I was looking at prices in gunbroker and they are outrageous like $800 for a junker looking ones not counting if they have decent bores. Might as well get a nice M4 type rifle if thats the asking price. What about CMP , did nt they have them for sale to US citizens ?
Is CMP still selling M1 carbines
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9mmfan
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It's been a while since I checked, but it seems like they said they were out more or less. They weren't expecting to get any more in quantity, the ones that did pop up were being auctioned.
Again, it has been over a year since I looked, so my info might not be the most up to date.
Again, it has been over a year since I looked, so my info might not be the most up to date.
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I don't mean this to be mean but you could have checked the CMP site in less time than it took you to make this thread.
http://odcmp.com/sales.htm
http://odcmp.com/sales.htm
Once the Garands are gone there will be nothing left to sell.
Think about it.
Clinton already scrapped most of the M14's, and about every 1911 that was in gov't inventory. The M16 won't be offered, modifications or not. The American public won't allow it - and that includes a lot of shooters. Ask your older friends at the range - they get into a state of high conniption about "giving away full auto machine guns to crazies!"
I give the CMP about another ten years and that next liberal administration will be forced to close it's doors even if they were sympathetic. There won't be any more surplus firearms to sell.
I've been saying this for over ten years and nobody seems to care. They got theirs, the next generation can do without.
Like old soldiers, the guns are fading away.
Think about it.
Clinton already scrapped most of the M14's, and about every 1911 that was in gov't inventory. The M16 won't be offered, modifications or not. The American public won't allow it - and that includes a lot of shooters. Ask your older friends at the range - they get into a state of high conniption about "giving away full auto machine guns to crazies!"
I give the CMP about another ten years and that next liberal administration will be forced to close it's doors even if they were sympathetic. There won't be any more surplus firearms to sell.
I've been saying this for over ten years and nobody seems to care. They got theirs, the next generation can do without.
Like old soldiers, the guns are fading away.
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It's going to be a sad day when the last Garand walks out of the CMP's doors 
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Well the receiver is the 'gun' and there are a lot of other pieces in an M16.
Are all the M14s gone? Why couldn't the CMP sell parts excluding of course the receiver and fire control? M9 pistols?
Probable just dreaming because the next administration to occupy the white house, and any others, will not be very friendly to the US Constitution.
Well the receiver is the 'gun' and there are a lot of other pieces in an M16.
Are all the M14s gone? Why couldn't the CMP sell parts excluding of course the receiver and fire control? M9 pistols?
Probable just dreaming because the next administration to occupy the white house, and any others, will not be very friendly to the US Constitution.
When the CMP stops selling Garands the millions of rifles owned by individuals won't just dissappear. People will be able to buy them from individual sellers for decades to come. Also, from what I've read the CMP has banked the profit from selling these rifles so they will have money to fund their educational efforts and competitions for the foreseeable future.
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I think it was a travesty that the CMP allows an individual to purchase more than one gun per year.
They couldve stretched out the supply a VERY long time and shut out a lot of the two-bit gun show reseller types.
It took me a long time to save up for my for my CMP Garand. I have been trying to save for a second one but the prices keep shooting up and all the good buys (like the rack grades) are gone. It is too bad, my son will be forced to pay 2K for a Garand when he comes of age because of some unscrupulous resellers taking advantage of an educational institution.
They couldve stretched out the supply a VERY long time and shut out a lot of the two-bit gun show reseller types.
It took me a long time to save up for my for my CMP Garand. I have been trying to save for a second one but the prices keep shooting up and all the good buys (like the rack grades) are gone. It is too bad, my son will be forced to pay 2K for a Garand when he comes of age because of some unscrupulous resellers taking advantage of an educational institution.
CMP sells the surplus US military rifles and other stuff to generate funds for their programs. By relaxing the purchase limitations, they generate more funds.
I am sure CMP is working on ways to generate funds when all the rifles have been sold.
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Availability from the CMP is the main thing holding down Garand prices. Once the CMP supply dries up, expect Garand prices to jump to their natural level, which IMO is north of $2,000. At that level, you will see commercial copies spring up, just as you see commercial copies of the M1 carbine (and even of the Trapdoor Springfield). If you can buy real Garands now for $1,000 or less, buy as many of them as you can. This will be an excellent speculative investment. You can probably double your money in ten years.
Saying CMP should have a stricter limit is ridiculous
No matter if CMP has a limit on number of rifles purchased per year or no limit they will run out someday so someone will still miss out.
If you really cared about CMP and their mission you would want them to sell out of every single rifle today. Close the doors, no more rent, electric bills, insurance ,saleries, etc, etc. Then they could really get down to business and do what they were chartered for. Promoting shoting sports with the emphasis towards youth .
Unless more rifles are returned to the US Army CMP's days as far as rifle sales are numbered. They have plenty of funds set aside to continue on for decades when this does happen
No matter if CMP has a limit on number of rifles purchased per year or no limit they will run out someday so someone will still miss out.
If you really cared about CMP and their mission you would want them to sell out of every single rifle today. Close the doors, no more rent, electric bills, insurance ,saleries, etc, etc. Then they could really get down to business and do what they were chartered for. Promoting shoting sports with the emphasis towards youth .
Unless more rifles are returned to the US Army CMP's days as far as rifle sales are numbered. They have plenty of funds set aside to continue on for decades when this does happen
Armybrat
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If the next pres is a repub, maybe he/she will allow those thousands of Garands & M1 Carbines in Korea to come home.
Here is a thread over at the CMP forum of folks that missed something that CMP was selling.
"Your CMP Sales regrets?"
http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=147786
Interesting read for those folks who feel slighted by CMP's sales policy.
"Your CMP Sales regrets?"
http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=147786
Interesting read for those folks who feel slighted by CMP's sales policy.
CMP only sells guns they get from the DoD. The DoD only takes guns back from the lend lease. The Koreans want to sell them back. Century Arms was going to re-import those Korean M1s...but Obama wouldn't allow it.
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They never sold M14s, regardless of Clinton. ATF...."One a machine gun, always a machine gun".
Are you referring to the ones the CMP turned down twice when they were available because they were junk?
I am refering to the ones the Koreans want to sell not give back. The DOD won't buy them back and the CMP won't work with commercial importers.
Century Arms International was going to import them but the Obama Administraion said they will not let them back in the country.
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