As someone who still misses his mothers Citroën DS23 Pallas, I think I quality for membership. No car has ever had a better ride - like a grippy cloud. Too bad 1970s LA lacked proper mechanics for it.
The Mas56 is the gun we had during our army classes back in the late 80s when the "Service National" was still a mandatory for any french guy at that time. Heavy, rugged, powerful and very accurate. I liked it but not as much as the Famas.
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I remember this time and totally agree! I was scared by the Mas56's recoil, and loved FAMAS, except for the cleaning!
Absolutely! When I did my military service in 1982 in Périgueux I fired the MAS 56. Unfortunately for budgetary reasons they used plastic bullets, the "balplast"! A real piece of crap that clogged the barrel of the gun. Then in Libourne in February 1983 we "perceived" the first Famas... another world! Thanks Ian for reminding me of this episode that I had forgotten.🙂
I haven't spent thousands, but I'm a little embarrassed how much I spent on that last Kickstarter for the guns of James Bond book. I did pick up some nice bonuses.
@@reliantncc1864- that’s the one book I didn’t buy due to restrictions on the number of federal reserve notes that were finding themselves on a course of reallocation into my ccu account. Having bought all the previous Headstamp Publications I feel ya on the not spending thousands but by percentages of funding available it sure feels like it.
now IF ONLY somebody was importing or making ANY 7.5 french ammo state-side. Its like getting a $80-120 carcano (in 2024, still possible): sure the gun is cheap; but the ammo is anything but that.
This is kind of true. Look at the old surplus bolt actions, enfields etc that have gone from UK or US to other Euro countries, then to Ethiopia, THEN back to US... Stampings do tell the story (just like stamps on envelope).
A friend in the heyday of surplus arms got his hand on two French MAS 49 rifles. One was converted to 7.62.x51mm and the other remained in the French caliber. After dozens of malfunctions with the 308 mod, he got a new French barrel from Sarco and had a gunsmith install it. Now he had two rifles with very little ammo, but at they were reliable. About a decade he ran into an estate sale from a Francophile who had bought over 25 French rifles (and handguns) from a Chassepot to a MAS 49 series during the surplus days back in the late 80's. But the kicker was the 10,000 rounds of French ammo. A combination of Lebel 8x50r, 7.5x54mm, and some French Long pistol ammo (7.65x20mm). The estate agent was trying to sell it and no one wanted (I guess not everyone loves old French stuff (unless it's Cognac). So, he got it (after some patient waiting) for a fantastic price. He's still going thru the remainder of the ammo and reloads for the rest of the guns. Sometimes you get lucky. All I've ever found is a half full bottle of Napoleon Brandy (it wasn't even the good stuff) at an estate sale.
Thank you Ian , that's mys first rifle when i'll be soldier in the french army , marine's troop ( 3 RIMa ) before my FAMAS ( RMT) . God ... I'm so old 🙄
Once Ian is in his 50s or 60s he will probably be known as the World's most extensive French Weapons Collector and Expert, even though he already is an Expert Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
I actually owned both of those models over the years. I still have my MAS 49/56 but alas my 36/51 was being overhauled by my gunsmith who died and all his stock vanished. But hey, both of mine included the bayonets and were great shooters that I paid far less for back in the 90s.
I managed to grab a MAS 36/51 from a closing gun store's private collection for $700 about a year ago now. he said it was never fired (which i doubt.) and was absolutely caked in dust and packing grease. It came with a rubber buttstock & bayonet, the import marks were above the name on that ridge at 6:06 as well as Helpfully noting that the French rife does indeed shoot 7.5 French. shoots beautifully after a few days of washing out and re-oiling it, and the bayonet has given me nothing but amusement as its the right size to use as a magic wand to shout "AlaKaBlam!" before blowing a 1Litre Shasta sky high.
Wow! The price is an eye opener. I have a 36/51 with the arsenal tags bought years ago for less than $100. How times change. The lesson (which I did not learn) is to buy early and often for milsurp stuff.
I always thought either of these rifles would make a fun deer rifle. I've taken Kansas Whitetails with M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, K98k, Enfield No1 Mk4, Mosin Nagant and M1903, so this would make a nice addition.
