US allows import of 86,000 M1 rifles from Korea

www.koreatimes.co.kr ^ | 01/18/2012

[RitchieAprile]

7.62x51

[GingisK]

Is there anything better that a 30.06?

105mm or 120mm. Oh, nothing better in the small arms category.

[GnL]

CMP has said they are not involved.

[Joe Brower]

I bought my first CMP M1 Garand over ten years ago, and ended up giving it to my brother for Christmas. I created a monster... now he has six of 'em, including a sniper version and a tanker model converted to .308 Win. $:-)

I replaced mine of course, and I wrote the CMP fellows a nice note asking for another WWII vintage if they could manage it (the first was 1942 era and almost 100% Springfield). Well, those boyz sent me a mint 1943-vintage that was all original except for the barrel. Unlike the first one, this second purchase was BLACK with cosmoline -- took me two weeks and a gallon and a half of mineral spirits to get it clean.

Life is good!

[Joe Brower]

CMP has said they are not involved.

Who will be reselling these, then? Do you know?

[GnL]

Private importers/resellers, similar to the old Blue Sky imports of many years ago. I have an old M1 carbine that was imported that way and is stamped “Blue Sky” right on the barrel.

[mcshot]

7.62x51 is essentially our commercial .308. 7.63x63 is 30-06.

[Travis McGee]

Hell yeah I want one! I just bought a cheap but functional Universal M1 carbine for $200. Love the weight and handy functioning. Perfect for “extra” carbines to give out to folks who arrive at the party without the proper accessories.

[MHGinTN]

You can afford to do a lot with a $200 functioning carbine

[Blood of Tyrants]

Orest Michaels, the head of the CMP, has said that the CMP is not in the importing business and will not be receiving any of these rifles. Any rifles they get will be ones returned to the US Army through the Lend Lease program. These rifles were sold to Korea and thus they can dispose of them any way they want.