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Lancaster
You’re right, it seems to be a customized MAS 36. Not a poor picking, a common cheap and sturdy rifle, with parts aplenty available. Just like the 303 for the English hunters.
When in the army I used this rifle for ward duty and parade. We weren’t supposed to deteriorate the strategic stocks of serious weapons……………………and the FAMAS, FRF2, PGM and MINIMI weren’t invented.

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the good thing with the mauser is that we have the very best rifle in our hands and be free now to take a fresh look at other actions.
the unknown and unexplored gun and hunting history interested me more than the things we know. makes the world a little bit more colourful, dont you think so?
with he help of the lord I will get the export permit for a Mas 36 sporter in 10,75x68 next month. waiting for this since last christmas and let a lot of interesting rifle passing by.
have a special tast for very small rifles and the mas is probably the smallest bolt action you will find also if you compare it with the mannlicher. but you get a lot more cartridge into this action with the 10,75x68 than into a mannlicher.
"my" rifle is missing some part but I was able to get an deactivated 8x60S sporter thats waiting here.

thats what I use to make the pics



Mas 36 and Mauser 98








mas 36 and Mannlicher 92





actually the work for a frenchman to investigate the history of this sporting rifles but a prohet has no hohour in his own country