1 9 4 9 ▁rif les ▁with ▁the ▁first ▁order ▁placed ▁on ▁October ▁ 4 , ▁ 1 9 5 0 ▁and ▁taking ▁possession ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁rif les ▁by ▁May ▁ 5 , ▁ 1 9 5 1 . ▁The ▁Grand ▁Duch y ▁of ▁Luxemb ourg ▁would ▁eventually ▁purchase ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 6 , 3 0 6 ▁rif les ▁including ▁rif les ▁specifically ▁for ▁Luxemb ourg ' s ▁G endar mer ie , ▁which ▁were ▁F N - 4 9 s ▁that ▁compr ised ▁standard ▁models , ▁training ▁cut - away ▁rif les , ▁and ▁sni per ▁variants , ▁all ▁in ▁cal iber ▁. 3 0 - 0 6 ▁Spring field . ▁The ▁Luxemb ourg ▁models ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁G endar mer ie ▁contract ▁were ▁sold ▁as ▁sur plus ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁some ▁were ▁distributed ▁to ▁purch as ers ▁in ▁larger ▁US ▁chain ▁ret ail ▁out lets . ▁The ▁Luxemb ourg ▁models ▁are ▁sought ▁after ▁for ▁two ▁reasons : ▁first , ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁particularly ▁good ▁condition ▁of ▁the ▁Luxemb ourg ▁sur plus ▁rif les ; ▁and ▁second , ▁because ▁these ▁F N - 4 9 ▁rif les ▁were ▁chamber ed ▁for ▁the ▁. 3 0 - 0 6 ▁Spring field , ▁a ▁cart ridge ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁sport ▁shooting ▁and ▁hunting ▁communities . ▁Very ▁few ▁. 3 0 - 0 6 ▁F N - 4 9 ▁rif les ▁from ▁other ▁contract s ▁have ▁been ▁imported ▁into ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁making