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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?

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Edited by CptCurl (29/12/08 12:54 AM)

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