M1 Garands starting at $525.00
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The rack grade ones you speak of are not as bad as you make them out to be. Do you even own a CMP rack grade? I've had a CMP rack grade and they are only slightly worse than the Service grade ones. I currently have a Service grade CMP Garand and a SA match rifle. The biggest difference between the rack grade and service grade is the condition of the bore. The rack grade are not condemed bores or boat paddle stocks. The best bores are on the service grades (slight wear) and the special grades (new barrels). If a member wants a good one he can pick it out himself at either location. Some of the Service grades ($625) are now coming with new stocks.
You are also not quite correct on the requirements for CMP rifle ownership. NRA membership is NOT required. Competition shooting is NOT required. Try reading the actual requirements yourself. There are many paths to membership. I served in the armed forces. I simply fill out the form, have it notarized (only required every three years) and in about six weeks I get my rifle. It depends largely on the demand. They don't have a huge staff to deal with the hundreds of orders they get a week. Four rifles later I'm very pleased with their service. I currently have a 1903A3, Service grade Garand and a Mossberg 44US .22lr training rifle from them.
Visit their website and read the forums on what we really enjoy. Only the uninformed in the states pay twice the cost of a CMP Garand from a dealer or private sale.
http://www.odcmp.com/
If you want a decent shooter with a nice new stock and qualify to purchase...It must be Awesome!
However....CMP is not stupid....when they come across anything they know will be desirable, they get siphoned off to the " Auction Center".
Just think of CMP as the US equivalent of a "Crown Corporation".
However....CMP is not stupid....when they come across anything they know will be desirable, they get siphoned off to the " Auction Center".
Just think of CMP as the US equivalent of a "Crown Corporation".
Between Korea, Italy and Turkey there are probably at least 500,000 M-1 Garands in storage, but unfortunately for us none are being sold on the Surplus market. If they ever hit the world market all at the same time we will see Garand selling for $199.00 again, but that they day will probably never arrive.
Jean, that's the same thing you used to say before those Saudi grarands showed up a couple years ago for around $600 each.
I think the odd small import will periodically drop the pice on these - there are just way too many out there to sustain present prices for rifles that are not at all rare.
I think the odd small import will periodically drop the pice on these - there are just way too many out there to sustain present prices for rifles that are not at all rare.
The Turkish military has always managed with everyone else's "hand-me-downs". I spent some time in eastern Turkey in the late '80s and was amazed to see the equipment that was still in the hands of the troops. This included 155mm Long Tom guns, WW2 vintage deuce and a half's that made our wheezy M135s look new, quad .50 cal MGs, and even Turkish made M1A1 Thompson SMGs. They were still flying our surplus CF104s out of Diyarbakir at the time. On another trip to Istanbul I noticed the guards at the National Army Museum parading with No4 LEs. It's interesting to see that the Turks are still flying F4 Phantoms in the EW role. They must be among the last users of these old beasts.
my suspicion of why they are so expensive is it is the only large bore rifle in Canada with an 8 round capacity, legally.
I bet if we scrapped the mag laws, they would be tossed in the trash heap ASAP.
I bet if we scrapped the mag laws, they would be tossed in the trash heap ASAP.
The rack grade ones you speak of are not as bad as you make them out to be. Do you even own a CMP rack grade? I've had a CMP rack grade and they are only slightly worse than the Service grade ones. I currently have a Service grade CMP Garand and a SA match rifle. The biggest difference between the rack grade and service grade is the condition of the bore. The rack grade are not condemed bores or boat paddle stocks. The best bores are on the service grades (slight wear) and the special grades (new barrels). If a member wants a good one he can pick it out himself at either location. Some of the Service grades ($625) are now coming with new stocks.
You are also not quite correct on the requirements for CMP rifle ownership. NRA membership is NOT required. Competition shooting is NOT required. Try reading the actual requirements yourself. There are many paths to membership. I served in the armed forces. I simply fill out the form, have it notarized (only required every three years) and in about six weeks I get my rifle. It depends largely on the demand. They don't have a huge staff to deal with the hundreds of orders they get a week. Four rifles later I'm very pleased with their service. I currently have a 1903A3, Service grade Garand and a Mossberg 44US .22lr training rifle from them.
Visit their website and read the forums on what we really enjoy. Only the uninformed in the states pay twice the cost of a CMP Garand from a dealer or private sale.
Rules and regulations do change. It has been over 40 years since I last shot at Camp Perry, and the 1968 Gun Laws enacted in the USA kind of put a crimp on "Foreign Nationals" buying CMP firearms. I still have my own Mossberg 44 US that was bought from the CMP a very long time ago.
Thanks for the update on the requiremants. However, I think the chances of a Canadian Citizen purchasing one of these M-1 Garands direct from the CMP is about the same as one of us ending up in the White House. (By the looks of it, not impossible, but highly improbable
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Rules and regulations do change. It has been over 40 years since I last shot at Camp Perry, and the 1968 Gun Laws enacted in the USA kind of put a crimp on "Foreign Nationals" buying CMP firearms. I still have my own Mossberg 44 US that was bought from the CMP a very long time ago.
Thanks for the update on the requiremants. However, I think the chances of a Canadian Citizen purchasing one of these M-1 Garands direct from the CMP is about the same as one of us ending up in the White House. (By the looks of it, not impossible, but highly improbable
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CMP garands are for U.S. citizens, which is how it was when I looking into buying a garand years ago. Unless this has changed its a no go if your Canadian. Sure you can buy privately from the USA, if the seller will even ship out of the States but then you're adding fees, shipping, taxes and the exchange rate (with the Can $ down lately).
No point in talking what was and what might have been.
Best bet is home grown variety - estate sales or private sales paying a reasonable price.
No point in talking what was and what might have been.
Best bet is home grown variety - estate sales or private sales paying a reasonable price.
my suspicion of why they are so expensive is it is the only large bore rifle in Canada with an 8 round capacity, legally.
I bet if we scrapped the mag laws, they would be tossed in the trash heap ASAP.
There's all kinds of rifles and carbines that have ten round mags available legally so that arguement won't hold water. And they don't have to be large bore.
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I remember back when people were offering me $500 for my Rusky SKS, now they are a dime a dozen, so who knows anything is possible, I will think positive and maybe the same thing will happen. I knew I should have picked one up back when they were $200.