Ian, you're the GOAT of knowledge about all guns on this planet. And maybe what I'm about to say many people going to disagree with me, but you deserve some type of doctorate in guns. I've been a gun lover since I can remember to be a person, i grew up rounded with guns, and I consider myself, someone who knows something about guns, but you're on a different level 👍💯
Great video. I bought one of the MAS 36/51's (I already have a MAS 49/56). Old West Scrounger is sold out of both of these BUT....GREAT NEWS, Ames Surplus has some of the same rifles from the same import batch (Navy Arms) and they still have both models for sale if anyone thought they missed the opportunity.
I remember a comment in one of the guns magazines from America. Regarding French weapons for sale. " Never fired and only dropped once." Not very nice! Having completed the French Commando course during my service in the British Army. I call BS on that! Lol
Agreed. It’s a vicious myth spread by small minded people. The French lost almost 1 million soldiers in 40 days of fighting during the German invasion of France and Germany suffered a couple hundred thousand casualties. In just 40 days! Unbelievable. Don’t tell us the French soldier didn’t put up a fight.
@@Pavia1525 I believe you are mixing wars. The 1 million casualties (a bit more, really) was the casualties the French get in WW1. In the battle of France "According to the French Defence Historical Service, 85,310 French military personnel were killed ; 12,000 were reported missing" So close to 100.000. Stil a lot in only 40 days, but not 1.000.000
@@Pavia1525 The French lost soldiers on both sides during the war. I have a photo my father took in late 1944 of a knocked out French marked Sherman in south of France. Presumably taken while my father's unit was advancing towards Strasbourg.
I trained on the MAS 49/56 during my military service in France. And shot a rifle grenade with it. I used to take the gun apart and remount it in a few seconds.
So glad you love French firearms.. I am more in the US firearms and I am... French 😂. I own an OSS ithaca number checked. I am used to so many historical firearms with french friends of mine. Great review, great channel. Thank you so much.
Ian would love French Triangular Smallswords and the French Duello rules for dueling. Talk about a Forgotten Weapon. I own a few myself and they are great. Ever Francophile needs at least two of those.
Those two rifles always struck me as weapons designed by someone who said "let's disregard all the lessons learned from every other rifle ever made and do our own thing".
You know youve watched too much of this channel when you see the thumbnail and the first thought was "looks like Ian is going to be pretty excited about this one." Based on the intro, that is correct 😊
Beautiful rifles. I saw these at OWS about a week ago. The prices on these seem to have been jacked way up since then. I was considering getting one or both, but not for what they are asking for now. Smart marketing on their part, but sucks for poor guys like me.
Funny enough just yesterday i used your book to identify a Mas 36 at my little local gun shop! Its a mid 1945 in really nice condition with a 1946 stock on it. It had all the post war modifications except it still had the milled trigger guard. Unfortunately the replacement and original stock must have been damaged cause they stortened the foreguard, got rid of the top wood, put the wrong barrel band, and lost the bayonet and cap. Real unfortunate cause the rifle is in great condition otherwise. Not sure if ill buy it they had 800$
Saw a lot of these in person at the Navy Arms booth at show recently. They look great; AIM surplus also got a bunch in as well which I’m assuming is also from the French government. 0:40
Go find us MAS rifles straight out of a French armory in virtually new condition for cheaper. We will wait. Meanwhile you can pay up to a grand for RTI junk.
Welcome to the real life, yes in the 90s they were super cheap. Large volume surplus is cheap. After WW2 you could buy a P51 for a scrap prices, try buying one now. I bet the seller is going to be “very proud”
My 36 came from a LGS in southern Maine ~20 years ago. No where near as nice as Ian's, there was some very light surface rust and the stock definitely has character, but it also only cost $125.
Tu chipotes ! Premièrement, il s'adresse à une communauté internationale (alors les termes militaires réglementaires français, tu m'as compris), et deuxièmement, cela n'en reste pas moins qu'une cartouche à blanc, et il l'explique bien : "blank cartridge that is propelling it"
Without chipoting, a useful safety reminder that tge cartridge for grenades is NOT at all like the blank cartridge used for training with a restrictor on the muzzle (the "BTB"). I suspect firing one with the restrictor, instead of a blank, would make the rifle explode.
