French MAS 45 .22 trainer
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 4:16 pm
The Mas 45... the French version of the German KKW, even made on the same equipment and uses the same magazine. During the occupation of Oberndorf, the French used Mauser Banner Recievers on the examples that were made, when they left, they hauled off all the tooling, parts for this and some other guns as well. MAS banner rifles were made post war, this one based off the cursive serial prefix would be built after '51 in date, if made before it would be a Roman block style letter. The barrel is pretty hefty and 24 inches long, total weight is around 8 pounds . The sling is also French near as I can tell, basically a scaled down MAS 36 sling. Given the amount of goop in the barrel and around the rear sight, I'd dare say it possibly hasn't been fired since import.
This one I bought is missing the front sight blade and front sight protector, gave me a little bartering room.
A friend of mine suggested the front sight blade and hood off of a Cz 452, until the correct parts could be found. As I'm finding out, these original parts are proving very, very difficult to find. The French had 5 different front sight blades.
The rear sight is an aperture peep style and adjustable for windage and elevation.
Here is what I was talking about with the front sight, and I hope it doesn’t violate any rules
given the extreme rarity of replacement parts, this fix is only temporary.
The front sight base is setup for swappable blades, the front button is the latch. Shown is the way I bought it, and with the Cz front sight inserted, which slipped in and locked in place without any alterations and is easily removable. It should work as a temporary fix and at least make it usable until the correct blade/hood can be acquired. The Cz sight hood, not pictured, fits the hood grooves almost perfect width wise, but is about 1/4 inch too long, and will require a little more work.
This one I bought is missing the front sight blade and front sight protector, gave me a little bartering room.
A friend of mine suggested the front sight blade and hood off of a Cz 452, until the correct parts could be found. As I'm finding out, these original parts are proving very, very difficult to find. The French had 5 different front sight blades.
The rear sight is an aperture peep style and adjustable for windage and elevation.
Here is what I was talking about with the front sight, and I hope it doesn’t violate any rules
given the extreme rarity of replacement parts, this fix is only temporary. The front sight base is setup for swappable blades, the front button is the latch. Shown is the way I bought it, and with the Cz front sight inserted, which slipped in and locked in place without any alterations and is easily removable. It should work as a temporary fix and at least make it usable until the correct blade/hood can be acquired. The Cz sight hood, not pictured, fits the hood grooves almost perfect width wise, but is about 1/4 inch too long, and will require a little more work.
