Picked up a new semi-auto battle rifle to play with.
I have been interested in these for some time but never found one at a price I thought was reasonable for a 1960's made gas operated unit. This design is actually an early fore runner of the direct gas impingement system used in Mr. Stoner's black rifle we all know and love. And yes even though its French they saw heavy combat use by the Forgin Legion in Algeria and French Endo China. A reliable and deadly weapon by all accounts. The other thing with them was that ammo and componets were at one time very hard to come by. Now days thanks to our old milsurp ammo friends at Prvi Partisan reloadable boxer primed brass and loaded ammo for the 7.5x54 French MAS is affordable and easy to come by. Anyway, the rifle, brass and dies are all on the way. I will post more on it when I get things up and running. Should be a "gas" to shoot.
