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MAS 49 & 49/56 Titanium Firing pin $95.00 For MAS 49 & 49/56 only, not MAS 39

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Great news: This pin also fits MAS 49 French and MAS 49 Syrian

Top with scope is French MAS 49
Crusty one in the middle is the Syrian MAS 49
On the bottom looking fine is the MAS 49/56
Micheal F. from Connecticut discovered something I learned from no other source. This surprised me because others said the pins were dedicated to each MAS model. "They” got it wrong.

Mike just happened to have a French 49/56, a French 49 and a Syrian 49. He looked at the bolt and pin in each and said “wait a minute they’re all the same.” I sent him a pin and he tried it in all three guns... and hurray, hurray it worked. I’m giving Mike the Magellan Award for a terrific discovery.

WLD 0091waynedavis2012-800Top: Bolt
Middle: TFP firing pin at 11.793 grams is 42% less than OEM MAS pin
Bottom: Original MAS pin

Ammunition Sources

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Prvi Partizan on left. Military ammo on right

We have been through gun/ammo panics before. The national gun ban panics of 1986 and 1994. The 2000 and 2004 California gun ban panics. In the last panic it took 36 months for prices came down in late 2011 but in March 2012 it climbed sharply again because it looked like Obama was going win a second term. Obama won, Newton happened, legislation was proposed and news of DHS ammo purchases set off this historic panic and shortages.

Ammunition manufacturers have been running at capacity for at least 10 years 24/7. Most ammo makers had barely recovered from the last ammo-buying panic and then they were hit with this situation. Production expansion is a slow process which requires a lot of time and money and most manufacturers have been doing just that. In a business as political as the gun and ammo industry, sales spike (up and down) so manufacturers will not unwisely spend wildly to increase capacity.

Now that anti-gun legislation failed, the process of normalcy can begin but it's going to take a couple of years to return, unless the government makes another crazy move or some other nut job shoots more people. There are tiny rays of hope. Ammo buyers who do their research and are timely have been able to buy. Hang in there.

Information accurate as of October 2014

Midway USA
Prvi Partizan 7.5 x 54mm French. About 20 bucks a box in any quantity.

Orion 7 Enterprises
New secret source from a bunch of good guys. Info from customer Jim Allen.

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1542 Rocky Point Rd.
Middle Island, NY 11953

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P.O. Box 1592
Rocky Pt., NY 11778-1592
631 205 1299

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Ammunition from Portugal
See photo and story above. Don't buy it

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Bill Toth

America's leading expert on MAS rifles comments on the MAS 49/56 Titanium Firing Pin:

Let me first start by congratulating you on your titanium firing pin. It is a fine piece of machine work and accurate to OEM dimensions. The (pin in titanium) is founded in solid mechanical/physical principals and in the current specifications will eliminate the "slam fire". The solution to the slam fire problem is to hold the firing pin protrusion to .035 total (and to hold to other OE specs-editor). The Titanium firing pin may fire military issue but don’t chance it--just slip the OE pin back in and save the TFP for commercial ammunition.

The following procedure was used in the evaluation and testing your titanium firing pin (with an interesting observation noted).

Step 1. Inspected rifle and checked head space

Step 2. Loaded and fired one round French military surplus 7.5 x 54. Inspected case and primer

Step 3. Loaded magazine with two rounds of ammunition to check for slam fire. The first round loaded was one round of French military surplus followed by one round FNM commercial (Portuguese) Lot #9001, 7.5 x 54,

Step #4. Fired first round (French surplus), no slam fire, rifle recycled and chambered the next FNM round.

Step #5. Opened the action to check primer for indentation from titanium firing pin on unfired cartridge.

Observation
Upon extracting the unfired FNM cartridge case. I observed that the projectile had become completely detached from the case (due to the inertia of chambering) with the propellant spilled throughout the chamber and magazine. My observation confirms the FNM bullet did detach from the case. Upon inspecting FNM brass which was previously used to test fire other rifles, I observed powder fouling on all 15 FNM cases, with no fouling of 20 Privi Partizan, 35 French surplus or 30 Egyptian/Arabian surplus.

(In case the message is not clear AVOID FNM AMMO.)

Background
I consulted Bill to judge the quality and function of my firing pin. I was not after him for an endorsement. He surprised me by writing the above. Bill, I think, is the country's leading expert on MAS rifles. He has fixed many, many of them and knows their idiosyncrasies. If you are having any problem what-so-ever with a standard MAS or one that has been butchered, call Bill. He is a very nice guy and will find a solution for you.

Bill Toth
Design System Technologies
2A Old Green Creek Road
Benton, PA 17814

570-458-0140

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MAS 49/56 Titanium Firing Pin

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PhilLittleGuns.com
15612 Hwy 7, #238
Minnetonka, MN 55345

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12/7 phil@phillittleracing.com

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You can't automatically buy the pin online because I want to talk with each buyer. I make new friends and I learn a lot from you. It also gives immediate feedback if a customer is having a problem. Yep that's Phil in the Goofy hat--life needn't be all too serious.

WLD 0169waynedavis2012-400Your purchase of this product is an acceptance of the dangers associated with weapons, ammunition and what the combination can do when improper care and improper use of the weapon occur. You are expected to know all aspects of gun safety or find another hobby.

A Wise Note

I am asking you not to use the TFP on milspec ammo. Primers are robust in combat ammo and I fear that titanium, being a more brittle material, may not last up against harder primers over the long haul. So switch firing pins for intended ammo. Luckily, the pin switch is quick and easy.

Warranty

If the FTP fails in anyway just send yours back and I will reimburse you for its cost. Make no mistake if you do something really stupid (like shoot someone or damage property with your rifle) it is not the firing pin's fault!  A suit against this product will be disappointing because the company has few attractive assets.

Care & feeding of your TFP

Keep the firing pin channel free of cosmoline, grease or oily residue. Excess lubricants can interfere with a free-floating firing pin.

TFP Range Stories

I finally got to the range today to test fire my MAS with the new TFP. The TFP has completely transformed my MAS!!! The performance difference is beyond my expectations! With the old steel pin my MAS would randomly slam fire the rifle to point of it being a range menace. Now, it shoots smooth and clean – not a single slam fire after several boxes of PMC Bronze .308. I'm totally thrilled with how your product breathed new life into my rifle.  THANK YOU!!

Brian Arrington
Shoreline, Washington

My firing pin solved my slam fire problem.

Tommy in Georgia

The titanium pin totally solved the problem I had with my MAS 49/56. Before the replacement pin I would get 2 and 3 round bursts approximately every 30 rounds.

Brandon in Pennsylvania

The MAS 49/56 titanium pin solved my [slam-fire] trouble very, very well.

Di Giampaolo in Rome, Italy