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I have searched for years for one of these rifles and now. I finally got one along with a free box of ammunition and a extra box of ammunition for $15 dollars.

This is a very interesting rifle. It's bayonet is not separate from the rifle and isn't a folding type. Instead, it's a bayonet that fits inside the rifle and when you want it out and ready for a charge. You press a button and pull it out of the rifle, than you flip it and put it back into the rifle butt first. Now your ready to stab someone with the rifle. Pretty nifty way to carry and arm a spike bayonet. = )

It also has a very weird shaped bolt, this can actually be a very fast bolt to work. Fast enough to rival even a Lee-Enfield bolt, but only if you willing to practice a little with it. = D

Finally. It lacks any safety at all. This was because the French military thought it was pointless to have one. One, you can easily push the five rounds of ammunition in with your thumb and simply close the bolt over them on an empty chamber and when you needed to shot it. You simply could cycle the bolt to chamber a round and fire it and two, a soldier could die trying to turn the safety off if he had to duck into mud or water and his wet and slippery fingers kept slipping off the safety switch. = P

This rifle as far as I know has no date one it, I heard the date is actually on the barrel and you have to take the rifle apart to see it, but the single serial number on it also gives hint on when it was made. Mine starts with a "FH" which according to a few sources means this rifle was made very late into it's production life. It's possible it saw action in the Indochina War or the Suez Crisis, but I have doubts about that....

I really cannot wait to fire this rifle. ^^ = D

(EDIT: Finally got a pair of needle nose pliers and took the two weird screws out of the rifle and removed the wooden foreguards and got a look at the barrel. Made in 1957. Guess it's possible it saw action in the Algerian War, but not likely. Still, guy can dream can he? )

Description
I have searched for years for one of these rifles and now. I finally got one along with a free box of ammunition and a extra box of ammunition for $15 dollars.

This is a very interesting rifle. It's bayonet is not separate from the rifle and isn't a folding type. Instead, it's a bayonet that fits inside the rifle and when you want it out and ready for a charge. You press a button and pull it out of the rifle, than you flip it and put it back into the rifle butt first. Now your ready to stab someone with the rifle. Pretty nifty way to carry and arm a spike bayonet. = )

It also has a very weird shaped bolt, this can actually be a very fast bolt to work. Fast enough to rival even a Lee-Enfield bolt, but only if you willing to practice a little with it. = D

Finally. It lacks any safety at all. This was because the French military thought it was pointless to have one. One, you can easily push the five rounds of ammunition in with your thumb and simply close the bolt over them on an empty chamber and when you needed to shot it. You simply could cycle the bolt to chamber a round and fire it and two, a soldier could die trying to turn the safety off if he had to duck into mud or water and his wet and slippery fingers kept slipping off the safety switch. = P

This rifle as far as I know has no date one it, I heard the date is actually on the barrel and you have to take the rifle apart to see it, but the single serial number on it also gives hint on when it was made. Mine starts with a "FH" which according to a few sources means this rifle was made very late into it's production life. It's possible it saw action in the Indochina War or the Suez Crisis, but I have doubts about that....

I really cannot wait to fire this rifle. ^^ = D

(EDIT: Finally got a pair of needle nose pliers and took the two weird screws out of the rifle and removed the wooden foreguards and got a look at the barrel. Made in 1957. Guess it's possible it saw action in the Algerian War, but not likely. Still, guy can dream can he? )