From the CMP Forums...
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-Boxcab
As I have reported previously, CMP is almost completely out of what we called "USGI Garands" and will probably never receive any more. Any rifles we may get in the future will be returns from overseas and we may or may not know the country of origin. We are also almost completely done with the Inspection / Repair and sale of all the Garands returned from Greece and Denmark. I expect that within the next 30 days (as we fill existing backorders) we will be sold out of all grades of Garands. We have more orders than rifles.
We have been reporting that we still had thousands of Garands to inspect, but knew that most would grade in the lower grades. Most of those 'thousands' were in very poor condition. Over the past few weeks we have stripped them down to each individual part. That leaves the CMP with only a few hundred odd Garands (about 300 - Some National Match, some M1Ds, some others. Yes, we do have thousands of Grade B eceivers and a few hundred Garand welded drill rifles.
We also have maybe 2,000 barreled receivers (both worn finish and refinished), that we will build up into complete rifles into whichever grade they fall based on the TE and MW measurements. Assembly of the rifles will start next week and we hope to have that production run complete in the next 60-90 days. No promises.
The only other Garand we have coming up is our 'CMP Select' rifle - which is a reparked receiver, new manufacture barrel, and new manufacture wood. The other parts are those that we have had refinished or nelwy manufactured. Unfortunately, we have only been able to acquire enough wood and barrels to build about 1500-2000 in this grade. Assembly of these rifles will also take about 180 days. Pricing has not been determined.
If anyone has been following our ads, we shifted from adverising rifles to advertising our ammo over the past few months.
Now for the good news - this is not the end of the road, just a hiccup. We have good reason to believe that we may receive another shipment of Garands sometime this year. Keep in mind that there is no way to predict condition and that it will take anywhere from 4-6 months to get any of these ready for sale - se we can't make any promises about these either.
In the meantime - the inspection / repair / grading of the Carbines is progressing smoothly.
So - don't expect many (or sometimes any) Garands in the stores for several months.
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-Boxcab