Posted on 05/11/2018 11:33:51 AM PDT by Simon Green
The military of the Philippines had warehouses full of vintage M1 rifles. Getting them back to the U.S. was an epic struggle.
The Garand Collector’s Association, which has been helping the Civilian Marksmanship Program inventory and classify a literal shipload of repatriated M1s, produced the above video chronicling the return to the states of some 86,000 Garands loaned to the Philippines over the years. Fighting poor storage, threats of critters and hazardous materials, the CMP invested millions in cleaning the guns, packing and sending them via truck, train and ship back to Alabama.
It goes almost without saying that accurately accounting for and transporting approximately 90,000 small arms from the other side of the globe is challenging under any circumstances,” noted the Army’s Defense Logistics Agency in their coverage of the event. “Throw in termite infestation, monsoon season, and asbestos contamination, and you will have a recipe for disaster.”
The good news is that, while some of the guns are in bad shape and have been bubbafied by Filipino field gunsmiths unknown, others are in amazingly good shape.
Marines were slow because they trained with a tried a true weapon and the commanders new a war was coming. Thats what I’ve read before. But show a marine an advantage they will adapt. John Garand showed the army his rifle chambering a 277 caliber. The marines and Army told him it was the wrong caliber. He came back with a .30/3006. They army took it the marines true to their reputation were a little skeptical. They aren’t to stupid(contrary to idiots that don’t know them) to figure things out. History is made and the boys are still MAGA.
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You are a most fortunate man.
The first one I bought was $385. The last one I bought was $730. All were listed as Service Grade and I think that all were actually better than Service Grade. Unfortunately, from what I have been reading recently is that they are actually matching the listed grade now instead of outperforming it.
I need one of then M1 Garand thangs with the clip and all
One shot one hit.
I like the .308 better than the 30.06 but my goodness, the M1 is a beast a heavy accurate beast.
one shot, one kill..
Let’s be serious people. An AR .308 is far superior for any and all uses the M1 served. The M-1 was a fine rifle in its time but is exceeded in all aspects by current firearms.
Bottom line is Obama is gone.
The ****head.
6-9 months.
An AR 10 weighs 16 lbs loaded, about the same as an M1, but my gosh the M1 was a hella rifle.
I predict 85-90% will be usable. The rest will be salvaged for parts.
I have a Russian Molot AK hunting rifle based on the .308 Winchester and its damn cool, but The M1 Garand was the Mack Daddy on accuracy back in the day.
That Molot Vepr is like 16 lbs
Its all cool history and the **** still works.
I can’t believe Springfield armory deconstructed that 1 M1 To service grade from a sniper rifle!
Sacrilege!
They have about $100 invested in each rifle, add another $100 for inspection, about 10-20% will be useful only for parts for CMP specials and 5% will be total scrap.
Word is that either 1)they weren’t the property of the SK government and they are tied up in court or 2)they were purchased by a large importer (probably CAI) and the importation is being held up by the State Dept. Supposedly +200,000 M1 rifles and 800,000 M1 carbines.
The story goes that the Army looked at a store of several billion rounds of .30-06 ball and said no to the .276 Pedersen.
“An AR 10 weighs 16 lbs loaded, about the same as an M1”
YeahIdonnoaboutthat
https://aeroprecisionusa.com/m5e1-complete-rifle-20in-ss-rifle-length.html
Dey aint light. :)
So they still well be making lots of money
The one I was issued in basic was “shot out.” After cleaning out the cosmoline, I could not see a trace of rifling in the barrel. We were given armor piecing ammo to use on the range which may account for the lack of rifling. Every time I fired the damn thing, I found I had to reset the sights. Not a happy experience!
By law they can pay only so much out in salaries and bonuses. The rest of the money that doesn’t go to overhead must be used for promoting marksmanship, like the Talladega shooting range.
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