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Old September 18, 2012, 06:30 PM   #11
raftman
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BlueTrain, you may be thinking of just the MAS-49, the 49/56 apparently weighs in at 8.5 lb's, placing it well under the M1, M14, FN49.
As far as international agreements go, I doubt the French are too attached to the design as they themselves are no longer using it and "borrowing" design elements that work isn't unheard of in the industry. It doesn't seem terribly different than what other makers have done with other designs, Ruger took it upon themselves to essentially adapt the M14 to .223 and later to other cartridges as well. The R&D aspect is all there, just a matter of changing the scale and adding modern features I would speculate.
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