Korean Garands

[ottoman45]

I'm pretty sure the importation of the M1 Carbines was forbiden but there is still no decision on the Garands.

[Amsdorf]

Found this via the web site: "The Gun Wire."

Korea to Begin Broker's Auction of 84,417 M1 Rifles Destined for USA

[Brian Dick]

Ottoman45 has it right. The rest is pure mythology concocted by speculators. They won't necessarily be coming back via the CMP either. More likely one of the big importers.

[Jim From Oklahoma]

DaveN:

I'm 85 years old but not decrepit yet. I run two rifle matches for my rifle club each month. One match shoots a variation of the National Match Course with targets scaled down from 600, 300 and 200 yards for use on our 100 yard range. I shoot as well as run a Military Bolt Action Rifle Match using a M1903A3 Remington with a four-groove barrel. On at least one occasion each year that match will include M1s. I acquired my last M1 about two months ago, a 600,000 serial numbered Springfield. One of my M1s is a Korean import from Blue Sky. That rifle now has a heavy 7.62 barrel and has the second best trigger of my 15 M1s. It shoots knots with handloads.
I'm not a collector. I shoot my rifles, sometimes successfully. In my 17 trips to Camp Perry, 14 of them on the Oklahoma Rifle Team, I earned a Distinguished Rifleman Badge, four Presidents Hundred Brassards, a Palma Twenty medallion and an Elihu Root medal--shooting mostly an M14. In my youth I spent the first 70 days, out of the 82 days that the battle raged, on the island of Okinawa armed with an M1, where I added a Purple Heart medal to my collection.
M1s are my favorite rifle. Even though I'm ancient, in your view, DaveN, if a nice M1 from Korea was available at a good price I might add it to my stable.

Jim In Oklahoma