MAS 49/56

[Marshall-law]

I picked this rig up last weekend. Ive been eye balling these for a couple years and had never seen one around town in till last weekend so I got it. 425.OTD. Ive got dies and brass is inbound. Replaced the firing pin with one of Mr. Murrays. Here is a few pic's.

[Loose}{Cannon]

I have been wanting one of these french things for years!

Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!       

Lol,   hella nice carbine you have there!    Me so jelly....  me soooo JELLY!!

[armedhippie]

I did a job for a fella, a few years back, who had 1 of these with a few rounds. It piqued my interest for sure. He wanted $400 I believe. Since then I've seen a few in shops but... Their always the 1's that have been rechambered for .308 ( not interested)

I see him every now and again and I think the deal still stands....I casually mention "that old french rifle in the funny caliber"  Whenever I see him, just to see if he still has it.

[Greasemonkey]

Nice, I like them

that old french rifle in the funny caliber

I have been wanting one of these french things for years!

Why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!       

Lol,   hella nice carbine you have there!    Me so jelly....  me soooo JELLY!!

Keep wanting big guy!!!!

[Loose}{Cannon]

How did I know this was going to get highjacked by the french nazi in a straight jacket?   

Let me guess, yours is only 2.63m serial # off from the OPs gun and made just 15k miles down the road right?  Right?

[Marshall-law]

  DANG NICE GMONKEY!

[Greasemonkey]

How did I know this was going to get highjacked by the french nazi in a straight jacket?   

Let me guess, yours is only 2.63m serial # off from the OPs gun and made just 15k miles down the road right?  Right?

Bah!!!   Ok, , all Mas 49/56s were produced at Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne.  The OP's rifle was refurbed and possibly even rebarreled in 1982, the "G" series rifle is estimated to be built in 1958 to 1960.  One of mine is an H suffix, which is a series later, the other is a "G" series, which is 40950 lower than the OP's rifle.

Being the OP got the bayonet, sling and 5 magazines, and even the correctly marked grenade launching boot for 425 OTD, this man got a slamming package deal Considering a bayonet will run between 50-75+ bucks, a magazine runs 35ish depending on condition.

I chewed outta the straight jacket earlier, just wearing my helmet now,  Mwhahahahaha,   

[Dannyboy53]

Sounds like a good deal Marshall-law, looks real good to boot!

[Saigon1965]

Congrast Marshall-Law -

Great deal for an even greater package!


Superb collection GM -


Some of my French -

Saigon1965 -


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[Phosphorus32]

Nice Marshall!  Looks like a good package and I really like the grain on that stock.  It's great that you got the grenade launcher and sight.  Seen a few pop up with those parts removed.

GM and Saigon: nice array of French small arms you have there. A couple of scoped examples even  The swept forward bolt handle on the MAS36 is a really unique feature. 

[Marshall-law]

I would love to have a original scope. Saigon1965, are the scopes pretty functionable? I would like to get some input on them before I fork out the cash.

[Saigon1965]

Thank you -

The last of the bolt battle rifles -

The scope is quite functioning - It's a bit high for me -

Here's a link for your reading -

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?128154-APXL-806-scope-for-semi-autos-rifles

Buddy Hinton has these in stock most of the time -