M14 Rifle History and Development Sixth Edition is now available at Lulu Press. It is 88 pages longer than the Fifth Edition. The books are sold at zero profit to me. Thank you for your support over the last seventeen years. Portions of the Sixth Edition preface are reproduced here to recognize those who provided assistance above and beyond my expectations:
"The copy editing chore for the First Edition was freely and graciously donated by Brent A. Blanchard, Attorney and Counselor at Law."
"William Cook Richards generously gave his time to the task of copy editing for the Second Edition. Additionally, his thoughtful suggestions regarding the use of publishing software resulted in a better layout with the Second Edition."
"Special thanks go out to the following individuals for their generous assistance and support (in alphabetical order):
Scott Anzivino, Dave Armstrong, Lou Biancospino, Bill Bidwell, Bob Brenner, Al Brezinski, Ted Brown, Tom Buss, Rich Cabral, John Chalker, William Clark, Ken Corcoran, Jack Dailey, Joe DeBello, Tony Diaz, Bruce Dow, Frank Goluza, Charles Green, Mark Hartman, George Huang, Ned Hogan, Mark Humphreville, Lisa Jones, Steve Karnes, Drew Kelley, Tony Lawrence, Nolan Lee, Mark Lehman, Mike Letson, Art Luppino, James Mason, Mitch Mateiko, Karl Maunz, Jeff Miller, James Mock, Rick Pimley, Claude Rankin, Bill Ricca, Mike Rock, Donnie Shearer, Jeff Shapiro, Ron Smith, Tim Strait, Greg Toms, Tom Valentin, Daniel Watters, Kevin Young, Larry Zakreski, and Kim Zimmerman.
The author is grateful for those who contributed to this work but wish to remain anonymous. Other Sources # 12, # 18 and # 27 provided significant historical perspective regarding the commercial M14."