Has anyone received information concerning their purchase of the .45’s the CMP is selling?
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Has anyone received information concerning their purchase of the .45’s the CMP is selling?
1911 Information - Civilian Marksmanship Program
They're basically saying, "Go forth and multiply and leave us alone." Volunteers and Covid.
Rumour has it from before the Covid Panic, most of 'em are in pretty rough condition.
Nice of them to include Ontario on their E-mail list when only U.S. citizens can buy from 'em.
I put my package in and have heard nothing. You don’t even know if they kicked your package out due to an error. Starting to feel like a mushroom, if you know what that means.
I put mine in the same day I got the email announcing a second round... I think that was early November. I just checked today, ready their Feb. update and the past updates. It seems that anyone who has a number assigned from the first round of 1911 sales that didn't get a pistol is ahead of us. I'll admit though their wording isn't the most precise and I may be interpreting it wrong.
RNG Number will be emailed in 6 to 8 weeks per CMP announcement. Some RGN number have go out. I have receive mine. BUT do not call the CMP asking about the numbers. Read the information on their site or forums.
I just received a number from CMP. It’s 25xxx. My multiplying days are over, so I’ll just have to wait.
Just got my CMP 1911 RNG number, 277xx.
But I am curious if anyone missed in the first round needed to reapply, if anyone knows.
Thanks!
Received email from "CMP 1911" today-4/6/2021, 4:48 pm. RGN number 2359x. Just looked on the CMP Forum lowest number I saw there was 20038, highest 32xxx.
WOW! Seeing another post in this thread inspired me to check, and I just got an email 15 minutes ago with a random number!!!!
The re-read the instructions on their site, and they do seem to imply that in round 1 many people were given a RNG, but they ran out of pistols - and so those people are going first in this second round.
I'm just hoping for a service grade. Don't need anything special. just want it to work, and not be a pitted/corroded mess.
CMP only accepted Round 2 1911 packets postmarked 4 Jan 2021 or after. CMP is no longer accepting packets. Mailed my packet 4 Jan, delivered 8 Jan.
My RGN 20804. CMP called me 27 April 2021, I asked for a Service Grade; picked up 29 April 2021. Ithaca frame, Remington Rand slide, post WWII barrel. Came in a CMP Logo Flambeau box with a new Mec-Gar magazine, TM 9-1005-211-34, lock, & yellow chamber indicator.
Completely disassembled it except the mag catch & trigger for cleaning: it did need cleaning & lubrication (shipped dry). Fired two boxes of Win Service Grade, had a bit of a problem with some cases not being ejected. Recoil spring looked to be about an inch short; put in a Colt recoil spring; fired three boxes of the Win ammo; no problems.
That can't be right if they solicited packets by email in early November 2020, and I sent mine then and got a random number 232xxx in February.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benchloader
Good news that yours was completed. Should be a couple more months now for mine. Will have to check the CMP forums to estimate how fast they are moving/processing
January 4 2021 was the mailing date on the CMP Round2 paperwork/application. They did allow download of the Round2 packet prior to 4 Jan 21. If your packet was mailed earlier than 4 Jan 21 & was accepted there must have been another reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by ssgross
Just got a nice call from Jenny? at CMP. They only have field and rack grades left. My FFL was on file. She said it would go out today and be here tomorrow! I went with a field grade. Hopefully it isn't too chewed up.
I received notification by email on May 12th that my number had been drawn. I responded and had the 1911 in my hands on May 26th. It's a great 1911, that came in a hard case, and I am well pleased.
it came overnight! I picked it up on my way home from work. Remington rand slide, Ithaca receiver. outside finish is pretty worn (field grade). no rust or pitting anywhere though, and the bore looks brand new! A rack number is painted on the left grip. I know some people like rack numbers, but not me.
The case it came in is very very nice, and it also came with what looked like a newly manufactured magazine.
Curious what barrel came with yours and is the recoil spring length correct. The mag with mine is a Made in Italy MecGar; barrel 7791193, no year that I can find on it. There are post(s) on the CMP Forum about short recoil springs; my spring was short too. Awesome fun to shoot.
barrel has "85" stamped under its serial. I suppose that means 1985. serial on the frame showed up as colt in 1944 in the tables I found. I'll measure the recoil spring tomorrow and take pictures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benchloader
went to take the grips off to get rid of the rack number and found one of the screws loose in it's hole. got it out by pressing up on the grip from inside while backing the screw out. the bushing is almost all stripped out and will need replaced. The trigger seems weird to me too. There is so much slack it almost feels like 2 stages, and then it doesn't break until it is pressed almost all the way in to the frame.
I think mine is too...stamped MG something.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benchloader
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Originally Posted by Benchloader
The recoil spring that came in mine is ~6", yours is slightly longer. New Colt recoil spring I put my CMP M1911A1 is ~7 1/8 ".
I mentioned that one of grip bushings had inside threads stripped. So I got these in the mail...
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07921J1MQ
The old ones came out fine. These went in fine, until I got to the one that had stripped inner threads, and the new bushing was loose! The new bushings were nice and snug in the other positions. So I grabbed one of the old bushings that were fine, and it went in nice an tight. Confused, I grabbed my micrometer and took all the bushings out and everything seems to measure the same, and look the same too.
All is well that ends well I suppose. I cleaned the frame threads, put the new ones and one old one back in, tightened to 8 inch*lbs - no loctite. Put the grips back on, tightened the screws to 10 inch*lbs.
For what it's worth, my colt defender has bushings that always seem to work loose unless I use a drop of the weak blue loctite. The difference is I have a couple of dozen different grips I constantly swap on and off - my wife insists that if I care enough to pack, I should care enough and take the time to match. I did a 6 month experiment on this pistol without loctite - same grips the whole time and the torque spec above. Screws nor bushings never moved in 6 months of carrying.