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Sounds like a standard Mle 1873 French Ordnance revolver in 11mm.
Mine was manufactured in 1873.
MAS is simply an acronym for Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne, where these guns were made by the French government.
The lockwork is a Chamelot-Delvigne design, which was probably the first truly successful, truly reliable double action designs anywhere -- simple, reliable and quite robust.
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