[marktwain]

I will believe it when the price of Garands drops. Just where are the M1 carbines, anyway? I thought they were part of this deal.

[Travis McGee]

Sign me up.

[skeeter]

M1 ping

[awelliott]

Just where are the M1 carbines, anyway?

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....

[Dusty Road]

Hurts my thumb just looking at them.

[Eye of Unk]

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.

[mountainlion]

They still consider the M1 Carbine as a high capacity magazine.

[thackney]

M1 Garand ping

[tanknetter]

The last I heard about this, the plan was to give Korean War vets and their families first dibs. Does this change that?

[ctdonath2]

The price of Garands won’t drop. The demand for this batch will be HUGE. CMP will be absolutely inundated with orders.

[pallis]

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.

[Last Dakotan]

So let me get this straight. We gave these to the South Koreans so they could protect themselves, and now they are selling these back to the US Veterans that sacrificed so much for them.

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.

[ctdonath2]

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.

[IMR 4350]

I doubt if the price will drop.

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.

[shove_it]

[Robe]

The condition of these M1 Garands has not been established, but in the past, the CMP has rebuilt Garands into like new condition with new Walnut stocks and new Criterion barrels, both in their original chambering, .30-06 Springfield and also in .308 Winchester.

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 ....

[stuartcr]

Carbines are great. You can get a Ruger Blackhawk SA chambered for the same round. Both are really fun to shoot.

[Joe Brower]

[Dead Corpse]

Two separate deals. The M! Garands and even more M1 Carbines. They are letting the Garands back in but are denying the re-importation of the Carbines.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/

[Fido969]

I wish they sell some M-14s. Did Clinton dump all of those in the ocean?

[04-Bravo]

I’m pretty sure the gun.com article is wrong about the CMP involvement with this batch of M1s. CMP only receives their rifles from the U.S. Army, per their operating charter.

If these rifles are shipped to the U.S. via an importer, they will be sold commercially.