[1rudeboy]

Darnit! I went to the casino for a few days.

[Peter from Rutland]

$220! WOW. Where do I sign up?

[Noumenon]

Oooooh. I want a couple of those Garands...

[IYAS9YAS]

as they come with a magazine that can carry multiple rounds unlike the 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.

[Brownie63]

Bringing in that many M-1 carbines, would make them cheap truck guns again, as they were 30 to 40 years ago.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Yes, many armed robberies are committed by people using M1 rifles. Right?

[deoetdoctrinae]

If this is ultimately approved, I wonder what obstacles our all-knowing government will put in the path of individuals seeking to purchase one. Proof of service in the Korean War? Membership in an affiliate of the CMP? A written promise not to use it for any evil purpose, under penalty of being put on double secret probation?

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.

[AnTiw1]

I think I could eat Ramen noodles for a month if I could get a Garand...no problemo.

[Craigon]

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.”

[Joe Brower]

Best news I've heard all week.

I'm guessing that these rifles will be sold through the CMP?