MAS 49-56 build near completion!

[techmike]

I have been working on this for over 10 years... I had an order into a company that made conversion parts, but they stopped making them.Then I had an order into a stock-maker in California that took my money but produced no stock.(have since been refunded by CC company) Then I found a French gunsmith that makes a trigger housing, plus an adapter from ACE LTD.USA, and here it is - before and after. Still a few tasks, dura-coat the trigger housing, remove the front sight and sleeve the barrel. I removed all the grenade launching hardware and sights. Yes, that is a Russian PSO-1M2 scope, modified to fit the MAS scope rail... also a JP Howitzer muzzle brake - very loud, but it darn near pulls the rifle forward when fired! Oh - it fires .308.

TM ;D

[imschur]

thats neat, very unusual.

[asmurff]

Very cool, but how will you sight the grenades now?  >:D

[imschur]

Very cool, but how will you sight the grenades now?  >:D

with his wife of course

[techmike]

EX wife. I'll keep the current one. We were high school sweethearts, went to diff colleges, I ended up in the Navy and was sent to California. After 30 years we got back together. :thumb:

TM

[imschur]

ha ha I didnt mean it that way but you made it funnier. I meant she would watch with binoculars and instruct you like a spotter  ;D

[techmike]

Of course you did. Heh.

TM :beer:

[techmike]

Back to gun stuff - the muzzle brake - HERE - click on JP Howitzer. It really does reduce the recoil almost to zero. I do have to remember to keep my mouth open when firing this however - very loud and I do feel the pressure. The range I used in California hated this gun - they had partitions between the benches - this gun used to blow pieces of wood off the plywood partitions... :grin: And this company, EABco is great.

TM

[Madhouse]

Very cool!  Tremendous transformation!

[asmurff]

Besides being a smart alec I do like the rifle. I liked the link to the EABco even more. That M1 Carbine 10/22 is gonna end up in my cabinet.  :grin:

[Microgunner]

That is the baddest MAS I've ever seen!

[asmurff]

American Rifleman had an article on the MAS 49-56this month which to me as an interesting read.

http://www.americanrifleman.org/ArticlePage.aspx?id=2596&cid=8

[techmike]

It has been an incredibly reliable rifle for me. Zero malfunctions, probably 1k rounds down the pipe. And that was a good article in American Rifleman. Mr. Smurff - let me know how that M1/10-22 works for ya!

TM