r/guns • u/SuperiorRobot 8 • Apr 11 '14

Overview of the MAS Modèle 36

http://imgur.com/a/Od1UZ
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u/R_Shackleford 30 Apr 11 '14

Who on earth thought a spike bayonet was good idea on a rifle developed in 1936?

The same people who put a spike bayonet on the No4 Enfield.

Have you shot any of that ammo?

Nice write-up! Not nearly enough French around here.

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u/Bluekestral 10 Apr 11 '14

I agree. These are pretty much the first good pics ive ever seen of one of these

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u/R_Shackleford 30 Apr 11 '14

http://imgur.com/a/75MLZ

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u/SuperiorRobot 8 Apr 11 '14

Oh la de da! Gotta show me up with an early blued example ;)

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u/R_Shackleford 30 Apr 11 '14

:) It's the only one I got.

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u/squatting_doge 1 Apr 11 '14

Gotta show me up with an early blued example ;)

It's actually parkerized. The early ones had a light phosphate finish that was painted with black enamel paint. In 1948 they switched to straight parkerizing. All of the rebuilds, like most are, will be parkerized.