It’s real. I am getting emails on the subject from the CMP
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Great. We paid for them the first time around, now we have to pay for the sloppy seconds too ?
There was a thread here already on this. Where I believe a few people threw daggers at me for my unwillingness to pay gunstore prices for these 1911s. Also my halcyon memories of what the CMP used to be.
The CMP is still, and is supposed to be, Congress’ way to do their part in the second amendment. But I guess that whole plan is vapor now too.
This is awesome if it’s true. I’m going to ask my local gun stores about this. In the 90s Bill Clinton ordered I believe half a million M-1 rifles destroyed that had never been taken out of their boxes . They were all WW2 surplus. I thought that was a disgusting thing to do to rifles that could have easily been sold or given to tax payers who don’t get anything. Those rifles were part of our history. They should have given one to every Boy Scout in America or gun clubs or sold .
If it was me; I would not be paying market price for a used gun sight unseen.
If this is all true I would think anyone who wants one should stand a good chance of getting one.
And by the way, the really desirable collectable 1911s will be auctioned and not sold through the CMP.
A lot of them were given away to other countries. A lot of them became unserviceable over the decades, and Bill Clinton IIRC ordered a lot of them turned into scrap. I was the company armorer for my finance unit in Germany 1988-1990. Our 1911’s were old but still in good condition because they were so lightly used. I had an entire foot locker filled with new in the wrap magazines all dated 1953.
I’m going to try and put in the paperwork to get on the list. I’m not a huge fan of the 1911A1, but recognize it’s historical significance and the genius of John Moses Browning. It will look nice next to my M1917 rifle, and M1 Garand.
I’m waiting for the Korean surplus Garands to be brought back.
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Great news. Thanks for posting.
Don’t think I’ll be buying a pistol from the government.
Where does regular citizen buy this?
or will they just be bought in bulk and sold at inflated prices?
Look at the long list of hoops to jump through before being eligible:
http://thecmp.org/cmp_sales/1911-information/
Not worth it in my mind, and the hi-grade 1911’s will surely go for a premium.
Quite happy with my Sig 1911 STX with night sites.......and one is all I can shoot at a time.......
My father-in-law had a mint WWII Army Colt 1911 and after he died my ignoramus brother-in-law had no idea what it was, didn’t tell his sisters about it, sold it cheap to a local dealer to buy a Ruger Judge.........I chewed him out for doing so without telling his family. Then he did the same thing with his fathers rare 1940’s Belgian shotgun a year later.........
I have my father’s Navy S&W .38 Special that has never been fired in original holster/belt, etc. - when leaving the Navy the Chief would not let him turn it in - another had been turned in with the same serial # and the Chief said he’d have to explain the error, and my dad should just keep it. Too bad the Navy didn’t use 1911’s for their officers.....
Well this is a start, but I don’t need another 1911. How about putting some Garand’s up for sale?
Why purchase a used M1911 when you can buy a brand new Kimber? Firing a Kimber is an experience by itself. The workmanship is flawless and truly eye-candy.
Yep, it’s real. Max of 10,000 per year. There are a few hoops you have to jump through and only one per person per year. After they receive them it will be approximately 5 months before they have a sufficient quantity inventoried, graded, and inspected to open up sales. All sales by mail order only, no phone or website orders.
Would you trade the first sex you had for the last sex you had? I love 1911s and have several, but there are better weapons, I no longer carry a 1911. Yes there are better weapons than the 1911 but that was my first love and with the new ammunition available it will really hurt you.
Back in 1979 I was on duty in the Armory at an Air Force Base in The Republic of Korea.At the time we had a few Army troops visiting our base and they were required to store their weapons in the armory when they were off duty.
Needless to say I was required to sign the weapons in and when I was handed the individual 1911 Pistols,All manufactured during the Second World War,I found that the parts were very loose.When I shook the pistol I could he the slide shaking.
I always wondered how accurate those pistols were when their parts were so loose.
I wonder to this day if the U.S.Army went and modified those pistols since that time.
To purchase the weapon as a collectors Item is One thing.but to think its a suitable combat weapon is something else again.