jrmiddleton425
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@LlamaBob
You have to realize that at at the time the law was written, FFLs could get Garands for $180-$250, and you could get beaters for under $100. In 1939, each rifle cost the Army $88.50. In 1968 when Springfield Armory stopped M1 production, (I should actually say "assembly") the unit cost was $165.
The easy availability of CMP Garands within the last 20 years or so, is the very thing that SET "market price." My point is, it is this glut of surplus rifles from 1996-2010 that kept market price below $1500. As cheap as you could buy them, and as many as you could buy in a year, I'm surprised they lasted 19 years.
Did I agree with every single one of their policies? No. Would I rather have seen a 2 or 3 rifle per year limit so they lasted a few more years? Sure.
In its' heyday, purchasing from CMP was so easy, I have said my Golden Retriever could have done it.
You had to not be Federally "prohibited," pass a NICS check, provide proof of marksmanship or other firearms activity, and belong to a qualifying club.
When my father and I got our Garands and Carbines, one of us joined Garand Collectors' Association, Dad made copies of his driver's license, birth certificate, and Navy discharge papers, had everything notarized, I got a postal money order, and that was it.
The end result of this process was that FedEx dropped off at my door an April-June 1955 manufactured Springfield that went to Greece as military assistance. From the information I have been able to find, I think it was shipped 1960-1970. It appeared to have never been removed from the shipping crate.
I'm not an elitist, or a snob. I researched what was required, met the requirements, and put up every dime I could spare for about two years. At the end of the day, YOU JUST HAVE TO WANT IT, ENOUGH TO BOTHER TO DO IT.
You have to realize that at at the time the law was written, FFLs could get Garands for $180-$250, and you could get beaters for under $100. In 1939, each rifle cost the Army $88.50. In 1968 when Springfield Armory stopped M1 production, (I should actually say "assembly") the unit cost was $165.
The easy availability of CMP Garands within the last 20 years or so, is the very thing that SET "market price." My point is, it is this glut of surplus rifles from 1996-2010 that kept market price below $1500. As cheap as you could buy them, and as many as you could buy in a year, I'm surprised they lasted 19 years.
Did I agree with every single one of their policies? No. Would I rather have seen a 2 or 3 rifle per year limit so they lasted a few more years? Sure.
In its' heyday, purchasing from CMP was so easy, I have said my Golden Retriever could have done it.
You had to not be Federally "prohibited," pass a NICS check, provide proof of marksmanship or other firearms activity, and belong to a qualifying club.
When my father and I got our Garands and Carbines, one of us joined Garand Collectors' Association, Dad made copies of his driver's license, birth certificate, and Navy discharge papers, had everything notarized, I got a postal money order, and that was it.
The end result of this process was that FedEx dropped off at my door an April-June 1955 manufactured Springfield that went to Greece as military assistance. From the information I have been able to find, I think it was shipped 1960-1970. It appeared to have never been removed from the shipping crate.
I'm not an elitist, or a snob. I researched what was required, met the requirements, and put up every dime I could spare for about two years. At the end of the day, YOU JUST HAVE TO WANT IT, ENOUGH TO BOTHER TO DO IT.
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