@@drdoom-skull2244 No, it's the cap that is destroyed like with a live bullet Dimanche, un militaire a tiré à balles réelles dans la foule lors d'un exercice à Carcassonne (2008)
So the principle behind the grenade launcher at 07:58 isn't a million miles removed from the Japanese WW2 knee mortar - the angle of the rifle stays the same and the range is set by altering the muzzle velocity.
Ian won't admit it...but we all know he bought those two rifles. In the coming years we'll see them with their armory tags on Ian's gun wall. Calling it now...
Budddy Buddy price is how i paid $200 for a 1942 Lithgow thats in mint condition and easily should have sold for well over $1000 at the time. That was a great man, retired out in New Brunswick now.
I've been sort-of wanting a MAS 36 for a while. I think they look neat. The 7.5x54 has always held me back. I'm simply lazy, and don't want to source another round. Of course, I've looked for FRF2s to solve that problem. They cost more than my car does, though.
many years ago, I bought the .308 version of the 49/56 because there was no supply of original French ammo and it's still rare but I'd still love to have the original rifle!
@Forgotten Weapons Ian mentions that governments clean up and store older weapons just in case. I wonder what the oldest issue rifle that the US Government still has stocks of "just in case?" M1 Garand? M1903 Springfield? M1917 Enfield? Is there a warehouse somewhere with a bunch of Krags in boxes? (If so, they're in the next aisle over from the Ark of the Covenant.)
Oh, there is an increment of over 380. I think it goes up to 400 meters. At least, it is marked, and that's what made me think of the range and logic of adding an additional mark after 380. I guess 400 isn't marked since there was no space over there to actually, you know: write it down. I also could be wrong, since there might be a logic of writing down the number bellow the mark, but with the positioning of the numbers my own inner logic seems to dictate that... the number that is underlined indicates range. I trust Ian though, just not sure which way should I approach this: does the number correspond to the marking increments above or bellow the number?
I believe the grenade range goes out to 400m. Fully seated with no visible numbers is 400m. Thread out to first marker for 380, etc. How did you pass up a grenade-ready MAS 36? Cause that dummy round doesn’t work on the MAS .223 😉
Francophile anonymous is a small group, it's just Ian 5 or 6 other guys, then Zach Hazard trying to get someone to sell him a FAMAS on the cheap.
Shout out to Zach hazard
It's Ian and 6 French guys
They won't let me into their group, even though I keep bring Croissants.
@@Zach_Hazard I think it may because of your public disdain for Berets.
Ah well, more Croissants for you... Sounds like a win too me
As someone who still misses his mothers Citroën DS23 Pallas, I think I quality for membership. No car has ever had a better ride - like a grippy cloud. Too bad 1970s LA lacked proper mechanics for it.
7:22 "Because of course I have an inert French Cold War rifle grenade." Regular viewers of this channel remain unsurprised.
I'm a little surprised it's actually INERT! 😆
That intro craked me up, it was like a french rifles AA meeting.
12 steps , only backwards ,. Fast as you can .
Because they are FRENCH.
i like how he made it seem like he was in one of those documentaries
And speaking of that, why TF do they call it 'Anonymous', when the first thing they make you do when you stand up is tell everyone your name?
@@g54b95you only ever say your first name. It about you owning your addiction, but not about shaming someone
The Mas56 is the gun we had during our army classes back in the late 80s when the "Service National" was still a mandatory for any french guy at that time.
Heavy, rugged, powerful and very accurate.
I liked it but not as much as the Famas.
I remember this time and totally agree! I was scared by the Mas56's recoil, and loved FAMAS, except for the cleaning!
That's so cool. I wonder why French rifles of yesteryear are so underrated
Absolutely! When I did my military service in 1982 in Périgueux I fired the MAS 56. Unfortunately for budgetary reasons they used plastic bullets, the "balplast"! A real piece of crap that clogged the barrel of the gun. Then in Libourne in February 1983 we "perceived" the first Famas... another world!
Thanks Ian for reminding me of this episode that I had forgotten.🙂
I did my military service during 90's with a FAMAS.
@@LikeLikeLikeLikeLke Because they cost too much to shoot...
0:07 "Hi Ian!"
French Rifles Anonymous. FRA. A more serious version of AA.
"I would find myself driving hundreds of miles just for a little bit of 32 French Longue"
Hi bots!
