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July 13th, 2017, 06:50 PM #11
Re: CMP
"Tastefully Pimptastic"
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July 13th, 2017, 06:50 PM #12
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July 13th, 2017, 06:51 PM #13
Re: CMP
Grab a couple extras while you're there and sell them at a gun show to pay for yours.
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July 13th, 2017, 06:53 PM #14
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July 13th, 2017, 06:57 PM #15
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I should. How many times I've and I'm sure many have passed on guns they could have made a bundle on. I bought HK P7's many years ago for $499 each in Grade B. Seller had many and I debated for days buying 4 or 5 but didn't want to get "stuck" with them. could have doubled or tripled my money over a short time. COP 357 for $400 - who'd a thunk you can't get one for under $1,000-$1500 now ! The list goes on and on but at the time, it seemed like a risk.
"Tastefully Pimptastic"
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July 13th, 2017, 07:05 PM #16
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It seems to me like the monopoly the CMP has been given needs to broken up. Throw another authorized receiver/restorer of surplus taxpayer paid for weapons into the mix. Maybe having some competition will light fires under the correct asses.
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July 13th, 2017, 07:36 PM #17Grand Member
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Re: CMP
You can bitch about the price but when it comes to the M1 Garand rifle, the cmp is the best deal going for the average shooter.
Garand rifles are probably the most F'ed with rifles on the planet, and 1911's the most screwed with pistol. Buying either at a gun show is asking for trouble.
The Garand collectors out there are a pretty unethical bunch. They will buy from the cmp, cherry pick parts off several guns to make a "correct" one for their collection and sell the pieced together remains at the gun show under the "cmp" banner.
You buy the gun, take it out to shoot and it malfunctions due to parts swapping. Of course, you're now stuck with a pig in a poke because the guy you bought it from has evaporated or will tell you to suck it up "cause all sales are final".
I say this from experience. It seems that Garands and 1911's are overrepresented in the shop. The story is frequently that the gun was bought at a gun show, has (or not) cmp paperwork and malfunctions every shot.
Unless you're well schooled in the Garand or 1911- don't buy either one at a gun show. Or if you just have to have it- get something in writing that says you can return it when it doesn't work. You will save yourself a huge headache.Crusader's local #556 South Central Asia chapter
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July 13th, 2017, 07:58 PM #18
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July 13th, 2017, 08:15 PM #19Grand Member
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Re: CMP
It is not a monopoly. The DCM (director of civilian marksmanship) was formed early this century (don't remember exactly when) to teach people how to shoot so if needed for a war the general public would know how to shoot. At the time you had to register for matches and prove you knew hot to shoot and you could get only ONE rifle for cheap.
The CMP was formed by congress at a time when many liberals were looking to DESTROY all of these surplus evil weapons. Luckily congress passed a charter that the CMP could sell rifles to the public with less hoops to jump thru. The proceeds are their only source of income. When there is nothing left to sell they will be dependent on their annuity to fund their program in the future.
Yes.....even I bitch at the current prices (I was getting my first Garands from them for $500). But they are a non profit group funding for their future survival.
If it wasn't for them do you think any Garands would have survived during the Clinton / Obama years?
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July 13th, 2017, 08:32 PM #20
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If it is not a monopoly whom else gets the same privilege the CMP does to get these surplus weapons?
It seems the CMP is more interested in building buildings, cherry picking guns to auction off and selling as many guns as they can to keep money coming in, then doing some markmanship stuff on the side. Just seems like another government program gone haywire, because things seemes tohave changed from what you describe. They are keeping too many people away with their process. How do they expect the new shooter to go through all this bullshit to get a rifle without someone walking them through it? I don't really care about the price, I'll pay it. I know it takes time, experience and parts to get the guns in shape. The process/hoops and the number of guns per person can buy is what pisses me off.Last edited by dkf; July 13th, 2017 at 08:38 PM.
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