Research Question for MAS44 Owners

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    Combloc

    Combloc

    Stop Negassing me!!!!!
    Nov 10, 2010
    7,245
    In a House
    Does anyone out in the big wide world have a production (Serial No. F1 and above) MAS44 with riveted side plates on the bolt carrier with the carrier numbered to the rifle? I think that "Proud Promise" is incorrect and that only pre-production rifles were riveted. My belief is that all series production rifles were not riveted but rather dimpled as seen on the example below. So......all you guys who have a MAS44, tell me which you have please. Thanks in advance.

    1. Riveted or dimpled?

    2. Bolt carrier numbered to rifle?

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    mawkie

    mawkie

    C&R Whisperer
    Sep 28, 2007
    4,353
    Catonsville
    Mine, which is one of the last built. Can't ever remember seeing a riveted version. I'm assuming the SNs on the bolt/carrier were applied when reworked.
     

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    Combloc

    Combloc

    Stop Negassing me!!!!!
    Nov 10, 2010
    7,245
    In a House
    Thanks Mawkie. What makes you so sure yours was reworked? It looks like your furniture is walnut. I'm betting both the stock and forend are numbered and there are only two staking marks on your stock screw.
     
    mawkie

    mawkie

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    Sep 28, 2007
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    Combloc said:
    Thanks Mawkie. What makes you so sure yours was reworked? It looks like your furniture is walnut. I'm betting both the stock and forend are numbered and there are only two staking marks on your stock screw.
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    Cannot say with certainty that it's arsenal reworked but she came out of long term storage with the plastic sealed pouch of spares, very similar to the MAS 49/56s that were refreshed for storage. That and the fact that it's just so damned clean, not a scratch on the furniture. Have a hard time believing that the French Marines were that easy on their arms.
    Interesting that yours, being built much earlier than mine, got the parkerizing/enamel finish that was discontinued for just parkerizing roughly a third of the way through production.
     
    Combloc

    Combloc

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    I think most just sat in racks. Mine looks to have had very little handling and even fewer rounds through it. I'd lay money on it that yours is exactly as it left the factory.
     
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