Posted on 05/24/2015 12:41:01 PM PDT by OK Sun
I’m a little taken aback. $600 is not expensive? What is the threshold for a handgun to be considered `expensive’?
Not talking Desert Eagles here, just service grade pistols.
I better hang on to my $250 Norinco’s.
;^)
This is my big concern. Some of these military pistols have fired so many rounds through them that they are unserviceable.
I fired one that was so worn that a single trigger pull fired two rounds, which was extremely unnerving. A ranking officer didn’t believe me, so he tried the pistol and the same thing happened. I was very glad that I was not on the receiving end of that righteous snarl directed at the armorer.
Here’s a group that’s smarter (demands for proof of authorship of that “letter”).
Bill to Allow Sale of Surplus 1911 Pistols through CMP
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6078462
Yes, I saw that too. Headshake.
Pretty fuzzy thinking on part of DOJ, but like always, NO LIE is too BIG!
Scroll to comment #6, and read down from there.
Bill to Allow Sale of Surplus 1911 Pistols through CMP
http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6078462
i’ll take one too.
Unbelieveable. A Norinco? Gimme a break. Biggest piece of junk since Raven Arms.
Those “horrible” 1911A1s you had trouble with function perfectly and always have. Combat isn’t the pistol range, it’s muddy, dirty, wet, and nasty and the stock government .45 always worked and killed reliability.
You use pistols at knife ranges. Nobody cares if they group well at 50 yards.
I already wrote the CMP telling them I wanted one, if and when they become available.
They replied that they weren’t aware of the Congressman’s legislation.
I’ve always wanted a 1911, but not enough to pay what a new one costs. Yes, I suspect these are not very accurate, but i would still love to have one of them.
Then I recalled that one can check document properties for a .pdf file and the author is identified as one "Natalie Abt"
Deep googlefu shows a Natalie Abt as a point of contact for "Feds Feed Families" deep in the bowels of the "Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management & Comptroller) Office of the Secretariat." That is basically Army budgeting. Why is a flunky in the comptrollers office weighing in on gun control??? Something does not smell right here and needs the light of day on it.
The white paper must have been written by someone ignorant of the actual implementation of the CMP.
I'm not sure about military formats for white papers, but most other documents have at least a cover letter signed by the releasing official(s).
I’ll have an M1 Abrams and a side of fries.
Yes, it is soul-chilling to think of 100,000 .45's marching through America's defenseless city streets. Scary stuff - it's sort of like trying to fill a swimming pool with an eye dropper. Somebody in D.C. is smoking crack again.
Bump!
Smoke em.
I’ll bet the slide/rail fit is as sloppy as Moochelle’s thong.
heh, uh, man I’m sending it but already want that one back ...
I see you already found about the same as I found researching an answer for familyop. Natalie H Abt seems to work for the Assistant Secretary of the Army. Someone needs to ask her in an official capacity what’s going on.
The article is on a firearm control site. Are we sure this actually went to Congress? But how I would love to see, like you suggested, for the sweet little lady who wrote it get canned.
1911-pattern guns can now be had for $400 and less due to the spread of CNC machining. RIA/Armscor sells theirs for the mid 300s wholesale, and they’re not bad.
Abt...Abt...where does that name sound familiar?
Ah. Communist party lawyer, Lee Harvey Oswald asked for him after being arrested.
Just coincidence, I’m sure...
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