Forty buck Berthier

[Anzac15]

Found this old girl today sitting off to the side at the local fun show today. Forty bucks later she's mine.
It is a St Etienne produced M1905/07, with the M16 mag upgrade.
I do love the old French gals, but sometimes they continue to befuddle me. I have seen Berthier M16s marked 'M16'. This one is simply marked '1905-07'. Were the upgrades in progress before rifles were officially designated 'M16'? I see way more images online of this model with the standard three round config as opposed to ones with the five round mod (those being ones not marked M16)
I do plan to restore this one back to her former glory. Would this one have had an upper hand guard?
Barrel is stamped MAS 1917.
She is not 'N' marked either. I have always been led to believe rifles not so marked never made it back to France after the Great War for the big overhaul.
Range report soon, too. Bore is really good!

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