Surplus Garands on the Way!!

[mack]

There is no way to know the exact condition of the M1's until they have been procured by some large scale purchaser who brings them ashore, unpacks and grades these rifles.

The Big 5 stuff was Central American and had been in a tropical climate for decades with minimal maintenance, repair or concern. ROK is a cooler, drier climate much like the Midwest or Northeast (didn't say it was dry) and, in fact, much of the ROK is actually more like Japan. While it is impossible to say how much wear will be evident, it is safe to say it might be less extreme wear than a tropical climate like Central America where daily rainfall would punish metal to the extreme and rot wood stocks pretty quickly.

If there are sealed cans, these may well be excellent rifles that have survived in much the same condition as they left the U.S. in the early 1950's, depending on how lubricants used to store them have done over the decades.

So, let's not call them junk just yet.

[Calif-Steve]

I purchased 6-8 Blue Sky Garands for my club many years back. Each one had to be re-barreled and we tossed the Chu wood stocks. Most were nicely re-parked in Korea and all ran very well after some work. We did the 'smith work ourselves. They will be customs fees, shipping costs and middle men involved in this deal. So do not expect mint Garands for $230.00. These things are still in Korea, so it is entirely possible our President could get involved yet. Just wait and see.

[mh53gunner]

Orest has stated that the CMP will not end up with any of these rifles. All rifles that the CMP sells come from the U.S Army. The CMP does not have an importers license.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

[Digger]

I wonder if any will make it up north?

[john w]

I thought there was a law passed during clintons era or before that says NO new importation of military rifles/pistols etc. Am i correct in that or incorrect?. I know garand receivers which were imported dried up because of this and i would think the rifles etc would still be non-importable?

[campperrykid]

I dunno , seems like a lot of SKS's , some Argentine FN-49's ( 20rd mag) and lots of different 9x18 pistols have been coming since the Clinton era. IIRC , the Clintons blocked imports by screwing with importers rather than passing laws or issuing exec orders.

I would not be surprised if many of the stored Garands and M1 Carbines arrived in South Korea during the late 1960's. There was another major wave of US weapons and gear that went over during the Carter administration in the 1970's.
Kim the 1st seemed to get delusions of adequacy about every 10 years or so.

640,000 Carbines by the year 2020 is a lot. Metric tons of little brown guns.