8 June 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

The ROK Army was equipped along U.S. lines, using M1 Garands and Carbines, M1918 BARs, M1919 Brownings, M1911A1 handguns, and the like. Korea received 296,450 M1 rifles and still reportedly has warehouses full of them. Pictured: Soldiers of the Republic of Korea during an inspection, Jan. 1950. Note the M1918 BAR in the foreground stack.

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[Bob Seijas]

M1 rifles and still reportedly has warehouses full of them

And they are eager to sell them to dealers. However, we say they are MAP guns and must be returned to the Army. Korea says these are Garands they bought so they own them and can sell them. We then denied them import permits. They agreed to return them if we paid a handling and packing fee, and CMP said they would do that. The Army said no deal, we don't pay for our own guns.That's where it has been for about ten years and is likely to remain so..