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BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Korean war rifles sold back to US
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/8271041.stm
88000 M1 Garands and 22000 carbines coming back from Korea.....to the USA
Wonder what shape some of these M1 Rifles and Carbines will be in...maybe some gems amongst this little lot
Regards
LLoyd
"Parts guys" maybe.
Sounds great - where do we buy??
I love the end of the BBC story - complaints that they failed to stop heavily-clothed enemy at close range. Always the dig.
Bob
Just exactly how "heavily clothed" were the Chinese in this conflict? Must have some real "armored underwear", to borrow a phrase from modern underclothes and advertising.
OMG, the energy transfer alone would leave you knocked out cold as the proverbial fish from being struck by a 160 gr FMJ even at close range. Or is my understanding of ballistic impact way off the mark?
:dunno:
Anyway, we'll take them. And, I hope, make them good again to be part of many people's collections and as shooters.
:thup:
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Originally Posted by Bob Womack
Bob, I think that specific comment referred to the use of M1 Carbines in Korea, not the M1 Garand. JMO. Cheers, KarlKW
Looking at the verbal construction, that might be true indeed.
Bob
You can also infer from the sentance construction that the carbines stopped them dead at long range!
Sign me up ! Who knows what might stick to me when I fall into a pile of 'em .
Jack
Wouldn't mind one myself!
In the article it says that Korea will keep around 650,000 carbines for some of it's forces. That requires ALOT of ammunition. I bought one of the last cans of Korean carbine ammo available on our US ammo web sites about four years ago (I think it was manufactured by PMC). Since then the Korean ammo seems to be dried up - or is it? Anyone have any idea how the Koreans are feeding their hundreds of thousands of carbines?