Korean war rifles sold back to the US

fat tony said:
This is sort of off topic, but I thought that in the aftermath of 9/11 the US was not recognizing dual citizenship anymore - one fellow I was talking to said they give you so many years to make your mind up more or less, but this was just a casual conversation I was having with this gentleman. :confused:
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Nope. Under post 9/11 US law, "Only by committing treason, accepting a policy-making governmental post with a foreign government, or committing an act inconsistent with retention of United States citizenship does a dual nationality United States citizen risk losing United States citizenship.... When lesser dual citizenship conflicts surface, there is a legal presumption that a United States citizen abroad who has adopted or acquired by operation of law citizenship in another country does not intend to renounce his or her United States citizenship. Consular officials are instructed to explicitly ask whether such persons intend to renounce United States citizenship. In the absence of a clearly stated intent to renounce, backed by written declaration, United States citizenship is retained." http://www.associatedcontent.com/ar...ual_citizenship_a.html?singlepage=true&cat=17
 
FWIW:
This info comes from The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition). I can not get a direct link to work . But a search process for the paper's site , etc , brought up the article.

Cliff's notes from the article:
"... Defense Ministry...to sell about 87,000 M1 [Garand] and some 35,000 carbine rifles to the US by the end of year."

"....expected sales price at US$220 per M1 and more than $140 per carbine. Korea could earn more than $20 million from the the first shipment."

" ... expects to keep earning dollars as it still keeps about 640,000 carbines ...
which could also be disposed of ....by 2020."

640,000 Carbines is a good sized cache -- maybe ( OK -- likely ) the biggest in the world. Should be interesting to see how things develop as the ROK looks for legit buyers in North America & elsewhere.
 
Business Opportunity?

Recce21 said:
Just confirmed with CMP that they will ship to my US property with proof of US citizenship and proof of CMP affiliated gun club membership. Then all I need to do is the regular import/export mumbo jumbo.
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When you start bringing them across, I am sure you can sell them on the EE for CAN$500-1000 depending on the grade.

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Only thing is apparently starting Jan,1 2010 all new import rifles must be stamped with "CANADA" or "CA" in a clearly visible place, there are some exceptions too placement in the firearm is rare or expensive. So these will not be as collectible as the existing ones.
 
"...Guns are going straight to the US Civilian Marksmanship Program..." Nope. The CMP has nothing to do with it.
Go here for the CMP's elegibility requirements. Their NICS check will likely fornicate you.
http://www.thecmp.org/eligibility.htm
I'm guessing that, if King Obama lets them in(even though the ROK government says the U.S. government has approved the sale), Century will snap them up.
 
campperrykid said:
FWIW:
This info comes from The Chosun Ilbo (English Edition). I can not get a direct link to work . But a search process for the paper's site , etc , brought up the article.



640,000 Carbines is a good sized cache -- maybe ( OK -- likely ) the biggest in the world. .
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have you seen all my M1 carbines.........
 
Not worried, as I already have mine. Feb 1942, came out of the Phillipines.
No stock, no rear sight, barrel, YUCK! A friend wanted to convert his CMP rifle to .308 so I gave him $25 for his new barrel. Unit armorer fitted it to my rifle, also gave me the rear sight bits, and a replacemet bolt, (took the old bolt to our NDI shop and they found the locking lug was cracked.) Bought a Boyd stock. Yes, Garand collecters will call it a "bitzer" but seeing where it came from, it probably gave a few japanese the opportunity die for their emperor.
 
FWIW:
Down here in the US the rule is "once a machine gun , always a machinegun ".
That means that ( usually , generally) any M1 recievers that had ever been stamped "M 2 " when they were converted could not enter the US intact. The recievers must be chopped into 3 peices.

That said -- I can remember handling only one M1 Carbine ( not M2 potbelly ) stock that came back from South Korea without the selector cuts on the left side.
Just curious how the law in Canada might effect an M2 marked reciever?
 
Checked with a dealer friend in the USA and they are supposed to be a commercial import, so I stand corrected. No idea who is bringing them in however?
 
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