Those ranged from M1E1 through M1E9 and led to the development of the M14 and its single-fire counterpart the M1A. Additionally, Beretta produced a box-fed, select-fire version, the BM-59. The Ruger ...

The M14 rifle, designed in the 1950s to be the US military’s single, do-it-all battle rifle, had a notoriously short and ...