Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne

[Bruce McAskill]

The French never did have a safety on their bolt action rifles from the first Lebel to the 1936. It would seem that you didn't load the chamber till you were ready to fire.

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[Patrick Chadwick]

It would seem that you didn't load the chamber till you were ready to fire.

Which is a basic safety rule for target shooting, so you never need a safety. The French seem to have designed the MAS36 on the basic "If you don't build it in, it can't go wrong" principle.