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When ones thinks of weapons of WWII, one does not naturally think of the service rifle of the french military, because, well, they got rather 'rolled over' pretty quick, quite early on. However this is a living example of one such rifle. The MAS 36, originally put into service in, well, 1936, this particular rifle was made and completed in the factory as intended, prewar, and kept in the arsenal until 1939 [per receiver markings]. Which is unlike the -vast- majority of surviving examples of this firearm, which were built in basements and bombed out warehouses from scavenged parts taken from bombed out or raided factories by the french resistance during the war. As in, my rifle has all matching numbers on all parts, and actually shoots straight with good groupings, compared to the majority. Fires the now defunct 7.5x54mm French round, which is rather hard to find unless you make them yourself, which is the plan for myself.

Description
When ones thinks of weapons of WWII, one does not naturally think of the service rifle of the french military, because, well, they got rather 'rolled over' pretty quick, quite early on. However this is a living example of one such rifle. The MAS 36, originally put into service in, well, 1936, this particular rifle was made and completed in the factory as intended, prewar, and kept in the arsenal until 1939 [per receiver markings]. Which is unlike the -vast- majority of surviving examples of this firearm, which were built in basements and bombed out warehouses from scavenged parts taken from bombed out or raided factories by the french resistance during the war. As in, my rifle has all matching numbers on all parts, and actually shoots straight with good groupings, compared to the majority. Fires the now defunct 7.5x54mm French round, which is rather hard to find unless you make them yourself, which is the plan for myself.