CMP 1911 update.
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.455_Hunter
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That's good. Spread the wealth.
Bwana John
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While I consider CMP M1 Garands to the best value in firearms around both from a financial and historical point of view, with both the condition and price of the CMP M1911's keeps me from getting very excited about them.
The availability and price and quailty of new production 1911's also makes them not as desirable (to me).
The availability and price and quailty of new production 1911's also makes them not as desirable (to me).
daniel craig
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What are they going for in price?
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Service Grade $1050. Pistol may exhibit minor pitting and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition. Pistols may contain commercial parts.
Field Grade $950. Pistol may exhibit minor rust, pitting, and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips are complete with no cracks. Pistol is in issuable condition. Pistols may contain commercial parts.
Rack Grade $850. Pistol will exhibit rust, pitting, and wear on exterior surfaces and friction surfaces. Grips may be incomplete and exhibit cracks. Pistol requires minor work to return to issuable condition but is functional. Pistols may contain commercial parts.
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As much as I would like a 1911 with some wartime service under its grips, I would not want to pay what the CMP charges for them.
daniel craig
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Ouch. I guess the prices make sense but not for me.
Ohen Cepel
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Also, the hassle they make you go through (as I understand it). They won't take a C&R license for them which is silly.
So, have to have a background check to submit the packet ($10 here and a trip to the FFL), have it shipped to an FFL here ($50 or so transfer, do another background check and another trip to the FFL, then back for a 3rd trip to pick it up after the waiting period.
So, I never really looked at the price nor condition as it just wasn't worth it to me.
So, have to have a background check to submit the packet ($10 here and a trip to the FFL), have it shipped to an FFL here ($50 or so transfer, do another background check and another trip to the FFL, then back for a 3rd trip to pick it up after the waiting period.
So, I never really looked at the price nor condition as it just wasn't worth it to me.
It is one of the few guns that hasn't gone up in price since Covid. I got a RR without the grey green repark and was pretty happy with the deal. Hard to find many USGI 1911's for less. In any case it's good to see they're selling them again. They must have gotten more in which is a good thing.
Got one of the very first ones 2 years ago when they started the luck of the draw. I was offered a service grade take it or leave it. I got an A marked rebuild RR with a Colt slide and mixed parts. It's a shooter and that's all. Would I put in for another if allowed, nope. Now Garands is another thing. Got more than one back several years ago that were well worth the price...
bdickens
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No way. No how.
Unless for some reason you have some kind of fetish about having a pistol that may have actually been issued to a service member at some time, you can get better for less.
Unless for some reason you have some kind of fetish about having a pistol that may have actually been issued to a service member at some time, you can get better for less.
Madcap_Magician
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I think CMP explained why that was pretty well. Some legal requirement in the bill that authorized them to distribute the warehouse 1911s.
WestKentucky
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The hassle isn’t as bad as some other things like anything NFA and associated hassles. The cost vs quality is what really chaps me. Yes it’s a collectible gun, but that skirts the purpose that the CMP was established for. It has turned into a pay to play scenario more than it is a way for a civilian to aquire an affordable arm that would be serviceable should it be needed.
Riomouse911
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Then add 8% (or more locally) State sales tax that gets tacked on when you fill out the forms here and another 37 bucks for the State background fee, now it’s another 110 bucks or more added on for a service grade 1911.
I love my CMP Garand, but at $500 bucks that was a bargain compared to the 1911’s.
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Fact is, the CMP is a top shelf organization from top to bottom and a pleasure to deal with. The "hassle" is you have to belong to a CMP shooting organization (many already do). I belong to GCA which costs $25 a year for membership. The first NICS is included, they ship for free, and if you don't like what you get you can return it. They don't get many returns. I would also guess that most WWII 1911 fans don't find it to be a hassle to have to go to a gun shop
.medalguy
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I got one two years ago, no big hassle to complain about either. The minor paperwork was required by Congress as part of the deal to be able to sell these pistols. Mine was field grade and I'm very pleased with both what I paid and what I received. Thanks CMP!
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I like my CMP 1911s. They’re both service grades and they are in great shape. Additionally, the CMP send them in a nice tan Pelican style hard case which is a nice touch. The one is an Ithaca, the other is a Remington Rand frame with a Colt slide.
You can absolutely buy better 1911s for less, but for me, there is something cool (and worth it to me) to have genuine US military 1911s with the property markings and dating back to WWII (at least that’s when mine date to). I suspect that most people buying the CMP 1911s get them as collector keepsakes vice regular shooters.
You can absolutely buy better 1911s for less, but for me, there is something cool (and worth it to me) to have genuine US military 1911s with the property markings and dating back to WWII (at least that’s when mine date to). I suspect that most people buying the CMP 1911s get them as collector keepsakes vice regular shooters.
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Yes
Pat Riot
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Gents, let’s keep political BS out of this? Sick of hearing it day in and day out. 
I considered trying to get one of the military 1911s in the first offereing but I let it slide. I was hoping they would release some from the Navy as I was in the Navy but if I recall correctly the Navy 1911s did not have any stamps or markings that identified them as Navy small arms.
I do believe I will try and get one this time around.
Good news for me...I was just telling my wife about this news as I was writing this. She said “Why don’t you go ahead and apply for one and if you get one that can be part of my birthday present to you.”
So, I am going to try for one this time around.
I considered trying to get one of the military 1911s in the first offereing but I let it slide. I was hoping they would release some from the Navy as I was in the Navy but if I recall correctly the Navy 1911s did not have any stamps or markings that identified them as Navy small arms.
I do believe I will try and get one this time around.
Good news for me...I was just telling my wife about this news as I was writing this. She said “Why don’t you go ahead and apply for one and if you get one that can be part of my birthday present to you.”
So, I am going to try for one this time around.
Are they reopening the application process because a second batch of 1911s has been transferred from the Army to the CMP? Or are they still working through the first batch of pistols and they are running out of original applicants. I wonder because they originally said the first batch was 9,000 pistols and they are now calling people with lottery numbers over 18,000 so it seems they might be running out of names to call.
Ohen Cepel
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It changed a lot when Bill Clinton made the changes to if from DCM to CMP. Much less desirable to me after those changes.
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