Adding a little French flavor to the collection

[Miller Tyme]

After my recent frustration trying to acquire an M1D from another collector I decided it was time to step back from the Garand's and pickup something a little out of the ordinary. So when a Mas 49/56 & 49/56 sniper came available I decided it was time to add one to my collection. This rifle is chambered in the French 7.5mm round, and is pictured with the sling, 2 spare magazines, night sight adaptor,cleaning kit, tool kit, oil bottle, spare firing pin holder, bayonet with scabbard, rifle cover, and the standard optical sight, the APX L Model 1953 telescope with 3.85X magnification and scope case.[/COLOR]

 

[halfmileharry]

Caliber? Changeover to .308?

 

[Wolfhound]

Some cool 7.5 Frenchie rifles. Nice score. BTW your post is hard to read due to the color selected. Or maybe some other issue.

 

[nipprdog]

BTW your post is hard to read due to the color selected. Or maybe some other issue.

Agreed.I initially didn't even see the text. thought it was a pic only post. Went back and highlighted it to read it.

 

[Miller Tyme]

Some cool 7.5 Frenchie rifles. Nice score. BTW your post is hard to read due to the color selected. Or maybe some other issue.

That's odd, looked ok on my screen but when I hit edit a weird color font showed up on my screen. Deleted it, hopefully it shows up better for everyone else now.

Thanks

 

[Miller Tyme]

Caliber? Changeover to .308?

7.5 Harry, hear that the 308's are very "hit or miss" with reliability

 

[halfmileharry]

7.5 Harry, hear that the 308's are very "hit or miss" with reliability

That's what I read and heard about those rifles. I found a very nice one locally but he's wanting $800 for it.
I don't know the values of these rifles but I'm not into dropping 800 on a Froggy just yet.

 

[Miller Tyme]

The scoped on was more than that, but the other I got for less than $600.00

 

[1nderbeard]

how does it shoot?

 

[BigMoose]

Did it come with the correct white flag deployment device.

 

[croy]

Dropped once, never fired?

 

[jfw46544]

French rifles for sale. Only dropped twice.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

7.5 Harry, hear that the 308's are very "hit or miss" with reliability

Nice MT! I had one in 308 and never had any issues with it, but it just didn't "fit" me as well as I would've liked so I sold it. I had to put a cheek riser on the stock to get a good sight picture with my scope.

 

[indiucky]

7.5 Harry, hear that the 308's are very "hit or miss" with reliability

Very....Very....

 

[IndyDave1776]

My understanding is that done right, a .308 conversion can run with ruthless reliability. The problem is that the majority in circulation are Century conversions (!) as true for form for Century are a complete roll of the dice.

 

[PedalToTheFloor]

Nice pair! I have a 36/51 and a 49/56, both in 7.5. PPU, and occasionally some French surplus ammo both work flawlessly. I've heard nothing good about the Century conversions as well.

 

[Miller Tyme]

My understanding is that done right, a .308 conversion can run with ruthless reliability. The problem is that the majority in circulation are Century conversions (!) as true for form for Century are a complete roll of the dice.

My understanding is the 308 conversions suffer from being over gassed because of the moving of the gas port 3/4" closer to the action leading to extraction issues. There is a fix for the 308 conversions that will limit the amount of gas that is bled of the barrel.

 

[johntheplinker]

WTF Miller Tyme?!? Next thing you're going to be posting about wine and stinky cheese?

But seriously, very nice rifles! Always good to broaden one's horizons.

 

[Miller Tyme]

WTF Miller Tyme?!? Next thing you're going to be posting about wine and stinky cheese?

But seriously, very nice rifles! Always good to broaden one's horizons.

LMAO, good to hear from you John, thought you might have gone on an extended tour of the Karelian Isthmus in search of some rare Finns.

P.S. and yes Lynn has me on a "wine diet"

 

[kennedy759]

anyone need mil surp 7.5 french rounds, I have 50, 3 boxes on stripper clips and 5 loose, make offer