The inbound Garands are NOT Korean, they're GREEK!

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At least that is what I've heard from a few different insiders... Makes sense as the Koreans were looking to liquidate something like 180000, which is far more than any importer could EVER hope to move in Canada.

I also heard that there are four different importers looking to get their hands on them, and many of them are asking the retailers to pay cash up front without terms (eg: commitment without inspection or assurances as to quality), which is apparently somewhat unprecedented.

Anyone else picked up similar info?

I just wish there would be more ACTUAL news, so all the speculation stops!

In the meantime, I continue to save my pennies...
 
If there is a new batch on the way I'd be interested in one or two. I kick myself for not picking one up years ago when they were very affordable.
 
Korean want's $500.00 per gun x 180,000 guns. No importer has a line of credit that big. Government's are the only one's who do
 
can14 said:
Korean want's $500.00 per gun x 180,000 guns. No importer has a line of credit that big. Government's are the only one's who do
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Guess that's why they're supposedly going to melt them down?!? Greek or Korean, I'm grabbing one... One thing is certain: access to milsurp firearms is dwindling rapidly, and there are few new models we can access as everything newer than what we see now are full-auto. Hopefully they hit before I spend all my money on something else!
 
If they were to convert existing stocks to .308, I imagine they would over-take the m14's in sale if they were only a $100 more. Hard to beat the original. A .308 calibre would make it even easier; as opposed, to spending sub $2000 or so...
 
If Korea decided to smelt 180,000 Garands because they could not get $500/ea for them, that is dumB (or maybe political). Raw materials is what,$6? Selling off surplus at a couple hundred would net way more than destruction.
 
relic38 said:
If Korea decided to smelt 180,000 Garands because they could not get $500/ea for them, that is dumB (or maybe political). Raw materials is what,$6? Selling off surplus at a couple hundred would net way more than destruction.
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I know eh? Scrap value on them can't be more than $50/gun I would think. Realistically probably a lot more like $10 to buy it for scrap... though I suspect some country or another is pressuring Korea to melt them down and giving them incentives elsewhere to do so. Immediately the EU with their small arms treaties comes to mind.
 
New fresh steel costs about 60 cents per pound for mild steel.
No idea what ordnance grade alloys go for, but perhaps $2 or $3 per pound at the most.

Scrap steel is literally only pennies per pound, so an 8 pound gun (w/o stock) would get about 30 to 50 cents at the scrapyard.
 
Koreans may want to hang on to those M1s if things continue to heat up with China.
 
No, they have great modern kit. They don't need 70 yr old m1 rifles any longer. Most recently they used them as beaters in basic training I've heard.
 
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