not there anymore, I will tell you that alot of rifles up to and including 2010 shot quite well. There are still some from 2020 that are good shooters. The problem being production was overriding quality on some calls about 2011. A good friend of mine was the quality engineer for M700 production. Remington Defense guns have been really good also. However I have a friend that bought an M24 rebuild that was a stinker at the end. Some of the production higher ups ( not naming names) would overrode quality decisions and have guns put in the box with the attitude that if the customer had a problem they'd send it back and we would send them a replacement or fix the issues .

 

[Pinmaster]

So does he have a hoard of rare M40 parts.... asking for a friend.

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

That would make you....A Son of a Gun, Builder.

And a gun builder too. I'm proud of both my Dad and Grandpa. I feel as if I stood on the shoulders of giants.

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

So does he have a hoard of rare M40 parts.... asking for a friend.

I still have one of the original aluminum buttplates in my collection....

 

[isofahunter]

Welcome aboard.

 

[pmclaine]

Well since I'm not there anymore, I will tell you that alot of rifles up to and including 2010 shot quite well. There are still some from 2020 that are good shooters. The problem being production was overriding quality on some calls about 2011. A good friend of mine was the quality engineer for M700 production. Remington Defense guns have been really good also. However I have a friend that bought an M24 rebuild that was a stinker at the end. Some of the production higher ups ( not naming names) would overrode quality decisions and have guns put in the box with the attitude that if the customer had a problem they'd send it back and we would send them a replacement or fix the issues .

Different time back than.

This is going to sound wrong but it was more about the man than the gear.

Not a knock on gear or guys from either era.

Just expectations have differed over time based on technical advancements in production and doctrine on using the gear.

 

[GrumpyOleFart]

M40 = Definition of "ICONIC RIFLE"

 

[ubettcha]

Is there a chance that the factory will come back online or is it done for? I have a friend in Herkimer with both his wife/girlfriend (not sure) and daughter now out of work. He is a farmer and they are really hurting without many options.

 

[Ranchhand]

Welcome from Oregon.

 

[Son of XM40 builder]

Is there a chance that the factory will come back online or is it done for? I have a friend in Herkimer with both his wife/girlfriend (not sure) and daughter now out of work. He is a farmer and they are really hurting without many options.

At this point I don't know here's the latest Ive heard... https://www.wktv.com/content/news/R...on-as-job-offer-deadline-looms-573449811.html