Marstar's next deal?
- Thread starter Leonidas
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DerrickLee
Regular
- Location
- Edmonton Area
That would be unrealI would buy two M1's and two carbines!!
- Location
- London, Ontario
Well lets hope the US can sell them cause I want them.
That is an insane price. That wouldn't be for the likes of you and I either.
The price, from what CanAm says is way to high. Many of the rifles are worn beyond use. Some are like new as well. The rest are somewhere in between.
The variables are enormous. The chances of getting them to market, under $500 are minimal to non existent. It's really to bad Norinco wouldn't start to produce Garands, in 7.62x51 and 30-06. I know, just buy an M305. The difference is, the Garands have more nostalgic appeal.
The price, from what CanAm says is way to high. Many of the rifles are worn beyond use. Some are like new as well. The rest are somewhere in between.
The variables are enormous. The chances of getting them to market, under $500 are minimal to non existent. It's really to bad Norinco wouldn't start to produce Garands, in 7.62x51 and 30-06. I know, just buy an M305. The difference is, the Garands have more nostalgic appeal.
The U.S. government is opposing Korea’s bid to sell thousands of aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun collectors.
By Jung Sung-ki
The U.S. government opposed South Korea’s bid to sell hundreds of thousands of aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun collectors, a senior government official said Thursday.
The ministry announced the plan last September as part of efforts to boost its defense budget, saying the export of the M1 Garand and carbine rifles would start by the end of 2009.
The U.S. administration put the brakes on the plan, citing “problems” that could be caused by the importation of the rifles.
The problems the U.S. government cited were somewhat ambiguous, said an official at the Ministry of National Defense on condition of anonymity.
“The U.S. insisted that imports of the aging rifles could cause problems such as firearm accidents. It was also worried the weapons could be smuggled to terrorists, gangs or other people with bad intentions,” the official told The Korea Times.
“We’re still looking into the reason why the U.S. administration is objecting to the sale of the rifles and seeking ways to resolve the problems raised,” he said.
Critics say the ministry pushed to sell the firearms in a hasty manner without enough consultation with the U.S. beforehand, as calls were growing to increase defense expenditure.
The Seoul government sought to sell the outdated U.S guns back to the United States.
A total of 86,000 M1 rifles and another 22,000 carbines were to be sold, as the weapons have been mothballed for about five decades in military warehouses. The per-unit price of the M1 rifle is about $220 and the carbine is more than $140, according to the ministry.
M1s were made first in 1926 and used in World War II and the 1954-1975 Vietnam War. The carbines were first produced in 1941 and used during the 1950-1953 Korean War.
By Jung Sung-ki
The U.S. government opposed South Korea’s bid to sell hundreds of thousands of aging U.S. combat rifles to American gun collectors, a senior government official said Thursday.
The ministry announced the plan last September as part of efforts to boost its defense budget, saying the export of the M1 Garand and carbine rifles would start by the end of 2009.
The U.S. administration put the brakes on the plan, citing “problems” that could be caused by the importation of the rifles.
The problems the U.S. government cited were somewhat ambiguous, said an official at the Ministry of National Defense on condition of anonymity.
“The U.S. insisted that imports of the aging rifles could cause problems such as firearm accidents. It was also worried the weapons could be smuggled to terrorists, gangs or other people with bad intentions,” the official told The Korea Times.
“We’re still looking into the reason why the U.S. administration is objecting to the sale of the rifles and seeking ways to resolve the problems raised,” he said.
Critics say the ministry pushed to sell the firearms in a hasty manner without enough consultation with the U.S. beforehand, as calls were growing to increase defense expenditure.
The Seoul government sought to sell the outdated U.S guns back to the United States.
A total of 86,000 M1 rifles and another 22,000 carbines were to be sold, as the weapons have been mothballed for about five decades in military warehouses. The per-unit price of the M1 rifle is about $220 and the carbine is more than $140, according to the ministry.
M1s were made first in 1926 and used in World War II and the 1954-1975 Vietnam War. The carbines were first produced in 1941 and used during the 1950-1953 Korean War.
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
Still looking for the reasons? It's not difficult
1. Obama
2. Dimocrats
3. Can't have firearms in the hands of the people as it does not served the state. Heinrich Himmler
Russia, North Korea, Iran, and other dictatorships have the same reasons.
Accidents with old military firearms? BULL ####E
Terrorists could get their hands on them? What? in preference to AK47's?
1. Obama
2. Dimocrats
3. Can't have firearms in the hands of the people as it does not served the state. Heinrich Himmler
Russia, North Korea, Iran, and other dictatorships have the same reasons.
Accidents with old military firearms? BULL ####E
Terrorists could get their hands on them? What? in preference to AK47's?
ghostntheshell
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- GTA ONTARIO
There seems to be many threads on this now..
I just keep hoping that one of them will eventually contain new info - particularily info on how I can get one. Or two. Or three.
I just keep hoping that one of them will eventually contain new info - particularily info on how I can get one. Or two. Or three.
CINDERWOLF
New member
- Location
- Calgary Alberta
Just a thought(a dumb one), but as far as the possibility of a Canadian company importing them for sale, could not a case be made that they are a part of our heritage, being designed by a Canadian?
Between this: http://www.timawa.net/m3/m3.htm
And the fact that the M1/M2 carbines are still listed as in use, I'd find that unlikely, unless they were the most cursory deactivations ever performed. (That's not to say that they didn't claim to deactivate them on one hand while selling them to private militias on the other, of course)
