Maybe better luck here...New Rifle,7.5×54mm French MAS-49. PICS. Anyone have any info

[RaceDay]

Congrats on the nice deal. The only thing that would make it even better is if you say you bought it on a trip out of state and brought that beauty into CA from someplace else.

[Moonclip]

To find any C&R semi-auto for less than $500 nowadays usually means that the rifle is really beaten up or missing parts.

Except for maybe the SKS, I still find good deals on those here and there.

[SJgunguy24]

Excellent find for a very unheard of price this day and age. You must have been doing some very good deeds lately for the gun karma gods to have laid this baby into your lap in such nice condition.

To find any C&R semi-auto for less than $500 nowadays usually means that the rifle is really beaten up or missing parts.

I've been looking for an SVT-40 a bit pricy

[smle-man]

This is the Syrian contract MAS 49 with features of both the 44 and 49.

[technique]

Well it shot well. That was the whole point of buying it. Now I just want to sell it, like I said it's just not my thing. And I'm not sure I have the room to keep it in the safe, I have other stuff on the way.

[Flintlock Tom]

Have you posted it for sale anywhere? And, how much are you hoping to get for it?

[dfletcher]

I have a 49/56 with the FH and GL neutered just enough for CA law. Put a KVAR side mount on it, looks very good. I'd like to grab a 44, I think the French semis are a good deal and will get better known in CA (and expensive) as time goes by, in part because they have no pistol grip and almost universally use a 10 round magazine.

[gun toting monkeyboy]

Well tell us when you post it for sale someplace. It looks like a fun toy. You can make the brass out of 6.5x55 Swedish mauser brass by just runing it through the sizing dies and trimming to length if needed. It uses standard .308" bullets, and is slightly under .308 Win in power. I have a MAS 36 that is entertaining enough for playing, but would not be my go-to gun. The sights are a bit awkward.

-Mb

[sierratangofoxtrotunion]

I think the magazine design on those is neat, really simple and unlike anything else.