″++MAS 36 7.5 FRENCH″

The MAS Modèle 36 is a military bolt-action rifle. First adopted in 1936 by France and intended to replace the Berthier and Lebel series of service rifles, it saw service long past the World War II period. It was manufactured from late 1937 onward by Manufacture d'Armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS), one of several government-owned arms factories in France. Altogether, about 1.1 million MAS-36 rifles had been manufactured when production ceased in 1952. There are just five user removable parts: a Lebel-type cruciform bayonet inserted into a guard tube under the barrel (taken out by the stopper and turned by snap-fastening the stopper in the tube to fix), the bolt body, the bolt rear cap, the firing pin and the spring of the firing pin. The metal parts of the rifle were black baked in an oven. This example still has the bayonet and also has a sling attached. Finish is still good for the age of the rifle. You don't see many on the market. A nice addition to anyone's military arms collection.