C&R · II · 266
French MAS 49
Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act
Official wording
ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 9 ↗
French, Model 1949, cal. 7.5mm, semiauto. Rifle (Fusil Mle. 1949 (MAS) 7.5mm).
What this entry requires
- INFOATF states no date; production was about 1949–1956.
Editorial facts · Our research
- Country
FranceBasis: the ATF wording - Manufacturer
- Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS)Basis: outside reference ¹
- Type
- RifleBasis: the ATF wording
- Action
- Semi-autoBasis: the ATF wording
- Caliber
- 7.5×54mm FrenchBasis: the ATF wording
- Made
- 1949–1956production; ATF states no dateBasis: estimate ²
- Service
- Military
Source
- Official wording
- ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 9 ↗ · ATF original ↗
- Entries
- 1 line
- Verbatim check
- Checked against the PDF text before every release
- Editorial facts
- Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
- References
- 1. Wikipedia, “MAS-49 rifle” ↗, maker: designed and manufactured by the government-owned MAS arms factory (Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne)
- 2. Wikipedia, “MAS-49 rifle” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): "produced from 1949" (start); the 1956 end is not stated: it is inferred from the improved MAS-49/56 being "introduced in 1957" (the infobox production date 1949–1965 covers the MAS-49 and MAS-49/56 together)
- Fact tags
- ATF the ATF wording states it.
- REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
- ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
- NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
- Source checked
- 20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
- Corrections
- None
Historical context
Image: Wikimedia Commons, “MAS 49 crop.jpg” by joelogon / Joe Loong, cropped by user:Nemo5576., CC BY-SA 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.
Summary: Wikipedia, “MAS-49 rifle”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.
FROM WIKIPEDIA
The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt-action rifles as the French service rifle that was produced from 1949. It was designed and manufactured by the government-owned MAS arms factory. The formal French Army designation of the MAS-49 is Fusil semi-automatique 7 mm 5 M. 49.