LMAO I thought the exact same thing
@@andrewmack191 "Her name was Jeanne. Jeanne De Marie. I couldn't resist."
And this french is very grateful you made more content on the arms of my people than the rest of TH-cam combined !
As a swede, I am so envious of you yanks when it come to things like gun collecting...
As an American. I appreciate collecting the fine rifles made in Sweden. Some of my favorites for sure.
Change your laws!
@@simoncleretyes, they will need them.
Swedish gun laws have been relaxing alot since the Ukraine War beginning
Me too/same here!
"I am spiritually compelled to accept opportunities to collect my chosen niche interest" Same, brother. Same.
I've never seen Ian so happy throughout a whole video.
You have literally cost me thousands of dollars with your channel and now you have me wanting French rifles…thanks…
I haven't spent thousands, but I'm a little embarrassed how much I spent on that last Kickstarter for the guns of James Bond book. I did pick up some nice bonuses.
@@reliantncc1864- that’s the one book I didn’t buy due to restrictions on the number of federal reserve notes that were finding themselves on a course of reallocation into my ccu account. Having bought all the previous Headstamp Publications I feel ya on the not spending thousands but by percentages of funding available it sure feels like it.
Who can say no to the "buddy buddy" price?
Mates rates in the UK
@@kamelionify with the Buddies I've got usually means more than its worth..lol
@@kamelionify And Down Under... lol
@@trooperdgb9722 Can't you hear the thunder?
Best way to say there's another reason I'm doing this video
At least they won't end up in a foundry
now IF ONLY somebody was importing or making ANY 7.5 french ammo state-side.
Its like getting a $80-120 carcano (in 2024, still possible): sure the gun is cheap; but the ammo is anything but that.
PPU makes it and it's about 27.00$ a box. I would give the link but I don't want Ian's video getting in trouble.
@@djdrack4681 PPU makes 7.5 French.They sell it up here in Canada anyways. It's good ammo
@@djdrack4681 priced like an inkjet printer, the machine is near free the refill cartridges are three times the price 🤣
In 100 years someone like Ian will be super happy abut the different markings on the gun so he can understand the life of the rifle
This is kind of true. Look at the old surplus bolt actions, enfields etc that have gone from UK or US to other Euro countries, then to Ethiopia, THEN back to US...
Stampings do tell the story (just like stamps on envelope).
"My name is Ian McCollum" threw me, until "and I'm a french rifle addict":) Nice one Iano
he is so honest it's peack content
Ian could probably feel it in the air when these guns entered the country
I imagine him sniffing the air Uruk Hai-style and being like "Fusil!"
There has been a disturbance in the force
@@josephknaak9034 You beat me to it. I was going to say that Ian felt a MAS in the force'
He was already at the dock, to feel the salt spray from the ship's bow.
@@MetikoiMAS is back on the menu, boys!
nice opening.
Sounds like an introduction in a collectors version of AA
one of the best ones
can expect a "..and this is my story" type documentary in the future
I still have a 1993 "Dangerous Dave - The Old Western Scrounger" catalog. Glad Navy Arms is keeping the name alive. Beautiful rifles.
A friend in the heyday of surplus arms got his hand on two French MAS 49 rifles. One was converted to 7.62.x51mm and the other remained in the French caliber. After dozens of malfunctions with the 308 mod, he got a new French barrel from Sarco and had a gunsmith install it. Now he had two rifles with very little ammo, but at they were reliable. About a decade he ran into an estate sale from a Francophile who had bought over 25 French rifles (and handguns) from a Chassepot to a MAS 49 series during the surplus days back in the late 80's. But the kicker was the 10,000 rounds of French ammo. A combination of Lebel 8x50r, 7.5x54mm, and some French Long pistol ammo (7.65x20mm). The estate agent was trying to sell it and no one wanted (I guess not everyone loves old French stuff (unless it's Cognac). So, he got it (after some patient waiting) for a fantastic price. He's still going thru the remainder of the ammo and reloads for the rest of the guns. Sometimes you get lucky. All I've ever found is a half full bottle of Napoleon Brandy (it wasn't even the good stuff) at an estate sale.
Thank you Ian , that's mys first rifle when i'll be soldier in the french army , marine's troop ( 3 RIMa ) before my FAMAS ( RMT) .
