CMP to receive 86,000 Garands!

[cipherk98]

I think effective this year they cut them to 8. I'd almost say that for a period of time, 6-12 months, they have a certain grade and price point open only to new buyers to give them a fair shot to get one. Announce it early, let people get things in order, let them at. I believe at the moment they are only selling FG/SG guns in stores to try and get what they can out of the last few for now.

That said I wonder how many buy them for match shooting or just to have one. I shot mine for a bit in matches but since picking up a Bushmaster DCM I only shoot the M1 when I have to, which keeps costs down big time.

[Mark in Rochester]

Per the newly completed and signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Army and the Civilian Marksmanship Program, M1 Garands will be limited to eight per calendar year, per customer. The new limit of eight M1 Garands goes into effect immediately and any customer who has purchased over eight will not be allowed to purchase more M1 Garands until 1 Jan., 2017. The CMP considers any item containing an M1 Garand receiver with a serial number to be an M1 Garand and will deduct from the eight M1 Garand rifle limit per year.

[Calif-Steve]

The dealers must be unhappy. Not many guys buying 8 per year, but the dealers and their family members are doing so.

[browningautorifle]

Not many guys buying 8 per year, but the dealers and their family members are doing so.

That's probably about right...

[Bob Seijas]

The CMP Board charged Orest Michaels with building an endowment that would permanently support the shooting matches when the supply of guns ran out. He did this by selling guns as fast as possible, and built a fund that will generate enough income to fund the National Matches in perpetuity. Now that it has been accomplished, the new COO can relax a bit and make the inventory last longer.

[Calif-Steve]

I have heard the Garands should be in the US no later then 2018. They will be shipped out in a US vessel. No date of departure set as of yet.

[TDH]

I went to Camp Perry on Thursday to pick up my 03A3 and carbine (several years back now) and as I arrived I saw a one ton dually being loaded with crates of rifles and ammo so much so the a$$ end was sagging badly. The next day at a gun show 100 miles east of Perry I saw the same fellows selling the same rifles they had paid 500- 600 the day before with the prices jacked on the rifles in the 800 to 900 range and those spam cans of HXP that were $69 marked to $129.

Just saying this was still in Bush Jr.'s days .

[Calif-Steve]

I have 1-2 stories my self. By the way, I do understand there are a small lot of Garands due in from Turkey. Due any time now.

[Calif-Steve]

Has anyone heard anything more on the PI shipment? I did hear they would be shipped put on a US Navy vessel. But nothing since.

[Brian Dick]

I spoke with PM RSAT, at U.S. Dept. of State this week since I just received a retransfer authorization for an WRA P'14 pending import and was informed that the 86K M1 Rifles from the PI are enroute or possibly have already arrived and are headed for Anniston. There is also another fairly recent batch of M1 Rifles, (number unknown to me), from Turkey that's being returned to the Army and will go to CMP. The M1 Rifles and Carbines in South Korea are still in dispute as to whether they were supplied as military assistance or purchased outright. Apparently the record keeping was bad and it all remains to be sorted out. PM RSAT doesn't have a problem with authorizing the import of the Carbines at some point but there are folks at BATFE that aren't keen on it because they are magazine fed semi-autos. All of the agencies at DOJ need a housecleaning from the top down to remove the corrupt political hacks of past administrations and get things back on a common sense track. Time will tell.