WHAT HAPPENS WHEN CMP DRIES UP

[paul0660]

what everyone thinks will happen when these dry up.

Another war with lots of surplus? Probably not.

I guess it is lucky I didn't sell that 41 BNZ yet.

[CEDaytonaRydr]

Didn't the Feds finally approve the import of all those Garands from Korea? I seem to remember it was several tens of thousands of rifles.

Edit: Here's an article about it. http://www.ammoland.com/2012/06/29/w...#axzz24Deoolsp

CMP will not be getting any of those. The importers (like Century) will get them. They will not be re-arsenaling them, headspacing them, measuring TE or MW, and they are likely to cost $200-$300 more than CMP currently costs.

Suffice it to say that it will be a sad day when CMP runs out...

[paul0660]

it will be a sad day when CMP runs out

Not for those who have one or many. Or did you forget what that war was all about?

[SKSer45]

Not for those who have one or many. Or did you forget what that war was all about?

Which war paul? ww2 or korea?

[Nick Justice]

I'll shed a few tears, then go shootin'.

[Capybara]

Latest from Orest, the CEO of the CMP is that with panic buying rates, the Greeks will be gone within 10-14 months if these rates keep up. If Obama wins, they will sell out even sooner.

There will still be plenty of Garands around but the prices will be over $1,000.00 for what is considered a Service Grade I bet. CMP is a market benchmark. Once the benchmark is gone, the market will change quite a bit. Buy 'em from the CMP while you can.

[G-forceJunkie]

1993-1994 Turners So.Cal (Chino) SKS's for $69.00-$79.00 each. Ammo was just as proportionally cheap. The family would blow through a crate a weekend.

Good time, Good times indeed.

I missed that. I paid $159 at Turners in 1995. In 1996 or so the KBI imports flooded the market and they were $125.

[Garandimal]

Well, Think ahead...

Got a few Service Grades for my Grade-school boys and a few more for myself. None have Bbl. erosion numbers greater than MW=1 and TE=2.

Many lifetimes worth of Marksmanship and Liberty.

Mine will go to my Grand kids... God willin'. (that is if the Govt doesn't pry'em from my cold, dead hands first)


For M1 Garands? These ARE the Good Ol' Days...




GR

[Agustav]

I think a good prediction will be looking at M1 Carbine at CMP. When they ran out, the price went up a little. Defiantly did not double or anything crazy like that over night.

The question we should ask is what would happen after CMP ran out of rifle for sale?!

[Shorthair]

I have ONE nice CMP Service Grade and was happy with it until i stumbled onto this. The panick buying talk is starting to make me panick.

[Red Devil]

I have ONE nice CMP Service Grade and was happy with it until i stumbled onto this. The panick buying talk is starting to make me panick.

When it comes to Garands?

Like Women's breasts, Two (2) is a minimum, and you really want Three. (one in the back, for slow dancing)

[rojocorsa]

Glad I got mine.


I don't see the need for more than one, as when the barrel and gas cylinder go, they shall be replaced.


"Collecting" is a kind of a cool-story-bro type affair. Shooting is where it's at anyway.

[Capybara]

The CMP will be glad to be out of the rifle selling business is what I have read over there. They are a marksmanship organization and are much more concerned about promoting marksmanship than being Garands R Us. I couldn't agree more that we are at the tail end of the good ole days with Garands and Mosins. Buy them now, if you can, in a few years, both will increase in cost and availability will drop.

[Shorthair]

Surely there is a lend-lease stash out there somewhere after the Greek is gone ? If we can hire a new President in November he might be able to help direct the Korean stockpile to the CMP where it belongs?? I got on the CMP train only recently so i don't know how many stockpiles the CMP has worked through over the years. Obviously a bunch.

[gotshotgun?]

The Koreans Garands were purchased by the Koreans, not lent. Therefore they are selling them to international importing companies. The CMP could never see the Korean Garands. And every Korean Garand will be import stamped.