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Civilian Marksmanship Program May Receive 86,000 Repatriated M1 Garands From The Philippines
American Military News ^
| April 10, 2017
| Staff Writer 4
Posted on 04/12/2017 2:07:34 PM PDT by Mechanicos
The Civilian Marksmanship Program may receive 86,000 repatriated M1 Garand rifles from the Philippine government.
According to an M1 Garand collectors group, a large group of loaned rifles are being processed by the U.S. Army to be shipped back to the United States. ...
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2nd; banglist; cmp; garand; m1; rifle; rtkba
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The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is a U.S. government-chartered program that promotes firearm safety training and rifle practice for all qualified U.S. citizens.
To: Mechanicos
Dang I better get my paperwork updated. Also we should be getting those 1911’s now that we have a gun friendly administration.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:09:48 PM PDT
by
BobinIL
To: Mechanicos
I expect those will be sold out in minutes.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:11:34 PM PDT
by
ctdonath2
(Understand the Left: "The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution.")
To: Mechanicos
Thousands of thumbs await their fate.
To: ctdonath2
I expect those will be sold out in minutes.
Depends on the condition. Some of those garands are pretty rough, and the barrels gauge poorly. That's why I bought the 'Springfield Special'.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:14:50 PM PDT
by
farming pharmer
(www.sterlingheightsreport.com)
To: Mechanicos
They should offer them to Vets first. Why TF should the collectors be first and the wholesale buyers? They aren’t match rifles, they are probably very used combat rifles. How do I get on the list as a Vet with 28 years of active and reserve time after serving as a draftee. LOL. Gun dealer $$$$$$ is more important.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:17:15 PM PDT
by
Bringbackthedraft
(Again it disapeared? Damn cursor is in cahoots with the tag line.)
To: Mechanicos
Hurray!
L.E.O> Marksman should get a few.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:17:35 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: ctdonath2
Back to the sons and daughters of taxpayers who paid for them...
Me being one of them... my old man, Airborne, WWII and Marine uncles LOVED the Garand.
First rifle I ever learned to shoot.
Back where they belong. With Americans who will appreciate them.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:18:45 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: Mechanicos
Splendid! It’s axiomatic that Hildebeeste would not have approved this.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:18:52 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: Bringbackthedraft
“They should offer them to Vets first.”
Good idea. I believe you could start a petition on the White House site for Trump to order exactly that to the defense department.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:25:48 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(Cats are like potato chips - you can't have just one.)
To: Bringbackthedraft
“They should offer them to Vets first. Why TF should the collectors be first and the wholesale buyers? They aren’t match rifles, they are probably very used combat rifles. How do I get on the list as a Vet with 28 years of active and reserve time after serving as a draftee. LOL. Gun dealer $$$$$$ is more important.”
Best to do your homework before posting.
To: Mechanicos
If memory serves me right..., the Garands often had their stocks shortened when used by Asian allies. Thus they would all need new stocks (at a minimum)...
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:29:56 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: Mechanicos
Good. Maybe someone will tool up to make ammo or them that doesn’t cost a buck a pop.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:31:41 PM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: MileHi
...for them...
My old keyboard is about shot
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:32:49 PM PDT
by
MileHi
(Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
To: Mechanicos
A very warm and humid country. It will be interesting to see what kind of condition they’re in. Never out of the box and still coated in cosmoline would be great.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:33:41 PM PDT
by
katana
(It still hasn't occurred to them that Trump doesn't give a s***)
To: Bringbackthedraft
They should offer them to Vets first. Why TF should the collectors be first and the wholesale buyers? They aren’t match rifles, they are probably very used combat rifles. How do I get on the list as a Vet with 28 years of active and reserve time after serving as a draftee. LOL. Gun dealer $$$$$$ is more important. In effect, CMP does offer forearms to veterans first. Go read the rifle sales info - there are provisions which make it quicker for veterans to get their orders in. CMP firearms do not go through local FFLs - they are shipped to your address. No dealer mark-up.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:35:58 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: katana
“...Never out of the box and still coated in cosmoline ...”
In other words “LIKE NEW”...
Holy crap, could you imagine... vintage and virgin...
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:36:37 PM PDT
by
NFHale
(The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
To: HiJinx
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:36:49 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country.)
To: MileHi
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:39:01 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
To: ctdonath2
Well, there IS the matter of completing the marksmanship
program before purchase eligibility. That will stretch
the time line out a little.
My gun club participated in CMP for years and it was quite
successful. Of personal interest is what might have
become of the Garand my WWII paratrooper dad left behind
when he was carried from the field of battle after a
head wound during the liberation of Manila in early 1945.
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posted on
04/12/2017 2:39:42 PM PDT
by
Sivad
(Don't believe in ' /s ' tags)
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