SAFN 49 school me boys

[Woodbeef]

Been thinking about picking one of these up in 7x57 or 30-06. What can you guys tell me about them?

[Junk Yard Dog]

Built like a brick shithouse, nicely milled parts, heavy, if semi autos had com in before 1899 this is how they would have been built. Very short lived, went into production post WW2, replaced by the FAL before the end of the 1950's, used by only a handfull of countries. Argentina, Luxembourg or Belgium for the 30-06, Venezuela for the 7mm. You might find an Egyptian one in 8mm Mauser. No matter, they are all built the same. I shot a lot of 8mm out of mine, not so much shooting with the Venezuelan model, less ammo on hand. About an $800 rifle today.