Heard anymore about the Korean returns?

[frankderrico]

Brian, can you tell us what the condition is? Does anybody know if they have turned up anyware else? Should be interesting.....Frank

[phillydude]

condition of most was poor.....but it only seemed like the outer barrels and stocks were crap, especially the garands made from international harvester..........couldnt tell you why, maybe the steel it was made with. the garand i picked out wasnt bad for the price, bore could of been better, but for 3 bills, i could not pass on it.it has a nice stock too

frank, i also picked up an early underwood on GB. non import, fellow had crappy pictures with a poor discription,. it turned out great, for me, doing the research on it now, i think it came from underwood with an inland trigger guard

[frankderrico]

condition of most was poor.....but it only seemed like the outer barrels and stocks were crap, especially the garands made from international harvester..........couldnt tell you why, maybe the steel it was made with. the garand i picked out wasnt bad for the price, bore could of been better, but for 3 bills, i could not pass on it.it has a nice stock too

frank, i also picked up an early underwood on GB. non import, fellow had crappy pictures with a poor discription,. it turned out great, for me, doing the research on it now, i think it came from underwood with an inland trigger guard

Brian thanks for getting back, you said they had I.H.'s!! I've got to try and get one for my son. He is big into I.H. farm machinery, he called me up a while back to tell me I.H. made garands, he didn't know that. He sad it would be cool to have one. Fathers day I'm thinking. Glad to here you got the early .U. and am looking forward to the pics. Have a good one.....Frank

[phillydude]

hey frank, i can go pick out and buy the best IH for you , even trade for your .U. ..............lol

[frankderrico]

Dude, you're "FUNNY".......Frank

[campperrykid]

Should be interesting to see if these are from the ROK --or coming from Central or South America. Wonder when they actually entered the US?

[Sudaev]

i think the first wave is hitting the gun stores now. a local shop just got in 80 garands, and they say a huge shipment of carbines is coming in a few weeks,,,,,,all the garands were stamped CAI.......but hardly noticable, heck i even bought one for 300 bucks,an H&R

I emailed a local sporting goods chain which carried the Blue Sky carbines in the past, and they had not heard of this recent importation. I got an email from the vice president, and he stated that they are well connected with Century, and that Century do not have any of these rifles.

[Tired Retired]

The one thing that no one has discussed is the potential impact to grand and carbine ammunition IF that number of cheap weapons hit the market at one time. Its safe to say that we are all feeling the squeeze in ammo shortages with the jump in sales over the last year. Its going to get much tighter if 22,000 more "shooters" with clearance prices hit every local gunshop all at once...

[campperrykid]

We will all know when the first batch of ROK Garands & Carbines hit the retail market.

[Sudaev]

RATS

The U.S. government is opposing Korea’s bid to sell thousands of aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun collectors.
By Jung Sung-ki

The U.S. government opposed South Korea’s bid to sell thousands of aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun collectors, a senior government official said Thursday.

The ministry announced the plan last September as part of efforts to boost its defense budget, saying the export of the M1 Garand and carbine rifles would start by the end of 2009.

The U.S. administration put the brakes on the plan, citing “problems” that could be caused by the importation of the rifles.

The problems the U.S. government cited were somewhat ambiguous, said an official at the Ministry of National Defense on condition of anonymity.

“The U.S. insisted that imports of the aging rifles could cause problems such as firearm accidents. It was also worried the weapons could be smuggled to terrorists, gangs or other people with bad intentions,” the official told The Korea Times.

“We’re still looking into the reason why the U.S. administration is objecting to the sale of the rifles and seeking ways to resolve the problems raised,” he said.

Critics say the ministry pushed to sell the firearms in a hasty manner without enough consultation with the U.S. beforehand, as calls were growing to increase defense expenditure.

The Seoul government sought to sell the outdated U.S.guns back to the United States.

A total of 86,000 M1 rifles and another 22,000 carbines were to be sold, as the weapons have been mothballed for about five decades in military warehouses. The per-unit price of the M1 rifle is about $220 and the carbine is more than $140, according to the ministry.

M1s were made first in 1926 and used in World War II and the 1954-1975 Vietnam War. The carbines were first produced in 1941 and used during the 1950-1953 Korean War.

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news...205_71329.html