God ... I'm so old 🙄
Presumably these are being released because the FAMAS's have all gone into the French Govt equivalent of the Raiders Of The Lost Ark warehouse by now?
You still see them around, the replacement by the 416F is not yet complete.
...IOW..lost again...
Ooooooh, that's fightin' talk!
Entrepôt Treize 😆
Top men th-cam.com/video/Fdjf4lMmiiI/w-d-xo.html
Once Ian is in his 50s or 60s he will probably be known as the World's most extensive French Weapons Collector and Expert, even though he already is an Expert
Prost & Cheers from Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps
..I spent time at the General Walker Hotel 50 years ago while stationed in Germany..gorgeous country,my friend...
I actually owned both of those models over the years. I still have my MAS 49/56 but alas my 36/51 was being overhauled by my gunsmith who died and all his stock vanished. But hey, both of mine included the bayonets and were great shooters that I paid far less for back in the 90s.
..I had both also until after my 2002 stroke...
Christmas came early for Ian this year.
I managed to grab a MAS 36/51 from a closing gun store's private collection for $700 about a year ago now. he said it was never fired (which i doubt.) and was absolutely caked in dust and packing grease. It came with a rubber buttstock & bayonet, the import marks were above the name on that ridge at 6:06 as well as Helpfully noting that the French rife does indeed shoot 7.5 French. shoots beautifully after a few days of washing out and re-oiling it, and the bayonet has given me nothing but amusement as its the right size to use as a magic wand to shout "AlaKaBlam!" before blowing a 1Litre Shasta sky high.
Wow! The price is an eye opener. I have a 36/51 with the arsenal tags bought years ago for less than $100. How times change. The lesson (which I did not learn) is to buy early and often for milsurp stuff.
The price is not an eye opener, unless you have a Time Machine.
I always thought either of these rifles would make a fun deer rifle. I've taken Kansas Whitetails with M1 Garand, M1 Carbine, K98k, Enfield No1 Mk4, Mosin Nagant and M1903, so this would make a nice addition.
Ian, you're the GOAT of knowledge about all guns on this planet. And maybe what I'm about to say many people going to disagree with me, but you deserve some type of doctorate in guns. I've been a gun lover since I can remember to be a person, i grew up rounded with guns, and I consider myself, someone who knows something about guns, but you're on a different level 👍💯
He has mastery of the field and he has published at least two doctoral theses- so far.
@grolaw thank you for the answer 👍
Master Gun Librarian
0:03 Yes, Ian, we know.
I just saw heaps of these at the Phili gunshow. They all looked brand new and I was shocked they were priced to move.
Great video. I bought one of the MAS 36/51's (I already have a MAS 49/56). Old West Scrounger is sold out of both of these BUT....GREAT NEWS, Ames Surplus has some of the same rifles from the same import batch (Navy Arms) and they still have both models for sale if anyone thought they missed the opportunity.
Cheers for the disclaimer . Happy you got a nice deal on the rifle Ian
Glad you cleared that up in the first 10 seconds, I would never ever have known :)
"Hi, Ian"
I remember a comment in one of the guns magazines from America. Regarding French weapons for sale. " Never fired and only dropped once."
Not very nice! Having completed the French Commando course during my service in the British Army. I call BS on that! Lol
Agreed. It’s a vicious myth spread by small minded people. The French lost almost 1 million soldiers in 40 days of fighting during the German invasion of France and Germany suffered a couple hundred thousand casualties. In just 40 days! Unbelievable. Don’t tell us the French soldier didn’t put up a fight.
@@Pavia1525 I believe you are mixing wars. The 1 million casualties (a bit more, really) was the casualties the French get in WW1. In the battle of France "According to the French Defence Historical Service, 85,310 French military personnel were killed ; 12,000 were reported missing" So close to 100.000. Stil a lot in only 40 days, but not 1.000.000
@@Pavia1525 The French lost soldiers on both sides during the war.
I have a photo my father took in late 1944 of a knocked out French marked Sherman in south of France.
Presumably taken while my father's unit was advancing towards Strasbourg.
I hope Ian marks all the rifles from his personal collection. The Ian's firearms gun collection will be the most popular veepipe channel in 50 years!
