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Over several years I have acquired a few manuals/pamphlets covering the M14. Although I realized that some of these publications were not common, I assumed that most serious students of the M14 had them. Recently I have had cause to question this assumption.
To make sure this information is available to any one who wants it, I will be sending some of these publications to Eric A. Nicolaus, “the merc”. Eric operates a document restoration service; he is the author of two books and is the editor of the GCA Journal’s Marketplace Section. Eric has started to reproduce these publications and making them available to those who need them. He has sent me some samples of his work and he really does outstanding work. AND NO! I AM NOT RECEIVING ANY MONEY FROM THIS. I know how frustrating it is to be looking for information, knowing it must be out there somewhere, and not being able to find it.
Here is a list of some of the publications I will be sending Eric.

Springfield Armory
Research and Development
Notes on Development Type Materiel
Project Title: Rifle, Caliber .30, Lightweight
Project No.: TS2-2015
Report Title: Rifle, Caliber .30, T44E4
Item: .30 R T44E4 Date: 17 June 1955 SA-NM11-2612
40 pages


Military Specification
Rifle, 7.62mm: M14
MIL-R-45012D 06 Jan 1971
superseding
MIL-R-45012D
Date: 11 March 1970
40 pages


ORDP-608-R-SA1
Quality Assurance Training Pamphlet
Rifle, 7.62-MM, M14
Date: April 1959
1023 numbered pages


DMWR 9-1005-233
U.S. Army Weapons Command Depot Maintenance Work Requirements
for
Overhaul of the Rifle, 7.62MM, M14 and Bipod, Rifle, M2
Date: July 1970
162 pages

SA-SIP-7790476
Springfield Armory
Standard Inspection Procedure
Rifle, U.S. 7.62-MM, M14 National Match
Jan 1966 107 pages



MIL-R-45979
Military Specification
Rifle, 7.62MM: M14, National Match
24 Sept. 1976 23 pages


TI-02648A-25/10B
U.S. Marine Corps Technical Instruction
Match Condition Procedures
Rifle, 7.62MM, M14
27 Nov. 1972 30 pages


The United States Army Marksmanship Training Unit
USAMTU
Accurized National Match “M-14 (MTU-NM)”
08 June 1971 & 03 Oct. 1974
yes, the title does have a hyphen between the M and 14


Accurizing The M14 Service Rifle, National Guard MTU


I have all the FMs , most of the TMs and some other M14 publications, I will send these if Eric determines there is a need.

To find out when these publications becomes available, check Eric’s Website:
www.nicolausassociates.com
This type work takes time, so don’t rush him.


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can'twait

OUTSTANDING 45b20! I've been watching and e-mailing Eric for some time now and was wondering if anyone else was trying to help this guy out. I think he's talked with Bill Ricca too. I have been keeping my eye out for anything at the surplus stores I haunt and will send him anything I find. His work looks fabulous. Can't wait to start my collection of it.
 
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Sadly there are some Military pubs you've missed including one that lived in my shooting stool pouch every time I went to the range. You'd have to talk to the USMC about any M-14 publications to see if you'd get some kind of a hint about it. Me? I found it invaluable every time I shot 600-1000 yards with either an M-14 NM or M1A built to USMTU specs. Nope, for all the M-14s and M1As I've worked on, I've never gone the full USMTU tuning guidelines. I found to many workable ways around drilling and tapping forged parts.
 
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