Hopefully... The Fire Arm Blog is reporting that the Phillippine government will be shipping 86,000 rifles back to the states. I really hope it's true, I need another Garand!
Price decreases are definitely not happening. In fact, I'd bet an increase is coming soon, given how badly the panickers have gridlocked the CMP for the last few years.
Ditto !I'd like to have my first one.
Although not WWII correct, a .308 Garand is Navy correct. The US Navy ordered some in .308 in the 50's early 60's. I have a CMP Special in .308 and I like it a lot. The receiver and parts are US Springfield Armory, but the barrel is a new Criterion barrel and the stocks are new Boyd stocks. It look like it is ready to issue and shoots good too. It is handy because it uses the same ammo as my two M1A's which was a causative factor in going .308. The CMP Special was or is available in 30-06 also.
Let's assume that the rifles come in in the same shape as the previous stock of rifles and it like they just restocked what was already there. What will be the most desirable rifles/what will sell out first?
I have been pleasantly surprised at the general trend in firearms and ammo, both in terms of availability and price (supply and demand) that has occurred since Trump took office. The general "vibe" is that there is no need to panic under this admin, that guns are not under the authority or presumed authority of some bunch of anti gun zealots, and that prices are relaxing. I fully expected this title to be referencing the Korean M1s that were due to be reimported and then quashed by Obama. I don't know if they are still stored, destroyed or what, but it would not surprise me to see a number of these rifles now mothballed around the world to be returning.
Elections have consequences.
Hopefully... The Fire Arm Blog is reporting that the Phillippine government will be shipping 86,000 rifles back to the states. I really hope it's true, I need another Garand!
“Here is a bunch of really lame excuses, just so you don’t think about it too hard when we rip your pockets off for a Garand.” All I herd....This was posted on the CMP forum today, from Mark Johnson, CMP COO-
The CMP had to pay DLA to repack the Garands in the Philippines. The wood crates could not be imported due to possible termite infestation. The new containers CMP had to pay for... The rifles had to be cleaned because of dust on the rifles was thought to contain asbestos, which CMP had to pay for. Every rifle now has a "no asbstos" clean bill of health, that CMP had to pay for... The boat had to have maintenance done before leaving the dock, that CMP had to pay for. The boat could not ship anything other than the rifles, so CMP had to pay for the entire boat... The boat is due into port around 10 Jan. 44 trucks later we should be seeing them late Jan at our docks, that CMP paid for...
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fifyGeez... They'll be charging some EVEN MORE hefty prices for those things now!
Nope. But I got a vintage SR1911 for around five hunnint and fiddy and it shoots lights outAnybody got a CMP 1911 yet, the boat for the M-1's may be just as slow.
well to get anything done over there it requires "grease".... had a friend that went out there and picked out some garands for import back in the late 80's early 90's...for Davidsons in Greensboro no-less...turns out every piece of paper over there and everyone's brother needed "greased" to get them moved...eventually it cost more to grease them than you could sell them for...and so they stayed...“Here is a bunch of really lame excuses, just so you don’t think about it too hard when we rip your pockets off for a Garand.” All I herd....
Although not WWII correct, a .308 Garand is Navy correct. The US Navy ordered some in .308 in the 50's early 60's. I have a CMP Special in .308 and I like it a lot. The receiver and parts are US Springfield Armory, but the barrel is a new Criterion barrel and the stocks are new Boyd stocks. It look like it is ready to issue and shoots good too. It is handy because it uses the same ammo as my two M1A's which was a causative factor in going .308. The CMP Special was or is available in 30-06 also.