| lancaster |
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| 11/06/08 04:38 AM |
MAS 36 sporter - 10,75x68
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There is not a day when you will not learn something new in the terrible worldweb. Find a Mas 36 in 10,75x68 on gunbords - http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?t=33599 - and think it deserve a place here in the archive of 'classic' firearms.
I don’t know before that such a Mas 36 sporter exist but this was always the fate of this action. Coming to late for WW 2 and after the war obsolete because of the self loading rifles.
I asked George if its possible to show his rifle here on nitroexpress and he give generous permission. This what the owner say about his rifle:
“Thanks for the interest. My dad picked it up when he was in Vietnam in 1968. His story was that it was probably used by French Plantation owner for a tiger gun. I will work on getting more pics of it. It isnt superbly accurate - but fun to shoot! My dad didnt do anything half way. He had only this one gun in 10.75, but must have picked up several hundred rounds for it as well as all the reloading essentials.”
The owner try to make some more pics of the details.
It seem’s to be that the mas in 10,75 is not so rare, also the wikipedia site know it: After the war, civilian hunting rifle versions were made by MAS and by the gunsmith Jean Fournier. These half-stocked rifles were chambered for the 7x54 MAS-Fournier, 8x60 "Magnum", and 10,75x68.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAS_36
The 10,75x68 was top in france for farmer and colonial official’s and it works with standard length actions. So the the Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Etienne take it for a future that never comes.
Anyone here knowing more about production time and how many rifle made?
| ReverendRecoil |
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| 11/06/08 11:21 AM |
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I would like to know how the safety was fitted to the left side of the trigger guard. I have a MAS 36 I would like to sporterize but have yet to come up with a safety design. How about a pic of the left side of the receiver with the butt stock removed?
| lancaster |
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| 11/06/08 07:08 PM |
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contact this other guy on gunbords and buy the 10,75 mas sporter for 650$. I cant remember another 10,75x68 for such a price. of course its not a mauser 98 but there are allso other big bore sporter like the swedish mauser in 9,3x57, the M 88 in 9x57 or Lee Enfield sporter and they all have friends.
| lancaster |
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| 02/12/09 05:13 AM |
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update for my old post, this is the PH and one of the last living professional ivory hunters Tony Sanchez-Arino on his first elephant hunt in Gabun 1952.
the rifle in 10,75x68 with a left hand action belong to one of his hunting companions and was bought in (french) Cameroon.
still looking for such a rifle
| ReverendRecoil |
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| 22/12/09 02:02 PM |
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Is that really a left-handed MAS-36 rifle? Is it posible that the film negative was reversed when the print was made? I have see pictures of left-handed M-16's and Winchester leaver action rifles that were made in that way.
| lancaster |
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| 28/12/09 12:49 AM |
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hello
very good point, such things may happen
also never see a left handed M 36 action before but as a gunmaker special it seems possible to me but you are maybe rigth
| lancaster |
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| 21/03/10 02:36 AM |
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because its maybe the only post about the mas 36 on nitroexpress ever, here is a cameroon game scout rifle in 2010
http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6321043/m/2661073721
you dont wonder about lee enfields or the ak 47 but this is the first Mas 36 I see in this position
| Old_Glass |
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| 21/03/10 03:45 AM |
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I remember reading somewhere that the MAS36 is potentially a highly accurate action due to its two horizontally locking lugs. It is still used in the French sniper rifle the FR F2.
| Carpetsahib |
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| 21/03/10 12:23 PM |
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Quote:Look at his shirt in the photo: the buttons are on the left side, like a woman's shirt. I have never seen a man's shirt structured like that. I think the photo is reversed.
Is that really a left-handed MAS-36 rifle? Is it posible that the film negative was reversed when the print was made? I have see pictures of left-handed M-16's and Winchester leaver action rifles that were made in that way.
| grandveneur |
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| 21/03/10 10:33 PM |
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Quote:
update for my old post, this is the PH and one of the last living professional ivory hunters Tony Sanchez-Arino on his first elephant hunt in Gabun 1952.
the rifle in 10,75x68 with a left hand action belong to one of his hunting companions and was bought in (french) Cameroon.
still looking for such a rifle
416 Rigby !
| lancaster |
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| 24/01/11 07:43 PM |
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time for a little update, welcome back to life nitroexpress
there was a mas in 8x60Son egun wih the description being one of the first rifle's the french occupation forces were giving out for crope protection after the war in the french zone, south germny
I was thinking about it for a moment for making a 10,75x68 but it lacks to many details to be ever real. it did not sold for 399 euro starting bid.
here are some more pictures from a 10,75x68 rifle I found here http://curioandrelicfirearmsforum.yuku.com/topic/17872/mas36-sporting-rifle-10-75x68mm
you see how the trigger safety is working
the only bad thing about this rifle is that I dont have it. still looking for a Mas in 10,75x68! if anyone see such a sporter please contact me.
| lancaster |
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| 21/09/11 04:39 AM |
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this mas 36 sporter was on egun, to bad not in 10,75x68
pic of a Fournier sporter in his own 7x54
| mehulkamdar |
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| 17/10/11 12:32 PM |
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Thought this might reinvigorate this thread - French gunmaking house Armurerie Perrin are sporterizing MAS 36 rifles. It will be interesting to see how this turns out. M. Perrin prefers the Bavarian style for his guns and it will be interesting to see how he transforms the MAS 36s that he is working on at the moment.
| lancaster |
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| 24/10/11 07:08 PM |
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I assume that this is his basic model. do you know which safety he use for his sporting rifles? I looking everywhere for a mas 36 in 10,75x68 but if nothing will be found it could be a possiblity for a new rifle
its an interesting mix like Camembert with Weißbier or Champagne with Weißwurst. the french have sometime's a special taste for the teutonic mountain style.
| ruffcountry |
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| 25/12/11 09:58 AM |
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Quote:Quote:Look at his shirt in the photo: the buttons are on the left side, like a woman's shirt. I have never seen a man's shirt structured like that. I think the photo is reversed.
Is that really a left-handed MAS-36 rifle? Is it posible that the film negative was reversed when the print was made? I have see pictures of left-handed M-16's and Winchester leaver action rifles that were made in that way.
I think your right about reverse negative his belt is backward , too .
| lancaster |
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| 01/02/12 12:22 AM |
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got some Mas 36 clips
swedish mauser clip
mas 36 clip
mauser 98 clip
the swedish mauser clip is is the recommendation if you like to use clips in a 10,75mm Mauser98. its nessesary to change the receiver for the bigger clip and the clip itself. this swedish clip here was working only just with 10,75x68 rounds.
the mas clip fits the 10,75 like it was made for
