French mas

[Mosinowner]

Anyone know where to get these rifles? Cause im looking for a gun that hasnt been fired and only dropped once.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I'd never heard of that. Had to google. Yeah, that looks like something the French would make. Think you could find ammo?

 

[Mosinguy]

Some were converted to 7.62x51. They however command a premium of $400-$500 range. Regular ones are anywhere from $250-350. All in "near-unissued condition, slight scuffs and scratches"

Bradis did have one or two a few months ago.

 

[Aejsl]

I own one. It has been converted. I've only shot it a couple of times. It's pretty good at jambing.

 

[Mosinowner]

I'm currently looking at a mauser so the mas is in 2nd in line. Still intresting to see if I could get 1.

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

I'm skeptical of conversions. I saw a CETME that had been converted from .303 to 7.62x51 and I'm glad I didn't get it. I read later that you're liable to wind up picking the chamber out of your face with tweezers. I don't know the first thing about the 7.5x54 to even be able to speculate.

 

[451_Detonics]

Most of the semi auto MAS conversions I have seen have been jam-o-matics but there were a few that were done right...

 

[GBuck]

Weird, I thought the OP made this thread for the soul purpose of taking a shot at the French (which I am more than fine with). Turns out he was serious.

 

[Ash]

Take an actual shot. These French MAS rifles (bolt action or semi-auto) are all good, sturdy, acurate guns. Though I own original calibur (7.5x54mm MAS) examples only.

 

[Hghlndr]

I used to have one that was converted to 7.62x51. I never had a single problem with it. I probably put 500 rounds through it. I have read that some of the conversions were terrible. I guess I got lucky.

 

[boozoo]

Mine jams after it gets warmed up. I did find a really good article on what the real deal is on fixing these (actually two articles) but this one was much more explicit in the fix (gas timing).

I kept the scans up for anyone else wanting to tackle it. I haven't gotten around to it on mine yet.
MAS 49 56 pictures by TeamTumbleweeds - Photobucket

 

[tgallmey]

Are we talking mas 36 or 49?