I have one that appears to be like new as well as a couple of excellent condition 7.5French bolt action rifles. The MAS 49/56 is a fun shooting rifle. If you reload, the you can make ammunition for basically the same price as 308Winchester. Stay way far away from the Portuguese FNM 7.5French ammunition. It's very weak. I bought a good bit and ended up having to pull the bullets, neck size, recharge and reseat the bullets. I'm pretty sure it's no longer imported, so any you'd run across would be old stock. The Prvi ammunition is good to go.