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M1 Garands, new imports?
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03-29-2007 11:12 PM
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If it's true, they won't be Dutch. Could be almost anything else though.
Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз!
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Speaking of the Dutch, my son in law's father used a Garand and an M-1 carbine during his military service in the Netherlands. He quite liked them.
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I've been hearing the same thing. A friend of mine said that over 100K would be coming into circulation, I can't say for sure when this is going to happen, but, I'm saving up-SDH
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If 100,000 come into circulation, I doubt they will get $700 for them. In fact, it should markedly drop the going rate as availability will exceed demand, at least for a time.
Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз!
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100,000 Garands = 99,000 for US market (if importable) + 1000 for the Cdn market.
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Cannot import Garand into the US. Lend lease cannot come back into the US. At least thats what I was told at auctions when worrying about US folks bidding on US firearms. Didn't Century Arms (Montreal) get busted for that? Claven2 says something about it here (or at least thats how I took it): https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=347
Also, if they are from Russia, they for sure won't be seen in the US.
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Originally Posted by
Stevo
Besides, you'd have to sell them for $99.99 if you wanted to move that many in just the
Canadian market.
And even at that price, most Cdns would expect 500 rounds of ammo on pingys and in bandoleers.
1000 rifles is a lot in our market.
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The problem is that US rules won't let rifles back into the states if the taxpayers lent or gave the rifles to someone for free. They had to be SOLD to another country (taxpayers compensated) before a 3rd party can re-import them.
If they were never "bought off" then they can only come back if the foreign gov't gives them back and they then get sold through CMP.
Some rules may have changed though as last year a whack of Savage No.4's went back to the US, where before it was not allowed.
Союз нерушимый республик свободных Сплотила навеки Великая Русь. Да здравствует созданный волей народов Единый, могучий Советский Союз!
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