Posted on 06/07/2012 5:33:05 AM PDT by marktwain
Sign me up.
M1 ping
Good question. I believe I remember that there was a large cache of carbines that had been prohibited from import. Anyway, this is good news but, with the current administration, I'll hold my excitement until the CMP sends out the sales notice....
Hurts my thumb just looking at them.
From what I remember these are the Carbines, they use the .30 Carbine cartridge, NOT the 30-06.
Great for close quarter combat though. Short on range, qustionable performance against heavey winter clothing or simple first generation body armor.
Not something I would rush out to buy.
M1 Garand ping
The last I heard about this, the plan was to give Korean War vets and their families first dibs. Does this change that?
The price of Garands won’t drop. The demand for this batch will be HUGE. CMP will be absolutely inundated with orders.
The pictures aren’t carbines. My gun dealer retired, so I would have to find a new one, but a sharp price drop on Garands might make it worth the effort to start looking.
Oh yeah, they need the money so they can now buy Korean made arms and build up their own industry while the US taxpayer who pays for their defense (30,000 US troops aren't cheap) sits unemployed.
Bastards - count me out.
I want to know how to know when the shipment will hit the sales racks at CMP. I’m within driving distance (maybe 3 hours) from the Alabama store, and will be there when doors open IF I can find out when first availability is.
The last one I saw from Korea were in rough shape. Most weren't even usable as is.
If they are the same condition as the last ones I saw, it will take a good chunk of change just to get them back into usable condition.
Why the CMP? I don't want a rifle thats been modified to specs I don't want. Just give me a plane ole M1 and I do the mods myself ....
Not really...my uncle was a Bronze Star and Purple Heart recipient who fought in the Korean War. He was drafted in June 1950 straight out of high school, went through basic training that summer, and then became part of the Pusan Perimeter break-out force, ultimately going all the way to the Yalu River as part of a recon unit.
He was initially armed with a M1 carbine, but when the Red Chinese launched their big "volunteer" counter-attack in December 1950, he found that it was mostly useless.
Before he died at the age of 80 last year, my uncle told me while he was manning a foxhole alone, a Chinese soldier charged him with a bayonet and it took 10 .30 round to put him down. After that, he threw away his carbine and picked up the first Garand he could find and carried it for the rest of his service in Korea. One shot was all he needed after that.
In BREAKOUT, Martin Russ’ incredible telling of the Chosin Campaign, he writes of the carbine’s inability to generate stopping power in extreme cold that was compounded when the target was wearing multiple thick layers.
My understanding is they cannot shoot today’s .30-06 ammo. It’s a liability issue.
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