Will the old rifles be put up for public sale??? Army surplus.
I doubt it. They are select fire and would be a class 3 weapon.
When the USAF switched from the original M16 to the M16A1, they surplused out the M16 upper assemblies. Many new and like new units as well as barrel assemblies were sold dirt cheap. I got one for $125 at the time, a heck of a deal, IMHO.
***Army surplus.***
Well, they were bought and paid for with YOUR TAX MONEY! They are really YOUR PROPERTY, and selling them is just a way to recoup the cost for the tax payers.
In the olden days army surplus rifles were sold at auction to the public, including the firearms used by Lewis and Clark.
....Will the old rifles be put up for public sale??? Army surplus.....
No. BATF refuses sale of rifles “readily” convertible to auto fire. If you want an old “relic.” the stockpiled supply of 1911 ,45s will soon be sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program, though most will be with mismatched parts and heavily used to worn out.
The military is replacing the Beretta 92 pistol too. Let’s see what happens to those.
Unfortunately, no. They will be melted down and recast in new solar panels. /S