tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post6171159361235220525..comments2024-01-10T08:33:25.770-05:00Comments on Armed (But Not Dangerous): Les Fusils Grands: The French MAS-36 and MAS 49/56jimvachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-17402157238516766522021-10-17T00:52:53.689-04:002021-10-17T00:52:53.689-04:00Hi There,
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The biggest problem I've had with some of the bullets is, if they are hollow points, the rounds in the right side of the magazine refuse to go up the feed ramp. It's almost like hitting a wall. Rod Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584376942025407291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-16037297294268738192014-04-19T14:51:52.918-04:002014-04-19T14:51:52.918-04:00You got a hell of a good deal. Enjoy your rifle. I...You got a hell of a good deal. Enjoy your rifle. If you want to sell it, I'll gladly give you $300 for it. ;)jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-1947775263593013432014-04-06T08:21:47.613-04:002014-04-06T08:21:47.613-04:00I have recently picked up an MAS 36 for my very ow...I have recently picked up an MAS 36 for my very own. I paid $275. Even more recently (yesterday) I finally found 4 boxes of ammo for it. I am looking forward to taking it to the range. It is in like new condition with all matching numbers(except for the floor plate, which is just a few numbers lower). It has a nice sling and a stamp on the stock date 1954. I'm glad to read a positive review of them. I was afraid that wasted the money I spent on it. I had long wanted one just because of its unconventional looks. Thanks for your interesting review of the MAS.<br /><br />jayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-91516055617883990162013-12-03T20:57:51.344-05:002013-12-03T20:57:51.344-05:00I'm a bit confused by your question. The MAS-3...I'm a bit confused by your question. The MAS-36 has an integral 5 round magazine. Are you looking for a new spring, or follower? Or are you looking for a detachable magazine for the MAS-49 or 49/56? In both cases, I would check e-gunparts.com first, and then gunbroker. Failing that, scouring gun shows might be your best bet. Good luck.jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-19047842099268066422013-11-24T22:35:06.275-05:002013-11-24T22:35:06.275-05:00Looking for a MAS 1936 magazine! Any leads?Looking for a MAS 1936 magazine! Any leads?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-851717334271100512013-09-11T19:44:00.782-04:002013-09-11T19:44:00.782-04:00Salutations, mon ami! You're right: I don'...Salutations, mon ami! You're right: I don't know what I was thinking with the seven day comment. Had to have been a lapse on my part, because I know better than that....I've corrected it. Interesting points about the reputation of Jerry Lewis, too. This is something I have always just "heard" to be true, and just accepted it.<br /><br />As an arrogant, obese cowboy American, I am glad you didn't take offense to my tongue in cheek remarks, and that you enjoyed the article. :) There are some of us here who study history who still remember the Marquis De Lafeyette, after all. These really are fantastic rifles; I'm looking at adding a MAS-36/51 to my collection as soon as I can. I'd love to have a MAS-49 as well...maybe someday.jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-52281125679525421692013-09-07T16:55:22.743-04:002013-09-07T16:55:22.743-04:00Hey, quite nice! I started reading this entry half...Hey, quite nice! I started reading this entry half-expecting some of the usual French-bashing crap, boring but perversely thrilling, becasue, as you know, passer pour un idiot aux yeux d'un imbécile est une volupté de fin gourmet... And instread found a nicely written, informative text, with just the right amount of (to my French eyes at least) tongue-in-cheek snarkiness.<br /><br />Just one correction, though. "Nazi Germany invaded, France fell in seven days". Unless you have some more specific timeframe in mind, or mistook France for Yugoslvai (which indeed fell in a week, though the Germans would later much regret going in), AFAIK, the battle of France lasted 40 days, and the French still lost 100 000 KIA. <br /><br />As a rapid back of the envelope comparison, that would be about 750 000 KIA, still in 40 days, for today's USA, with maybe 2+ millions WIA - let's say a bit less than 19 000 KIA a day.<br />A real ass-kicking, for sure, but a far cry from the 'only dropped once' BS, in regard to the WWI-scale casualties, I'd say. This maybe simply because of my WWII veteran grandfather, who ended up picking up some ashtrays in Hitler's Eagle nest, or my grandmother's father and uncles who fought some 20 years earlier, 5 Surrender Monkeys going to war, only one coming back home. <br /><br />That's about all. Thanks for the read, in any case!<br /><br />(And make that TWO corrections, this last one just out of trivia interest : Jerry Lewis is NOT, I repeat NOT an household name in France, never was, in fact, I'd bet he's not even known by the public at large, at all. <br /><br />I mean, I know about him, but that's because I'm a dork who's gone through a "movies buff" awkward phase when younger, and know about his movies and his Scorcese and his "Wise guy" parts and all... <br />BUT, to the normal, better adjusted person on the French street, he is NOTHING, no more than the 3 Stooges or Abbot and Costello would be, well, maybe with just a tad more name recognition from the charity works.<br /><br />I've been stumped by that particular US cliché about France ever since I've met it, and my best guess is that it was a misconception born from the 60's "Cahiers du cinéma" movies/art magazine, which listed "Dr Madlove" among its "authors" movies, IE made within the Hollywood system, but carrying a certain artistic vision, and a greater control over the overall creative process. <br />Nobody ever accused Jerry Lewis of being on par with John Ford in that regard, but, that movie made it to the list, according to one particular writer/critic. Why not? It's not a bad movie, at least. Anyway.<br /><br />How it went from that, to the commonly-admitted eternal truth that French people idealize him... I'll never know... and it's a mystery best left unsolved, for all parties involved, I think.)Kevin Bergernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-69960720091203735592013-08-25T19:22:09.937-04:002013-08-25T19:22:09.937-04:00What you all need is a MAS 44.What you all need is a MAS 44.