Sandman1957 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Historical Vietnam War Machine Guns S&W-76 VS MAT-49 go to youtube, cut and paste above. enjoy. Edited February 18, 2018 by Sandman1957 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Excellent ty for posting. I have a 760 in jail it was good to see one in action. The mat 49 is priceless Edited February 15, 2018 by Petroleum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gio Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Enjoyed the video. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giantpanda4 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Excellent job!A friend just brought home a suppressed 76. I am gonna have to go see him soon...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Fliegenheimer Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 If you want to see a flick that puts out the welcome MAT take a gander at Tony Quinn in Les centurions 1966 (Lost Command). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJX Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 That is great having so much detail on the history of your weapon. Thanks for sharing. Please tell me who made your suppressed barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpbcps Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 By time I joined the French Foreign Legion in 1984, the MAT 49 had been replaced by the FAMAS, but we did use it on Commando training courses, as it was expendable and I think they were worried their new FAMAS AR might break. By time I left in 1990, having served in Chad, Central Africa Republic, almost 2 1/2 years spent in the Republic of Djibouti and finally a tour of duty in French Guiana, with a lot of time in the tropical rainforest patrolling the Maroni river / border, during the civil war in Surinam, the FAMAS proved to fit for purpose. Stay safeRichard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted February 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 My suppressor was made by Jim Burgess. http://www.jmbdistribution.com/class3_guns_forsale.htm Over time, I had the internals upgraded by another FFL/SOT, and I'll have to go back and see who upgraded the internals. I am sure there are other can that can be used, but this one has alot of Volume which helps in the suppressor functioning. I also like the fact I can shoot factory ammo and the suppressor drops it to subsonic. the trade off was a larger can that eats all the ammo verses a smaller can that you can only use subsonic ammo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Saw a few Mat49s when overseas but could never find one for sale when I wanted to buy :-)Now they are just nutty expensive so now lost the interest. I do love my 76 in a special way as it's fun to shoot suppressed. Good job by the way on the video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Thanks for the Video Steve...a gun i did not know existed....Surprising they exist in the registry too! you have all the odd/rare subguns dont you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAW23015 Posted February 15, 2018 Report Share Posted February 15, 2018 Thanks Sandman that was cool. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black River Militaria CII Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) Thanks for the video. I've had a couple MATs over the years, a weld-up gun and an original, with the original being a bring back from Vietnam. MATs are fairly well represent din the NFRTR with both vintage an weld-up examples so are not especially rare. Collectors hang on to them so they rarely are offered for sale.Pic below includes a 9mm foldup, Hotchkiss Universal smg, a gun in use in Indo-China during the French colonial occupation and later during the Vietnam war and made as both a select fire and a semi-auto. I answered an ad years ago in response to a fellow looking for a magazine for a Universal. I had half a dozen kits that I had planned on making into post-May samples an had extra magazines. The fellow turned out to be a former B52 mechanic stationed in the Phillipines in the middle sixties who liked to horse trade with anyone who had something that he wanted. He acquired in trades, an M3 Greasegun, a MAT 49 and a Hotchkiss Universal all of which he brought back to the US when he left the Air Force and registered in the '68 Amnesty.His wife's father had been killed by an intruder who armed himself with a gun on the premises when he broke into the father's house. The fellow's wife insisted that there would be no firearms in her house and he had to sell the MGs. Before he sold the Universal, she wanted a divorce. He had no mag and needed one to sell with the gun, hence the ad. I was astounded that the gun was the select fire model and registered and informed him that it was a very unique and valuable smg. I offered him a large sum for it, fair for the market as far as I could tell, but he said he couldn't take any cash or money because his wife would know about it and take it. However, if I was interested in a trade, what he did want was a stainless steel Springfield .45 1911 and a stainless Springfield M1A. He said that a nearby SOG store had both guns in stock and if I paid for them, he would transfer to me the Hotchkiss. You could have knocked me over with a feather! Done deal!The topmost smg in the 2nd pic is the Universal, and it the only one in the NFRTR, complete and correctly registered. First pic is the gun folded for para use or storage, etc. Edited February 16, 2018 by Black River Militaria CII 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted February 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Outstanding!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piep Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 Thank you Steve.Enjoyed the video very much and learned a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted February 16, 2018 Report Share Posted February 16, 2018 The Mat-49 has always been on my want list. I used to have a wall hanger MAT-49 assembled on a undersized tube. I regret selling that one. Another interesting french design is the MAS-38. It was chambered the the 32 long. But conversion the 32acp was possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnshooter Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) I own a 76, and was enjoying the video until 4:14: ...fits into a briefcase...coat and tie...take it into a boring...meeting, take it out and look at everybody...I'm not tolerating any of you..." Even without the news of the past 48 hours, absolute irresponsible stupidity to create anything like that for public view. (Last sentence edited from the original post, for clarification of my intent); Edited February 17, 2018 by mnshooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I didn't do the editing. There was alot of behind the scenes bantering. Classic taken out of context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnshooter Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) I didn't do the editing. There was alot of behind the scenes bantering. Classic taken out of context. I want to clarify to everyone here -I wasn't being critical of anyone on this board who posted it entirely in good intention.I do stand by my statement regarding the dialog I referenced; the context of the particular statement leaves little room for interpretation.There's a huge difference between sarcastic or dark humor used in a private conversation between those who know it as such,and placing the same in the arena of public gun rights debate. Edited February 17, 2018 by mnshooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Concur, that out take at the end shouldn't have been there. For those that want to view it can go to the other site to watch it.Good Catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timkel Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 deletedThat was a very good video. It didn't bother me at all. It's called sarcasm. The PC police have arrived. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
03clyde Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 ",,,,,,,,The PC police have arrived....." Welcome to the new normal. God help us all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huggytree Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Steve is safe to be around...as long as he leaves his brief case at home the comment didnt bother me at all...we all talk goofy about this stuff at one time or another... Edited February 17, 2018 by huggytree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman1957 Posted February 17, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 Its not the "PC Police", its not handing a sound bite to the libtards that could go viral in todays media. Its called "common sense" and not attracting negative attention to the NFA community. I will see if Curtis can edit that statement out, because it had zero to do with the video. I look forward to entertaining everyone one day at one of the many shoots and meetings that go on, where private talk is private. The Paul Harvey "rest of the story" was how frustrating it was to sit in meeting where "briefs" are being given and the "Staff "officers start with "briefs" that have 60 to 100 slides, These slides have quad charts (ie four main topics per slide) and have over 100 back up slides!!! You were numb before the 90 Minute brief was over. Trying to keep tempo going getting bad guys when the Commander is sequestered out of his mind in these endless briefs was frustrating! Not the way to fight wars and go after terrorists! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petroleum 1 Posted February 17, 2018 Report Share Posted February 17, 2018 I missed the comment completely because i was too busy drooling over the guns ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLC Posted February 18, 2018 Report Share Posted February 18, 2018 why was it deleted? I would like to see it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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