MAS 45 Trainer

[can]

www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/benchrest-and-target-rifles-/mas-mod-45-in-22-lr.cfm?gun_id=101823541

This is pretty cool. I didn't know such a thing existed, although most Countries did have them in some form or fashion.

[lew]

I handled one once. Well-made. Trigger was pretty heavy, which was not optimal for such a light rifle. Not as bad as my Romanian M69, though.

[Kenneth]

Interesting that it has a safety, which looks like a Mauser-style tab on the bolt. The service rifles had no such safety.

I once owned a .22 Lee-Enfield manufactured in 1914. It was in pretty good shape for its age. I also used a .22 Springfield when I was taking ROTC classes when I was in college but I never saw one in the regular army. It was a really nice rifle in an old-fashioned way. Wood and steel.