Later models of the Commando version fed from the right and ejected to the left the original machine gun variations of the Stoner 63 awkwardly fed from the left and ejected to the left, which sometimes resulted in empty casings bouncing back into the action. Survival Rifle: Similar to the assault rifle configuration, but has a cut-down pistol grip, folding stock, simplified sights, no handguard, shortened barrel and receiver, and a top-mounted cocking handle.It also had a bottom-mounted charging handle derived from the 63A rifle charging handle the right side-mounted charging handle was blocked by the right-side feeding ammo belts, so these weapons featured an extended 63A charging handle, and a large slot was cut into the handguard so that the charging handle can be pulled. Some "Dutch Pattern" Stoner 63s were also modified with MP40-like underfolding and later side-folding stocks. The Stoner 63 was fielded during the Vietnam War by the United States Marine Corps (who tested the assault rifle and magazine-fed LMG versions in 1967) and the Navy SEALs (who used the belt-fed machine gun and Commando derivative).
The rifle configurations of the 63A model had an improved charging handle mounted to the top of the receiver, replacing the original side mounted charging handle (the machine gun configurations used the same charging handle).įeedback from the field testing led to the improved Stoner 63A model, made in 1966.
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