I'm guessing that these rifles will be sold through the CMP?
Posted on 01/26/2012 11:18:47 AM PST by Sasparilla
Darnit! I went to the casino for a few days.
$220! WOW. Where do I sign up?
Oooooh. I want a couple of those Garands...
Idiots. The M1 Garand carries 8 rounds in an internal magazine that is charged with a clip.
The only difference is, IIRC, the M1 Carbine came with 15-round detachable mags. Net difference is 7 rounds, and I can reload my Garand faster than I could the Carbine due to the fact the Garand ejects the spent clip after the last round, and all I have to do is insert the new clip.
Bringing in that many M-1 carbines, would make them cheap truck guns again, as they were 30 to 40 years ago.
What he said. How does the purchase process work for an American citizen?
Yes, many armed robberies are committed by people using M1 rifles. Right?
Yes. Especially if you are over 6 feet tall and have a stiff leg.
I have both weapons and like them both for different reasons.
The carbine is really light, fun to shoot and easy to clean.
BUT
Is there anything better that a 30.06?
These are wonderful old rifles, historically rich yet still quite functional. I would love to see them get into the hands of as many appreciative Americans as possible, with as little interference from the feds as humanly possible.
Me, too! How can I get one?
I think I could eat Ramen noodles for a month if I could get a Garand...no problemo.
Exactly. I don’t know if there are even 85k vets left.
These things go for around $1500 a piece to us civvies.
In a post on this topic last week, I had asked if CMP would get them.. Got this in the CMP newsletter yesterday:
“GARANDS FROM KOREA: Once again our phone lines and email boxes are flooded with requests for information on the purchase of M1 Garands from Korea. The Korea Times reported last week that the U.S. Government had approved Korea’s request to sell 86,000 M1 Garands to U.S. importers. CMP is not a firearms importer and if these rifles are sold to U.S. importers, they will not come to the CMP or be sold by the CMP. We will not have any information on the sale of these rifles.”
I'm guessing that these rifles will be sold through the CMP?
The previous shipment of these rifles would have been sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP). The Organizer in Chief will be pressured by anti gun rights groups once again.
Unlike rifles going through CMP, these will be sold through private importers, and will be required to have import mark imprints stamped on the metal. They will not have the same collector value as unaltered originals. But, the condition of the rifles will be from horrendous to some that were unissued.
CMP currently has Garands loaned by us to other countries and returned for sale from $595.00 to $3,000 for a M1C Sniper rifle without a scope.
CMP is at http://www.odcmp.com/Sales/rifles.htm
That would be my guess. the CMP is traditionally how fine milsurp rifles made their way into civilian hands. My gun club qualifies under the rules of the CMP so I should be able to get one. And while I’m at it, let me put in another plug for the Appleseed program. No better opportunity to try out that Garand. Turn ammo into skill.
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