Awesome video. Ian really opened my eyes to french rifles. They're awesome. Thanks bud!!
It's so cool to have a piece of history so well preserved. Thanks Ian that was fucking awesome.
I trained on the MAS 49/56 during my military service in France. And shot a rifle grenade with it. I used to take the gun apart and remount it in a few seconds.
The first step is to admit there is a problem.
So glad you love French firearms..
I am more in the US firearms and I am... French 😂.
I own an OSS ithaca number checked.
I am used to so many historical firearms with french friends of mine.
Great review, great channel.
Thank you so much.
Ah! The quarante neuf / cinquante six! First fired that in Corsica in ‘75. 2ieme RE. 😁😁
And......will be sold out tomorrow. Thanks Ian!.....JK, love the content, one of the best channel on the interwebs.
1:22 rainy day being french code for civilian revolution. Coincidentally thats also where the keep the function guillotines.
Macron should be first in line
Ian would love French Triangular Smallswords and the French Duello rules for dueling. Talk about a Forgotten Weapon. I own a few myself and they are great. Ever Francophile needs at least two of those.
The excitement and happiness in Ian’s voice is palpable.....
I was at OWS a few months ago and saw those rifles. Gorgeous batch of imports.
I have owned 2 of the 49/56s and they were great rifles but the ammo was really hard to find and still can be.
I would love to snag a nice one
Those two rifles always struck me as weapons designed by someone who said "let's disregard all the lessons learned from every other rifle ever made and do our own thing".
You know youve watched too much of this channel when you see the thumbnail and the first thought was "looks like Ian is going to be pretty excited about this one." Based on the intro, that is correct 😊
In the 90’s these would have been 150 bucks or less now they are a grand or more. Ugh I hate getting old and remembering when stuff was cheap
Nice find! Very nice looking rifles indeed.
my MAS 49/56 is P91, serial number G436XX exactly in the same condion as yours, bought in Italy some 15 years ago...
I am sucker for MAS rifles too Keep on giving relevant informations Best Wishes
Acceptance is the first step. The second is a larger gun room.
Full disclosure: Ian is being bribed to make a video on French rifles. Another full disclosure: water is being bribed to continue to be wet.
Beautiful rifles. I saw these at OWS about a week ago. The prices on these seem to have been jacked way up since then. I was considering getting one or both, but not for what they are asking for now. Smart marketing on their part, but sucks for poor guys like me.
Funny enough just yesterday i used your book to identify a Mas 36 at my little local gun shop!
Its a mid 1945 in really nice condition with a 1946 stock on it. It had all the post war modifications except it still had the milled trigger guard.
Unfortunately the replacement and original stock must have been damaged cause they stortened the foreguard, got rid of the top wood, put the wrong barrel band, and lost the bayonet and cap. Real unfortunate cause the rifle is in great condition otherwise. Not sure if ill buy it they had 800$
Saw a lot of these in person at the Navy Arms booth at show recently. They look great; AIM surplus also got a bunch in as well which I’m assuming is also from the French government. 0:40
I was so excited until the price came up. That said, great find! I'm glad they're coming in at all!
And as always OWS is very proud of these based on price
OWS always finds the neat surplus out there. Small lots. Generally very rare or like new condition guns.
Go find us MAS rifles straight out of a French armory in virtually new condition for cheaper. We will wait. Meanwhile you can pay up to a grand for RTI junk.
Welcome to the real life, yes in the 90s they were super cheap. Large volume surplus is cheap. After WW2 you could buy a P51 for a scrap prices, try buying one now. I bet the seller is going to be “very proud”
My 36 came from a LGS in southern Maine ~20 years ago. No where near as nice as Ian's, there was some very light surface rust and the stock definitely has character, but it also only cost $125.
Thanks for the video. I picked one up
God willing, the ammo for these will get more common too.
8:06 a tiny correction, in french nomenclature it's called a propulsive cartridge.
Tu chipotes ! Premièrement, il s'adresse à une communauté internationale (alors les termes militaires réglementaires français, tu m'as compris), et deuxièmement, cela n'en reste pas moins qu'une cartouche à blanc, et il l'explique bien : "blank cartridge that is propelling it"
@@Mferchier Ail ame note chipotingue at ole!
