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There are many that are shiny-new with only one drop mark on them....
The MAS 36 is sturdy but kinda clunky. When it was designed, it was intended to be a cheap, simple, robust design for use primarily by colonial and rear area troops. The French Army thought of it as a kind of stop-gap (along with earlier, obsolescent models) until they could get a semi-auto design fielded. Which never happened in quantity because WW2 came along before they could get it done. So you might say the rifle was never intended by the French to be comparable to first line service rifles like, say, the Mauser.
I've owned dozens of milsurp rifles in the past 55 years, was never tempted to buy a MAS 36. Why buy a MAS when you can buy a Mauser is my thinking. The joking about the French using these aside, I've passed on some examples that were like-new rebuilds at gun show prices were very reasonable. In my view, no way are they worth current Gunbroker (or similar) asking prices. One thing they have going for them, they are 30 caliber so if you handload, bullets are not a problem. The 7.5x54 French cartridge is a pretty good one, comparable to 7.62 NATO. The aperture rear sight is a good feature.
Bolt action or semi-auto? My son has a bolt action and is a very nice, easy shooting rifle.
And yep, if it is a .308 just walk away.
Just getting into this old rifle thing and have three so far, with Mauser actions.
I think I paid less than $300 each for my two
Almost forgot about the Patron Mauser .22.
Mike, we really need to see that - they are VERY collectable here and where YOU are. BTW, 'Patron' more correctly 'Patrone' is German for cartridge, and has no other meaning. Depending on the age of your rifle, it should be stamped 'Patrone .22LfB or LFB' or simply .22 Long Rifle. The abbreviation LfB stands from 'Lange fuer Buchsen' - IOW, long rifle.
Here is my ES350B from 1937, with its later Ajack x2.5 scope on high mounts -
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