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MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:17 pm
by dave_303
Does anyone know anything about these? or whether they even exist? A friend sent me a link to a dealer in France who is selling one and I would like to know if it is a bubba job or the real deal
http://www.arme-cartry.com/cat1fich.php?id=8
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 4:41 pm
by ovenpaa
That is a rather interesting looking rifle. Shout if you get stuck on the import side of things.
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:41 pm
by Sandgroper
According to this site (
http://www.tac-team.dk/Indochina/vapen/ ... /MAS36.htm) this is a picture of one in action. Unfortunately, it isn't clear on the mounting of the scope to compare with the one for sale. It might be the angle and the lack of a foresight, but I'm not sure it is a MAS 36 in the picture
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAS-36_rifle
During the Suez Crisis, French paratroop marksmen of the 2ème RPC (Régiment de Parachutistes Coloniaux), employed telescope-sighted MAS-36 rifles to eliminate enemy snipers.
IIRC the MAS 36 was the basis for the FR-F1 sniper rifle.
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:47 pm
by ukrifleman
Sandgroper wrote:According to this site (
http://www.tac-team.dk/Indochina/vapen/ ... /MAS36.htm) this is a picture of one in action. Unfortunately, it isn't clear on the mounting of the scope to compare with the one for sale. It might be the angle and the lack of a foresight, but I'm not sure it is a MAS 36 in the picture
The rifle in the photo looks more like a Springfield `03 sniper to me
ukrifleman
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAS-36_rifle
During the Suez Crisis, French paratroop marksmen of the 2ème RPC (Régiment de Parachutistes Coloniaux), employed telescope-sighted MAS-36 rifles to eliminate enemy snipers.
IIRC the MAS 36 was the basis for the FR-F1 sniper rifle.
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 6:57 pm
by Sandgroper
ukrifleman wrote:Sandgroper wrote:According to this site (
http://www.tac-team.dk/Indochina/vapen/ ... /MAS36.htm) this is a picture of one in action. Unfortunately, it isn't clear on the mounting of the scope to compare with the one for sale. It might be the angle and the lack of a foresight, but I'm not sure it is a MAS 36 in the picture
The rifle in the photo looks more like a Springfield `03 sniper to me
ukrifleman
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAS-36_rifle
During the Suez Crisis, French paratroop marksmen of the 2ème RPC (Régiment de Parachutistes Coloniaux), employed telescope-sighted MAS-36 rifles to eliminate enemy snipers.
IIRC the MAS 36 was the basis for the FR-F1 sniper rifle.
You could be right.
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:28 pm
by PaulR
Yep, the rifle in the picture is indeed a Springfield M1903A4, not a MAS.
The scope quick release mechanism on the MAS is quite clever and the whole mount appears to slide onto a dovetail rail bolted on the LH side of the Receiver, very modern design almost like a Weaver Rail and presumably means that you can quickly remove and remount the sight without losing the zero.
The Scope itself looks to be a forerunner of the Tactical ones in use now days, there's also what appears to be trade marks on the top and a gold cap on the end of the lateral adjusting knob. Looks a bit commercial but there's no reason I suppose that it wasn't a commercial scope especially as WIKI only records one campaign they were used in as a sniper weapon - probably loads of others they didn't I guess. Special forces of most armed force seem to have a big say in the equipment they use so they could well have sourced the scope locally.
Probably wrong, I often am and yet I still find myself saying these things.............
PaulR
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 2:40 pm
by 1886lebel
There were no regular MAS 36's ever made into Sniper rifles ... the only variant is both the FR-F1 and FR-F2 which used the MAS 36 action.
The one bieng sold on arme-carty is a fantasy job (bubba), they used a MAS 49 sniper scope mount.
Patrick
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2012 5:32 pm
by R.G.C
1886lebel wrote:There were no regular MAS 36's ever made into Sniper rifles ... the only variant is both the FR-F1 and FR-F2 which used the MAS 36 action.
The one bieng sold on arme-carty is a fantasy job (bubba), they used a MAS 49 sniper scope mount.
Patrick
Will phone Alain Cartry to morrow, but I think this can already be confirmed.
R.G.C
Re: MAS 36 sniper rifle
Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2012 2:49 am
by rufrdr
Looks like the rig from a 49 or 49/56 to me.