MAS-36 & MAS-49 French Military Rifles 

That is a 49/56. Not just a 49. There is a difference

Somewhere, Ian's French rifle senses are tingling.

The one I use is a 56 that was imported during the 1970's. All matching number parts. Not messed with at all. Very accurate & fun to shoot. The ones that have been brought in during the last 20 years or so have been reworked, replaced stocks, some re-chambered for .308. They suck.

07:00 Using valuable aluminium for... stripper clips, instead of aviation parts, gear and engines for planes and other vehicles??? That sounds like a really bad move here.

In before the "never fired, dropped once" comment...

he Mas 36 is reliable, well balanced, precise to the point that it was not planned to equip it with shooting optics when I was in the army I did a 100 KM march with a Mas 36, it was living daily with a weapon that we do not end up shooting well a French soldier did not fire 50 cartridges in a year. the mas 49 is a little heavier a little less balanced in width but anyone could shoot in a half circle the size of a helmet at 200 m whatever the conditions or the shooting position I put my group in the equivalent of the palm of my hand and when shooting with a grenade launcher putting your grenade less than 2 m at 400 m was the norm because it is a real small mortar it is not the soldier who chooses his weapon but the opposite it is the weapon who chooses the soldier it may be less precise than the Garrand but it resists mud and sand it is much easier to clean and reload and if you are surprised by an armored vehicle of less than 16 T you can reduce it by crumb .

I have the same new rifle,with all accessories. Never been fired. Time to sell,,I can't keep a rifle and not fire it...

I own a 36 unfortunately it was sporterized

I saw a 49-56 at a milsurp spot for the first time without any idea what it is. It blew my mind and I've wanted one ever since.

Xcellant vid. I sure do ❤ both of mine!

I have seen a MAS 1936 .308 caliber. I can't find any information on it?

Hands down the most informative video I have found! Thank you!

You can go pretty deep collecting French arms.

Oh my God I can't take it, the French absolutely did not even have let alone mass issue semi auto rifles in ww1, and not ww2 either since they were under german occupation america, and poland were the only 2 countries to enter ww2 with a standard issue semi auto rifle, the soviets were next with the svt

I was stationed in West Germany during the mid to end 1980s. I was sent with our recon platoon as a fire support specialist to the French comando school 4 in Colmar Frence. We had the MAS Modele 36 as a training rifle but with the bolt welded closed. For "live fire" (ha ha) we shot the MAS Modele 49-56 with plastic case and bullet on a 50 meter range. All I can remember is the buring gun powder blow backing in my face.

What a gorgeous man. Wow.

Where's Ian??

GREAT video with good information.

As a french having used FSA (MAS 49/56) and Famas, I confirm : these are excellent rifles, mostly the Famas.

Music sounds Italian hehehe

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Fun fact: French arms aren't made to fire more than 3/4 mags of rounds The engineers know the army will surrender by then , so the extra workmanship is unnecessary

There were great deals on French wwII rifles in the 70’s and 80’s. Great condition, never fired, dropped once