ID this foreign rifle

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Lew
April 17, 2009, 01:38 AM
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/8531/riflen.th.jpg (http://img22.imageshack.us/my.php?image=riflen.jpg)

Can somebody tell me what this is?
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WardenWolf
April 17, 2009, 03:55 AM
Well, it's probably a Soviet design of some sort, judging by its appearance. Looks like a nice weapon, though. The lack of iron sights mean it was almost certainly originally designed as a sniper rifle.
R.W.Dale
April 17, 2009, 05:14 AM
It's a French FR1 or FR2 sniper rifle. A rifle based on the MAS36 from WWII. All in all pretty darn cool

http://www.snipercentral.com/fr-f1.htm
Duke of Doubt
April 17, 2009, 10:18 AM
krochus is on the money. Here's my favorite MAS36 "sniper rifle":
Lew
April 17, 2009, 04:20 PM
Thanks, THR! I knew I could count on you.
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