Up to 87,000 South Korean M1 Garands Coming Home

guns.com ^ | 6 June, 2012 | Max Slowik

[Timber Rattler]

He endured handed to hand fighting and nearly went crazy with PTSD after the war. It took him nearly a dozen years to calm down and control the PTSD. When I was a young kid in the 70’s he finally started talking about the war. He earned two bronze stars while in the service.

Yeah, similar story with my uncle. After he finally left the army, he suffered from PTSD terribly and became an alcoholic. He NEVER talked about his war experiences up until a few years ago when his health started to decline and I started asking him about it.

[M1903A1]

A story I heard once, about the opening days of Korea, was that the 7th Infantry Division was hastily shipped over from Japan armed with Garands (which require that eight-round clip)...fine and dandy. The idiots who assembled their supplies sent a massive cache of .30-06 ammo...IN TWENTY ROUND CARDBOARD BOXES!!!

Those poor guys were left scrambling to police up and reload the clips they brought over in their cartridge belts until Supply managed to ship them enough clips or preclipped ammo...you gotta wonder how many guys paid a high price for that.

[awelliott]

According to the email I got from the CMP (which I can’t find) they will not be involved with these M1s. These will be sold thru private dealers (SOG, J&G, etc.) only.

Thanks for the info. Fortunately I'm already set, though it will be interesting to see where the prices fall out...

[R W Reactionairy]

The Civilian Marksmanship program has Greek surplus HPX for about the same or less, non corrosive[odcmp.com — listed under commercial ammo since it is not USGI surplus]. Sure fire / stored properly. good brass quality for reloading. magnetic so an issues in California. On balance I’d go with the HPX. You might want to check it out.

[TJD]

Is there an update on this?