Need my hand held re: buying a Garand from the CMP

[Winamac]

I believe before "slick willy"(Bill Clinton) took office, the CMP (Civilian Marksmanship Program) was called the DCM (Dept. of Civilian Marksmanship).

 

[Crusader17]

CMP is news to me. I'm surprised the US gov still has 1911s to get rid of???? So what kind of price point would you expect it to be around?

Also so it seems like one big hassle to join the right clubs and stuff to be eligible. Is there any other way to buy surplus firearms or is this the best/only?

 

[rob63]

CMP is news to me. I'm surprised the US gov still has 1911s to get rid of???? So what kind of price point would you expect it to be around?

Also so it seems like one big hassle to join the right clubs and stuff to be eligible. Is there any other way to buy surplus firearms or is this the best/only?

Gun shows, gun stores, INGO classifieds, etc. You only need to know something about what it is you are looking for so that you know it when you see it.

If, by surplus, you mean buying something directly out of current US military storage, then CMP is the only game in town and even then these are guns that are actually being returned to the US from foreign military storage under the rules established when they were loaned out.

It is debatable which is the best way to go, it depends upon what you want. Over the years, I have bought a bunch of M1 Garands from both gun shows and the CMP. The nicest condition one that I ever got was from the CMP, practically new, but those are no longer available and won't be available again. The one that I currently own was from a gun show and is much nicer than anything that is available from the CMP now.

 

[Winamac]

CMP is news to me. I'm surprised the US gov still has 1911s to get rid of???? So what kind of price point would you expect it to be around?

Also so it seems like one big hassle to join the right clubs and stuff to be eligible. Is there any other way to buy surplus firearms or is this the best/only?

If I remember my history correctly? The DCM(Dept. of Civilian Marksmanship) later under Clinton re-named CMP (Civilian Marksmanship program) as he stopped much if not all federal funding of the program. Anyway...The program I believe was instituted my President Teddy Roosevelt as a way/means for all able bodied civilian men and boys to learn the art of marksmanship and be better readied in the event that they should need to take up arms to defend the United States(which later did in fact happen) . So the program now exist today as we know it.

 

[Crusader17]

Gun shows, gun stores, INGO classifieds, etc. You only need to know something about what it is you are looking for so that you know it when you see it.

If, by surplus, you mean buying something directly out of current US military storage, then CMP is the only game in town and even then these are guns that are actually being returned to the US from foreign military storage under the rules established when they were loaned out.

Yeah, I did mean directly from storage, thanks for reading my mind!! Haha. Very interesting program!

 

[J D]

Unless they changed the rules, I think all I needed was the police ID about five years ago. Registered and picked up a nice rusty Kimber .22 before they ran out. Might bring an fop card but I don’t think I needed it.