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FN-49s here in the U.S. can be found chambered in 8mm, 7mm, 30-06, and the Argentines converted from 7.65 to 7.62 NATO. There were 9 different contracts with a total of around 20 variations. I can't say whether $649 is high or not without knowing more about the rifle. Egyptian contract...

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Not even ONE FN-49 owner ?????????? :rolleyes: Goose

Hmmmm - no FN-49 owners out there? :rolleyes: Goose

El Tejon - Not in - had a 01FFL about 10 years ago but that was too much trouble out here in Kali. Just have a 03 now. Goose

telewinz - Thanks. This just shows the benefit of the survey. The more folks that participate, the more numbers that I can crunch, and then can turn that info back around to folks that have FN-49 questions. El Tejon - The last FN-49 imports were 800-1000 Argentine contract rifles in 1995...

Hi, The numbers that geekay quoted weren't serial numbers - they were total production numbers in each of those chamberings. The 9 production contracts for the FN-49 were chambered for 7x57, 30-06, 7.65x53 (some say 7.65x54), and 7.92x57 (aka 8x57). Not important for this discussion are...

Greetings to the land down under! Thanks for taking the time to reply. The production numbers that you quoted were originally published in the Don McLean foreword to the FN rifle manual back around 1970. These numbers are well known and have now been republished many times. The purpose...

Hi – I just found your Board and it looks like there are some FN-49 owners here. I have been running several FN-49 surveys on a number of Boards for the past 13 months. I now have data for 664 FN-49 rifles in my data base. We have learned a lot about the FN-49 as a result of Board...

Hello, Rome just tipped me off about this Board in general and this thread in particular. It looks like we have a few FN-49 owners on this board so I'll start a new thread and post my survey. I have 664 rifles in the data base - my goal is 1,000 and beyond so I can ALWAYS use more data ...