Almost bought a MAS-36 today

A friend of mine has one. Not a bad rifle, but ammo is/was hard to come by. I havnt looked for any in a good long while.

7.5x54mas ammo can be had under the Privi Partisan label from various online retailers for less than 15 mc chickens a box.

Check out grafs.com

I had one of those for a while. It was the most accurate milsurp I ever owned. Often wished I had kept it.

tkendrick said:

I had one of those for a while. It was the most accurate milsurp I ever owned. Often wished I had kept it.

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Your experiance mirrors mine. Even when my MAS was amongst the company of Swedes, Finns and even the Swiss

How powerful is the round?

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Quite powerful, pretty much a match for the .308.
150gr at 2800fps...
These are very accurate and were the base for the FR series of sniper rifles that are still in use.

Just make sure it does fire the French round - there were quite a few 7.62 NATO conversions on this rifle.

I've also heard, but never seen, that a lot of these were also converted to .300 Savage.

Jump on them now.I have a mas and it is wonderfull, i hate to say it but i like it more than my 1903, it is true ammo is hard to find, but it is very easy to reload, it's basically a 6.5 swedish mauser with a .30cal bullet. Also the 1892 Berthier carbine is a steal as well, 8mm lebel can be had on AIM i believe from Priv buy them both. I got swindled on my mas as $356 in the great state of NJ so grab em.






Marsh

mas also built a few mas36 sporting rifles for civilians, they are very rare in the us. mine is chambered in 10.75x68mm, has a one standing two folding express sight & is dated 1950 under the hand guard.
it should be handy for those pesky water buffalo's & elephants that keep wandering into my yard.
i've seen pictures of another one identical to mine in 10.75x68, one in 9.3x62 & one in the 7x54 french wildcat. the other 10.75x68 had the same front sight assembly as mine, the 9.3x62 had a normal banded front sight.

I have one that I purchased for $165. It is an accurate rifle in a good caliber (308 equivalent). It's ugly but a pretty good military rifle. Sights are good (aperture), bolt handle is in a very convenient place. Trigger sucks but a lot of military triggers do.

Here's mine just below the Enfields.



Ishapore Enfield 2A, 7.62x51mm
Savage Enfield No. 4, Mk I*, .303 British
Fazerkly Enfield No. 4, Mk 1/2, .303 British
MAS 36, 7.5x54mm
Berthier Mle 1892/27 (32*?) (Mosqueton d'Artillerie Mle. 1927), 8x50R mm
Swedish M1896 Mauser 1900 Oberndorf, 6.5x55mm
Swedish M1896 Mauser 1903 Gustav, 6.5x55mm
Swiss K31, 7.5x55mm
Swiss K31, 7.5x55mm

Is that a safety behind the trigger?
I could be wrong but I seem to remember that the military version did not have ANY safeties?

That's right they didn't have a safety. Apparently the civilian ones did though. Oh don't buy the .308 converted ones they're butchered Century guns.

There is a MAS 36 here locally that is in fantastic condition. The problem is that the shop wants $400, and that seems way, way too high no matter how nice it is. This was also the same shop where the owner told me that a Type 38 was extra special, and priced double what it should have been, because the Mum was ground off and not intact. My money went elsewhere.

Nonetheless, I'd love to find a reasonablly priced MAS 36 as the rifle looks to be extremely well made.

Hesitate and you loose. Tis the story of gunshows and firearm bargains.

I can't say for sure the cal. of your guns.
If you want to know,hit gunboards.
The guys in the French forum are great.