Without chipoting, a useful safety reminder that tge cartridge for grenades is NOT at all like the blank cartridge used for training with a restrictor on the muzzle (the "BTB"). I suspect firing one with the restrictor, instead of a blank, would make the rifle explode.
@@drdoom-skull2244 No, it's the cap that is destroyed like with a live bullet
Dimanche, un militaire a tiré à balles réelles dans la foule lors d'un exercice à Carcassonne (2008)
Well done, Ian!
Hey buddy....hey buddy....haha. appreciate the transparency, and I dont blame you 😊
Bribing Ian with french rifles lol
I love the cheekiness of doing the "made in France" in French. They're all like "We have to put it on there, but IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE IN ENGLISH".
The first step in getting better is admitting you have a problem
the first weapon I used when I did my "service national" , souvenirs....
Enjoyed it very much sir!
I’ve always appreciated the unique design and functionality of French firearms. Can’t wait to see how they perform on the range!
And they say Christmas only comes once a year! For Ian, it comes every time French rifles appear.
So the principle behind the grenade launcher at 07:58 isn't a million miles removed from the Japanese WW2 knee mortar - the angle of the rifle stays the same and the range is set by altering the muzzle velocity.
These are in stock at aimsurplus as of 11-14-24. Pricey though
Haven't seen either of those for quite a few years...
Early 1990s for me.
I'd love to see a full video on the 36/51
Ian won't admit it...but we all know he bought those two rifles. In the coming years we'll see them with their armory tags on Ian's gun wall. Calling it now...
The thumbnail has an error, it says MAS 49/49 rather than 49/56!
Budddy Buddy price is how i paid $200 for a 1942 Lithgow thats in mint condition and easily should have sold for well over $1000 at the time. That was a great man, retired out in New Brunswick now.
I've been sort-of wanting a MAS 36 for a while. I think they look neat. The 7.5x54 has always held me back. I'm simply lazy, and don't want to source another round. Of course, I've looked for FRF2s to solve that problem. They cost more than my car does, though.
It's funny, I started watching your channel years ago because I also collect French weapons... For a while I thought I was the only one, lol
You’re so brave! Most people don’t admit it!
I don't think anyone finds your videos boring.
Of course I have an "inert" French grenade!
Careful with MAS slam fire on the semi auto
I liked the intro.This doesn’t surprise me.When it comes to Ian.
Thanks Ian, I just ordered one,.
many years ago, I bought the .308 version of the 49/56 because there was no supply of original French ammo and it's still rare but I'd still love to have the original rifle!
4:10 I also like that they did the import mark in French, so it's not quite as jarring to see on a French rifle.
@Forgotten Weapons Ian mentions that governments clean up and store older weapons just in case. I wonder what the oldest issue rifle that the US Government still has stocks of "just in case?" M1 Garand? M1903 Springfield? M1917 Enfield? Is there a warehouse somewhere with a bunch of Krags in boxes? (If so, they're in the next aisle over from the Ark of the Covenant.)
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And the Mas 36/51s are already all gone it seems. Cool.
Oh, there is an increment of over 380. I think it goes up to 400 meters. At least, it is marked, and that's what made me think of the range and logic of adding an additional mark after 380. I guess 400 isn't marked since there was no space over there to actually, you know: write it down.
I also could be wrong, since there might be a logic of writing down the number bellow the mark, but with the positioning of the numbers my own inner logic seems to dictate that... the number that is underlined indicates range. I trust Ian though, just not sure which way should I approach this: does the number correspond to the marking increments above or bellow the number?
Christmas came early for Ian!
NEW FRENCH VIDEO ENFIN J'ATTENDAIT QUE çA !!!!!
I believe the grenade range goes out to 400m. Fully seated with no visible numbers is 400m. Thread out to first marker for 380, etc.
How did you pass up a grenade-ready MAS 36? Cause that dummy round doesn’t work on the MAS .223 😉
The mas 36/51 is one of the best looking rifles of all time
It's certainly one of the French looking rifles of all tine.
Ok I like the 'made in France' stamped in French.
Yeah ok it's a US law thing, but it kinda fits the French rifle aesthetic.
I have no money and I must cry…
Ill have to go take a look, absolutely love ❤ those rifles, I need MAS rifles 😅