This is getting ridiculous.

First it's approved.

Then it's blocked.

Then it's approved again.

Then it's blocked with extreme prejudice.

Now it's approved again?

I hope they get here one way or another.

I imagine when/if they do most will end up with the CMP to be sold or used at camps.

Better bring em home and put them in the hands of 100,000 americans than leaave em on the market for 100,000 terrorists to buy cheap.......

an m1 garand used by criminals for illicit purposes? there are much better options than a 12 pound 3 foot long vintage assault rifle to commit crimes.

fully automatic mac-10's and ak-47's with the buttstock removed out gun a garand by a mile for committing crimes.

I was a member of the USAF Honor Guard.

I loved this rifle! We sanded and finished our own stocks. Named them. I gave mine a strong Korean name...
Maiwang. lol.

Upon my discharge there was discussion of discontinuing use in the Honor Guard in favor of the M14.

Drill team was very upset about this, as the M1 is much better balanced for their meat grinding rifle movements.

I wonder if they will bring it back?

EEEEYYYYES... RIGHT!

Will it bring the prices down on guns? Most all guns are extremely expensive. I do not have $100 to throw away on a gun. I cannot understand why they cost so much. Guns should be less then $50 for a new one, but the cheapest I ever found were Russian guns covered in grease for $69 and just try to find ammo for them.

Cheap guns don't exist and they should. Everyone should have one or two.

Would love to get my hands on an M1 carbine again.
It was the prefered weapon of my choice

I talked to an M-1 Garand collector, at our gunrange, and he said that the price of Garand's won't come down, if the U.S. public gets a chance to buy the Korean Garand's; because they are in poor condition. I did not ask him where he picked up that kind of information.


Cheers,

Erno86

What would be nice is for the South Koreans to send over some M2 Ball milsurp to lower the price. Garands are great shooters but the price of ammo (for those of us who don't reload) is rather expensive. That's why I went with the Carbine, $14 for 50 rds! You're almost paying $1 per round for the .30-06 ammo that's made specifically for the Garand...unless you buy an aftermarket adjustable gas plug.

Reading through the CMP board, they're not too impressed by this news. They're thinking the Garands will be import marked and fairly beat up. The price is low at $220 but that will be inflated by the importers to $660+. If you're able and really want a collectible piece of history, best bet is to go through the Civilian Marksmanship Program.

I don't see how anyone would use these for the sole purpose of criminal activity, not with the amount of cheap AKs and AR15s on the market. These guns are for collectors and target shooters...bring 'em home!

I do hope this happens, I have wanted a M-1 for my collection for some time. The cost has been just too high the last many years. But I will not hold my breath.

The cost certainly has been high. Not just for M1 Garands but for 1903 Springfields as well.

I too would like to see more of them come home.


Oh..by the way..this is incredibly stupid as a rationale for anyone who can think outside of the box of fear and insecurity thinking so popular today

The Obama administration blocked the purchase of 87,310 M1 Garands and 770,160 M1 Carbines in 2010, saying the American-made antique rifles could “potentially be exploited by individuals seeking firearms for illicit purposes.”

You have to go to public school to get this naturally stupid as a political stance. Have any of you priced 30.06 caliber ammunition lately??? How about 30 Carbine ammunition?? .30 Carbine ammunition first off is expensive and you no longer find it in alot of places as once it was available.


And 30.06 ammunition used in the M1 Garand is also expensive. I dont know many people in the "Illicit Business ": with enough skills to keep and maintain an M1 Garand...much less wanting to afford to feed one. Not enough magazine capacity for them. And as I said...30 carbine ammo is not that available today as it once was.

If you have enough skills to keep and maintain an M1 Garand or M1 Carbine you have enough skills to get a job outside the Illicit market.

That is why I say that you have to go to public school to get this stupid so as to use the Illicit Marketplace and such fears to justify keeping such guns out.

Also this line of thinking looks extremely stupid and just plain insecure on the part of Government after getting their hands caught in the cookie jar with "Fast and Furious."
This is another reason only public school can dumb people this naturally far down...and Government here is looking very dumb....without excuses.

They can give guns to drug people but Government is worried about Americans having guns??? Because of fears of Illicit purposes?? Astonishing to me the level of incompetence and just plain stupidity in government. Talk about putting the cart before the horse.

There is something very very morally bankrupt about a government who would train and arm you to go off and fight their dirty wars for them but not trust you with a firearm when you get home...because they think you might do ..."Illicit purposes!!"
See what I mean about public school training in stupid??? And then there is "Fast and Furious!!"
Astonishing!!!

Once you begin to teach yourself to get past a public school education and think once in awhile outside the box..you see alot of just plain olde stupid around you every day. And not only is stupid getting worse..but many of our leaders are leading the charge here. And some of our leaders dont think anyone even notices.
Astonishing!!

By public school education I mean a television/movie education majoring in emotional instant gratification and insecurities/fears.


Thanks,
Orangetom

edit on 21-1-2012 by orangetom1999 because: (no reason given)

Could someone please explain to a Limey and a WW2 enthusiast what the CMP entails/is about? Is it some kind of shooting school/awareness group?

That sounds a lot like the reasoning behind the National Shooting Centre here in the UK. Thanks for the info.

As for the M1s, I own a deactivated Lee-Enfield No4 - if I had the means to pass for the right licence I could (in spite of the UK's otherwise strict gun laws) purchase a working version relatively easy, due to the fact that so many still exist - and the aforementioned NSC (at Bisley, in Surrey) isn't too far from my general location. The idea of US shooters having to be VERY lucky to be able to even see a working copy of their 'national' rifle of WW2, never mind to own and use one, is quite a sad thought given the clear enthusiasm and awareness for shooting sports and history in the US.