Barcode: 0 89195 81304 6
Packaging: 36 Pieces Per Master Carton
Box Size: 7.5" x 11.4" x 1.8"
***Brand New 1/3 Firearms Series***
Features:
- Accurately detailed
- Replicated true to scale
- Highly displayable and collectible
- Multiple realistic functional parts
The G17 pistol was the opening offering in Dragon’s groundbreaking 1/3 Firearms
Series, and it has been quickly followed by a much larger weapon. The second
item in the series is an M14 rifle. Official nomenclature is United States Rifle,
Caliber 7.62mm, M14, with this 5.2kg and 1.181m-long weapon being produced from
1959-64. The 7.62x51mm M14 was the last ‘battle rifle’ (a weapon that fires
full-power rifle ammunition), and it was eventually superseded by the M16 assault
rifle. Interestingly, the success of the design is seen in the fact that M14s
are still being used as specialist sniper rifles by the U.S. military in Afghanistan
and Iraq even today!
The M14 can trace its lineage back to the M1 Garand, and it served well enough
in Vietnam, even though its bulk and weight proved unwieldy in the thick jungle
foliage. It was the mainstay infantry weapon in Vietnam until the M16 began
appearing in 1966. Dragon’s 1/3 scale kit offers a complete M14 rifle that accurately
resembles the real thing. Its realism is illustrated in working features like
a detachable 20-round box magazine, simulated bolt action, and even a trigger
that has movement like that of the original. For a very reasonable price, modelers
and gun enthusiasts can have their very own M14 rifle, plus the satisfaction
of having assembled it themselves!
