The possibly to be repatriated Garands

[GUTS]

I was just wondering what you fellas thoughts are on the idea of suddenly 80 to 90,000 Garands coming to our market. Suppose that they do come back and they are a decent deal, let's say $700, do you think it will affect the value of the rifles we have now, and if it did would it bother you that possibly your rifles are worth a little less because of a flooded market? I've been reading about this on a couple of other forums here and there and there is a lot of fellas that are crying, whining, and ****ed because they think their rifles are going to be worth less. My thoughts are that I would be very glad to see a whole lot more people be able to own such a historic rifle because more could finally afford it and the thought of my Garands being worth a little less because of it doesn't bother me a bit. I think any time we can get more of our history back into the hands of the people it's a great thing. I also can't wait to see what some of the rifles are going to be, low serial numbers, original WWII barrels, cartouched stocks, and who knows what else. It should be a lot of fun.

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[Gibbs505]

If you are talking about the ones from Korea, I doubt that you will see Them!

[browningautorifle]

I know I'm in Canada and we're in a different boat...BUT, I think the ones in Korea hardly will compare to the collector rifles. Most will likely have seen better times. That is IF they actually materialize!

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I agree with JIm. Every since these first came up and everyone started saying they wanted them to be imported, I figured they'd be nothing like the ones the CMP has been selling. Most of the carbines that came out of Korea years ago had been rode hard and put up wet. If these do get imported, I'd expect poor condition, paint and marks on stocks, with an import stamp on the barrel to top it off.

[technova]

I own my milsurps because I like them, value is not a concern for me.
If more Garands are brought in then more people can enjoy them.
If it brings the price down I do not care about the value of my own gun but maybe more people can afford to buy them, especially young people.

[rugersworld]

In 1996 I looked at a Korean Garand at a local gun store - price was $350 and it was beat up with a well shot barrel. I bought the 03A3 instead. Those rifles will not de-value your WW2 garand or your CMP Garand. They are going to be beat up and import marked. They may not even be safe. The CMP guns will hold value because of their quality.
Just my 2 cents.

[Bruce McAskill]

From what I have heard these Garands are mostly those that have been in storage in SA made cans. If so these rifles will be in fresh rebuilt condition. The selling price will be at or what CMP is selling them for. $700 Garands won't sell fast as people can get them cheaper from CMP. And remember in each can along with the rifles were the bayonets,cleaning kits and slings. But the only way to know will be when they do come in and as they have been approved it's just a matter of time. But the carbines also in storage cans too have not been approved and will not be all because they take those nasty terrible magazines that hold 15 or 30 rounds and have a bayonet lug on them. The liberal mind set is way out there for sure but they are the ones in comtrol right now so we have to live with and be happy the Garands will be coming back home one day soon.

[Calfed]

of the Korean Garands and carbines...

[Exclusive] US allows import of 86,000 M1 rifles from Korea

[browningautorifle]

So...nothing is done yet!

[Mark in Rochester]

Had a professor at RIT that served in the Korean Military.
He indicated that they had rifles that were held in reserve that were in pristine condition and they trained with beat up rifles.
If hostilities ever broke out the reserve would be released.

lets hope that these are from the reserve - if it still exists