"Bataan" M1903s from Federal Ordnance from 1991 - ad

[Rick the Librarian]

A pickup would do no good, since no way to import it. I was given a list of those rifles in SRS that were assigned to the Philippine Scouts.

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[browningautorifle]

no way to import it

I understand that, it would just be nice to have. Wonder if I could get such a thing imported? I should look into that...

[can14&]

You had better take a lot of "tea money" as the Chinese say. I think it is to late for any imports from
there to the Dominion. I don't think they stopped the chop saws

[browningautorifle]

You had better take a lot of "tea money"

I believe you...

[TDH]

During the Clinton administration The arsenal at Anniston Ala. had the grinders working full blast for months until Congress shut the operation down. A gentleman that was a honcho there, often mentioned on the old Culver page by the name Orest I believe said he had no choice. They would bring him a truckload and into the grinders they went.

Carter was doing the same and the rumor was that under Carter hundreds of 55 gallon drums were filled with .45's most still new in box and then filled with concrete and sent to the bottom of the sea. If it's true I wonder how many Singers or USS were destroyed.

The rumor also is under Clinton after he was stopped from destroying them instead he sent thousands of M14's to the Poles. Those same M14's that we are now buying commercially so our boys in the sandboxes have something that shoots farter than the mouse gun.

[enbloc8]

During the Clinton administration The arsenal at Anniston Ala. had the grinders working full blast for months until Congress shut the operation down. A gentleman that was a honcho there, often mentioned on the old Culver page by the name Orest I believe said he had no choice. They would bring him a truckload and into the grinders they went.

Carter was doing the same and the rumor was that under Carter hundreds of 55 gallon drums were filled with .45's most still new in box and then filled with concrete and sent to the bottom of the sea. If it's true I wonder how many Singers or USS were destroyed.

The rumor also is under Clinton after he was stopped from destroying them instead he sent thousands of M14's to the Poles. Those same M14's that we are now buying commercially so our boys in the sandboxes have something that shoots farter than the mouse gun.

They went to the Baltics, and there's more of a story to that...a former Army officer with Lithuanian roots went over to help his ancestral nation build a new army (the Soviets literally took everything when they pulled out) and he was a big proponent of the M14.

[Promo]

Rick, who told you it was impossible to import to the US? Is it due to the seller being in the Philippines, or due to any other reason? This year I sold guns to someone in the US, it was not much of a big issue. He obtained the import permit (a befriended dealer did it for him), I did the same for the export permits. He picked up the items in person since it was cheaper than to have them shipped - plus there was an excemption for collectors items brought in person, which then don't need to be importer marked (I've been told).

[Rick the Librarian]

I know you regularly import/export and would probably know. When the possibility of buying a M1903 from the Philippines (this was admittedly about 8-10 years ago), I was told to contact Simpson, Ltd. They told me to import a military rifle from the Philippines was extremely difficult and would involve lots of money and paperwork. I assumed they knew what they were talking about and dropped it.

[browningautorifle]

I was told to contact Simpson, Ltd.

They've certainly done their share, for sure...

[Brian Dick]

It's impossible right now because U.S. military surplus firearms need a retransfer authorization from the U.S. Department of State before BATFE Imports Branch will approve the import permit. The retransfers were banned by executive order in September 2013. Lets hope that this executive order will be rescinded by the incoming administration. I can't see how an import from the Philippines is any different or difficult than one from anywhere else. Many of the lesser expensive 1911/1911A1 clones plus other firearms and parts are regularly imported from the Philippines.