New CMP Offer on Garands

[The Gleam]

Wrong. None of the CMP Garands I have that were returned from other countries have import marks on them. None.

So NONE of your Danish, British, Korean, Italian, etc. Garands have any markings put on them by those foreign countries themeselves?

Mine do. They aren't marks by importers - they are foreign marks from other countries' additions which they used for various reasons, that then indicate they were lend-lease guns to those countries, reclaimed and imported back into the United States. No, the CMP itself does not add import marks, never said they did.

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[The Gleam]

"Import marks" taken broadly could include stuff electropenciled on various parts like different European military armorers were known to do (such as partial serial numbers on bolts, likely to prevent headspace issues). But yeah no import marks in the strict "Century Arms" style, printed permanently on barrels/receivers.

Exactly.

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[bigbossman]

Exactly.

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Wrong. Import marks are put on by importers, by definition. Armorers marks are not import marks.

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[The Gleam]

Wrong. Import marks are put on by importers, by definition. Armorers marks are not import marks.

Importers' marks if you are going to get even more specific about it. Foreign based cartouches and roll marks are not always added by the armorer. Add to that proof marks, drawing numbers, heat-lot numbers, rack numbers, other marks, and so on. All of that can be found in any number of books, from Canfield, Duff, Poyer, etc.

All in my library.

But that still speaks to my original point about what the CMP said were the source of these latest guns available. They say on the website they come from US warehouse storage. What storage that is has not been disclosed. I suggested what that may be which makes more sense than lend-lease guns.

Until they do, it's just talking in circles.

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