lancaster
(.470 member)
29/10/14 05:08 AM
Re: french connection

here is an advertisment for the Mas 36 sporting rifle in 7x54 by Jean Fournier
the 7x54 is a wildcat made by using the the 7,5x54 military round. more or less a copy of the 7x57 mauser until last year illegal in france.







http://www.tircollection.com/t6184-calibre-mas-fournier

hope to find such paper for the 10,75x68 rifle too

the rifle there looks like an original Mas made gun. maybe Fournier had bought the parts after the end of the production there. this rifle here for sale in france once dont have any checkering and no serial number on the left side.















http://www.naturabuy.fr/Mas-36-7x54-Fournier-item-556700.html

another rifle looks like it have the common serial number of the rifles made at Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne. maybe Fournier got this receiver with the serial number on it.













http://www.naturabuy.fr/Carabine-MAS-36-FOURNIER-occasion-item-606097.html

this Fournier rifle have the typical "JF 154" serial number on the left side above. this is the common way the serial number is locaceted and looks on Fournier made rifles

























http://www.naturabuy.fr/MAS-36-FOURNIER-CALIBRE-7X54-item-381396.html

a Fournier made rifle( number "JFD 915" - giving a hint that 915 of this rifles were made at least) and a 8x60S (common serial number 136)rifle with Sterna stamp side by side







http://www.tircollection.com/t2152-mas-fournier-1075x68

Sterna was another gunmaker who made mas 36 sporting rifles probably by using parts he bought from
Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne. we have seen this stamp before on rifle number 295 and maybe also on number 837 where Sterna was the gunmaker who rechamber the illegal 7x57 into the .284 Winchester.



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