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Thought I would let those that live close enough know that when I stopped in at Cabelas last evening, they have a French 49/56 for sale again nearly identical to the one I purchased a month or so ago. This one does not have the rubber butt pad but is priced the same at $399. I'd call to verify it is still there before making the trip
Santa could use this information to make somone really happy.
Bit far for me, but it's tempting.
7.5mm or 7.62?
Original French 7.5
Tempting, but I'm really torn on these.
7.5mm - More authentic, more reliable, but tough to find enough decent ammo.
7.62mm - Easy feeding, but the CAI monkeys that converted them usually/often did a poor job and the really suffer in the reliability dept.
I have not heard any good news about the CAI conversions. It can be done but it may take some further gunsmithing to get it right. I was fortunate enough to get a couple hundred rounds with my MAS 36.