Collecting and Shooting the mas36 Rifle

How to: Disassemble and Reassemble the MAS 36 Rifle and Bolt.
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Disassembly Instructions
	Figure 1 shows a typical MAS 36 rifle.
	1) Open the bolt as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

	2) While depressing the trigger, remove the bolt as shown in Figure 4.
	3) Press on the bolt end and turn it clockwise until it releases.
	4) Remove the bolt end.
	5) Remove the striker assembly.
	6) Remove the extractor by pushing back on it with a flat blade screw driver.
	7) Then slide it off of the bolt.
	8) Depress the magazine release buttons.
	9) Remove the magazine cover.
	10) Remove the screw at the rear of the trigger guard.
	11) Lifting from the rear to the front, remove the trigger guard.
	12) Move the rear stock back a little. While holding the trigger back remove the stock.
	13) Depress the bayonet release.
	14) Remove the bayonet.
	15) Remove screw in handguard band.
	16) Remove handguard band.
	17) Figure 21 shows a two point style screw, requiring a two point wrench.
	18) If you do not have a two point wrench then take a very small punch and at an angle, tap the screw counter clockwise until enough of the screw head is exposed to locked onto with visegrips.
	19) Remove front barrel band
	20) Remove upper handguard.
	21) Remove barrel and receiver assembly from lower handguard.
	22) Figure 26 shows a disassembled MAS 36 rifle.
Reassembly Instructions
	1) Reinstall lower handguard.
	2) Reinstall upper handguard.
	3) Slide front barrel band onto stock and insert screw and tighten down.
	4) Install rear handguard. You will have to use something like a visegrip to keep the band together while screwing in the retaining screw
	5) Install bayonet.
	6) While holding down trigger, reinstall rifle stock.
	7) Reinstall trigger guard and retaining screw..
	8) While holding bolt body, slide extractor back and lock into place.
	9) Insert striker.
	10) Lock striker into place as shown in figure 38.
	11) Insert bolt end and spring.
	12) While depressing bolt end, rotate counter clockwise until it locks into place.
	13) Insert rifle bolt.
	14) You are finished assembling the rifle.