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-3549550319357399542013-08-23T11:05:25.073-04:002013-08-23T11:05:25.073-04:00I just purchased an Armory New MAS 49/56, 7.5x54 w...I just purchased an Armory New MAS 49/56, 7.5x54 w/ Bayonet. I bought it from a gentleman who has had it for over 25 years and has never shot it.<br />I even have the original manual. But you are right, I can't find any ammo at this time. I was able to locate two new magazines for it. They are still in the original packaging. Now I have to decide if I want to shoot this rifle or not. Maybe I'll buy an another one in fair to good condition and shoot that one. I am a collector of WW1 & WW11 Military Rifles. I search and search for the BEST I can find. I only have the Japanese rifles to research & locate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-75337463230177212013-07-08T10:18:10.677-04:002013-07-08T10:18:10.677-04:00Hi jimvac please contact me: janne161 ät gmail.com...Hi jimvac please contact me: janne161 ät gmail.com I have some questions to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-37605826945226797882013-01-18T16:52:42.686-05:002013-01-18T16:52:42.686-05:00Glad somone else has a passion for french weapons ...Glad somone else has a passion for french weapons ever since I've got a berthier rifle I've wanted a mas 36,but I can't find any around.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-90958241951986699752012-12-12T15:35:13.190-05:002012-12-12T15:35:13.190-05:00I know a guy who has a 49/56 in .308 and he has no...I know a guy who has a 49/56 in .308 and he has no complaints. The MAS 36 most likely was the result of the unsuccessful attempts at a semi-auto rifle (the Ste Etienne) the French experienced during WWI. While the technology may not have been ready then, in hindsight it appears that those problems could have been overcome by the '30s. However, even though the Garand was introduced about the same time, it had to be redesigned and fixed before it became the rifle it is known as being today. The 36 had no such problems.<br />I passed on a chance to get a 36 in the late 90's, and the ammunition issue was the only reason. I was in a militaria store once when a guy came in looking to sell a MAS 36. The owner wasn't interested. Another older customer looked at him and said "If I wanted one, I would've kept the one the guy trying to kill me was using when I killed him in Vietnam."<br />Would still like to get a 49/56, with a modified magazine it would make a handy deer rifle, I think.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04989731816300771896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-77490946714719772692012-11-03T10:23:25.921-04:002012-11-03T10:23:25.921-04:00Thanks for the kind words. I would love to add a M...Thanks for the kind words. I would love to add a MAS-49 to the safe someday myself. I have seen rearsenaled as-new ones for a pretty penny on gunbroker. I just can't justify the expense at the moment.<br /><br />jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-50811727438343598762012-11-03T10:22:52.146-04:002012-11-03T10:22:52.146-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-74915942201413075952012-11-01T09:43:22.567-04:002012-11-01T09:43:22.567-04:00Dude, this blog is awesome. Now I have to get one ...Dude, this blog is awesome. Now I have to get one of these frenchi guns... I saw a mas 49's online for $300 but nope... didn't last long, well someday.... someday...Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-68432797441398197812012-06-20T11:55:22.993-04:002012-06-20T11:55:22.993-04:00Hi. I've fired a few different 150 gr bullets ...Hi. I've fired a few different 150 gr bullets in my reloads. Hornady FMJBT, Prvi Partizan 150 gr FMJ (which mimics the M2 .30 cal bullet) and Prvi Partizan 150 gr SP. My 49/56 seems to really like the M2 style bullets. I use a fairly mild load of 38 grains of H4895 and seat to 2.94" and I have not had any issues with violent cycling that I can see. This is a starting load in my Lee manual and a middle range load in my Hornady 8th edition. I picked H4895 because its a do-all powder for most rifle cartridges and has a medium burn rate. I think with the direct impingement system of the 49 and 49/56 there's less chance of damaging anything, but I still stick to light loads. I've been thinking about picking up some 130 gr bullets and giving them a go. It would be nice if Prvi Partizan sold their 139 gr bullets separately, but I can't find them anywhere or anything resembling one, so until they do, I'll stick with the 150 grainers. Happy shooting!jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-63953086043173831632012-06-20T10:59:23.979-04:002012-06-20T10:59:23.979-04:00Hi,
Nice blog.
I am getting into reloading for m...Hi,<br /><br />Nice blog.<br /><br />I am getting into reloading for my MAS36 and my Syrian contract MAS 49 (that I am restoring with a nicer stock) and I wondered which smokeless powder you used and how many grains. The Prvi Parizan MAS cartridges I shoot have 139 grain bullets, but others have told me that they reloaded with seems .30 caliber 150 grain FMJ bullets (like M2 ball ammo) and the MAS seems to like it pretty well. They have noted the tighter twist of the rifling which makes 150 grain bullets more accurate in these rifles. They state that 'your mileage may vary' so I wondered what your experience was.<br /><br />Anyway...<br /><br />I can imagine shooting these reloads through the MAS 36 just fine, but with my MAS 49, I don't want to use anything to overstress the gas system, which can be finicky. I am curious what powder and grain weight load you use for reloads, and if you use the 150 grain spitzer .30 caliber FMJ bullet with it.<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2565666931278476802.post-85928524761928022572012-05-05T18:08:11.168-04:002012-05-05T18:08:11.168-04:00Comments are welcome! Have any input for me? Addit...Comments are welcome! Have any input for me? Additional information about the subject that I've left out? Personal experience with these weapons, either in combat or on the range? Post it here!jimvachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09990377959959824123noreply@blogger.com