For sale is a French Mas Mle 1936/Santa Fe 1949 conversion bolt-action rifle in 7.5×54. Serial number- P41477. PLEASE NOTE: It is missing the butt pad and there is some pitting and rust on the metal surfaces as seen in the pictures. All sns are not matching. Golden State Arms is a "no-longer-in-business" company in California that imported surplus military rifles and sporterized them. Golden State Arms converted these rifles until 1966 when they closed down. This Santa Fe Model 1949 started out as a French MAS 36. It was refinished and converted by the Golden State Arms Corp. The MAS-36 rifles became widely used in service during the First Indochina War, the Algerian War and the Suez Crisis. Altogether, about 1.1 million MAS-36 rifles had been manufactured when production ceased in 1952.
V1-C2
Barrel Length: 18.25
Bore condition: Good
Year Manufactured: 1947-48