108,000 Garands being sold by South Korea.

[drrwpennington]

Think any of these will be available in Canada?

I might be a player for one if they're nice.

http://www.ammoland.com/2009/09/23/south-korea-to-sell-108000-garand-rifles-to-us-gun-collectors/

 

[jennis]

I like the pic of the 5 GI's 'covering' the North Korean as he crawls onto the litter

 

[guess_kto]

If it goes to US, it's probably too late for Canada... or at least for a good price in Canada... I'm surprised that dealer didn't negotiate with Korea since it was apparent that they will sell the guns as they dumped their surplus 30-06 ammo 2 years ago... probably more ammo to come again.

 

[BigUglyMan]

Would be nice to see both show up here. Still, I'm glad I got my Garand when it was only $250 from SIR.

 

[Petrock]

Mil equipment that the US gave out as lend lease is not supposed to be able to come back to the States.... wonder how they got around that???

If they're going to the states we won't get any or they'll be so expensive it won't matter.

 

[mardig88]

I am a fan of red stuff but ive been fascinated by garands. I would love to own one. I hope we will get some up here for cheap n i get the chance to buy one with my student budget

 

[Otokiak]

I love my Garands ...

Otokiak
Rankin INlet, NU
CANADA

 

[john777]

Would be nice to see both show up here. Still, I'm glad I got my Garand when it was only $250 from SIR.

When was the Garand worth $250?

If it was 5-7 years ago I should bought the real thing instead getting my jollies playing Medal of Honor (the original). HAHA! I had no clue we could own miltary rifles until last year. I would have applied for my licence a long time ago.

 

[contact148]

even if we got any they would probably be around 1K

really through i would not hold my breath the us market will eat them all up

 

[hbar2]

When was the Garand worth $250?

If it was 5-7 years ago I should bought the real thing instead getting my jollies playing Medal of Honor (the original). HAHA! I had no clue we could own miltary rifles until last year. I would have applied for my licence a long time ago.

Fall of '98, just before the registry kicked in they were $125.......

 

[Blurr[SOAR]]

Washington has approved South Korea’s plan to sell about 86,000 M1 Garand rifles and 22,000 M1 carbine rifles, together valued at 108 million dollars, the ministry said.

According to my math: 108,000,000 / 108,000 = $1000

Not cheap...

 

[Wild_Thing]

Ah, crap they are all going to the U.S!
Maybe I can trade a Longbranch in a straight across deal with a U.S. gun collector?

 

[Conscript]

According to my math: 108,000,000 / 108,000 = $1000

Not cheap...

You forgot shipping those suckers from almost 1/2 way around the world, that costs money too

 

[john777]

Fall of '98, just before the registry kicked in they were $125.......

That was dirt cheap! By any chance, how much was a Sig P226?

 

[rnbra-shooter]

I paid $334 (IIRC) for my M1 Garand in 1992 at LeBaron's in Toronto. A lovely rifle.

 

[Petrock]

Shooter's Choice in Waterloo has serviceable rifles for $199 in 1999.

 

[campperrykid]

Several Wholesalers in ROK & US Picked for Contract Consideration..

Some more pieces of the puzzle:
www.koreatimes.co.kr

Run a search for ; Wholesaler for M1 rifle.

Just in case somebody has a computer set up for Hangul:

www.chosun.com

Search for M1 carbine.

 

[Tumbleweed]

Would be nice to see both show up here. Still, I'm glad I got my Garand when it was only $250 from SIR.

Yup. I bought a very cherry Springfield for $300, sold it a year later for $350, and thought I was a genius....especially since it 'only' shot an inch and a half, so wrote it off as a POS. Oh well.

 

[Roughneck12]

When I heard about this I was hoping we would get some also. Time will tell.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Yahoo!! Guns and parts will flood the market. Happy times for those guys looking for bits and pieced to force-match 1944 Winchesters to flip back onto the market. Aftermarket stocks, barrels and scope bases will be back on the market. If the ammo suppliers are on the ball, they will start the lines to load pallets and containers of 30-06 M2 FMJ. There will be A LOT of demand for shootable ammo that can be shot by newcomers without having to learn how to reload.

On a deeper level, this is a sure sign that the US sport shooting culture is thriving. The election of Obama changed ambivalent gun owners into enthusiastic gun buyers. As these people get guns, it stands to reason that another generation (or regeneration) of shooters and competitors will emerge. This is only a good thing.

On the back