John- is there a chance of getting Ex- South Korean M1's from Marstar?
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300Spartans
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Top secret! In other words, we want to know!
#1bcshooter
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Last I read they were all going to the US
zelly
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guys my credit card is already in distress from the norinco m-4 , just stop it, i cant......oh....um but i must...lol
#1bcshooter
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They are US made guns being returned to the country of origin
kevin.303
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exactly, there is some sort of clause that states a lot of them can't be returned, like most Danish Garands. i'm sure someone more knowledgable will be along sortly to explain the exact why and how of this weirdness.
#1bcshooter
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Previously posted in Milsurp section last year
Korean war rifles sold back to US
South Korea has come up with a novel way to boost its defence budget - by selling a vast stockpile of old Korean-war rifles to collectors in the US.
The guns were originally sent to Korea as military aid, and some were also used during the war in Vietnam.
For more than five decades, they have been kept mothballed in warehouses.
Most of those on offer are M1 rifles - a weapon once described by US General George S Patton as "the greatest battle-implement ever devised".
The rifles and carbines were originally sent by the Americans to help during the Korean war.
Since then they have occasionally glimpsed daylight, in training exercises for reserve forces, according to the BBC's correspondent in Seoul, John Sudworth.
But for the most part these weapons have been quietly gathering value as collector's items, our correspondent says.
A total of 86,000 M1 rifles will be sold, and another 22,000 carbines - although these have a more patchy reputation.
In the Korean war they had a reputation for jamming in extreme cold weather conditions, and complaints were recorded from US troops that they often failed to stop heavily clothed North Korean or Chinese soldiers at short range.
Korean war rifles sold back to US
South Korea has come up with a novel way to boost its defence budget - by selling a vast stockpile of old Korean-war rifles to collectors in the US.
The guns were originally sent to Korea as military aid, and some were also used during the war in Vietnam.
For more than five decades, they have been kept mothballed in warehouses.
Most of those on offer are M1 rifles - a weapon once described by US General George S Patton as "the greatest battle-implement ever devised".
The rifles and carbines were originally sent by the Americans to help during the Korean war.
Since then they have occasionally glimpsed daylight, in training exercises for reserve forces, according to the BBC's correspondent in Seoul, John Sudworth.
But for the most part these weapons have been quietly gathering value as collector's items, our correspondent says.
A total of 86,000 M1 rifles will be sold, and another 22,000 carbines - although these have a more patchy reputation.
In the Korean war they had a reputation for jamming in extreme cold weather conditions, and complaints were recorded from US troops that they often failed to stop heavily clothed North Korean or Chinese soldiers at short range.
Wildbore
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Who is the US distributor.
Perhaps we can have a dealer import some into Canada.
Perhaps we can have a dealer import some into Canada.
Petrock
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The Americans get all the cool toys
maple_leaf_eh
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The CMP is supposed to be like the DCRA in Canada, except the CMP reads its charter differently. They actively encourage marksmanship training not just tell stories about it.
Not all the Danish rifles were given to Denmark by the US, the Danes bought many of them. Subtle but critical difference. However many rifles that were loaned to Denmark were legally and dispersed to qualified US shooters. How we ended up with USGI guns is probably simple arithmatic of CMP counting off rifles as 'units of rifle' until the totals matched the loan cards, and the rest were sold. The Italian made rifles were never US property, so they could not be imported to the US.
- Could a place like davessports.com help you import a rifle from CMP?
CMP sells only to US Citizens.
- According to sources in the US, the Korean M-1 rifles are not going to the CMP. They will be brought in by a US Importer yet to be determined.
- Only rifles bought by the Koreans can be imported, otherwise the cost of rifles received as aid must be re-paid to the US Government so an importer pays twice for the same rifle (once to the seller and again to the US Government under new rules introduced a couple of years ago).
CMP sells only to US Citizens.
- According to sources in the US, the Korean M-1 rifles are not going to the CMP. They will be brought in by a US Importer yet to be determined.
- Only rifles bought by the Koreans can be imported, otherwise the cost of rifles received as aid must be re-paid to the US Government so an importer pays twice for the same rifle (once to the seller and again to the US Government under new rules introduced a couple of years ago).
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
- Businesses cannot buy from the CMP, only qualified members of the CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program). Certain rules and qualification scenarios must be followed by shooting members.
- As I understand it, same amount paid by importers to the seller must be pay to the US Government. So in fact they are paying twice for the same rifle.
- As I understand it, same amount paid by importers to the seller must be pay to the US Government. So in fact they are paying twice for the same rifle.
