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Rip Van Winkle wrote:In defense of the CMP, they have to tread cautiously. The anti's would like nothing better than see one of these pistols end up in the wrong hands so they could use it as a political wedge against the CMP.

He could have said "we really believe these guns have inherent value because of their rich history so we would expect the market value on them to be around $1000". How hard would that have been?

A piece of history, in the form of a complete 1911 might well be worth $1k. A combobulation of worn parts is something else.
Not having any control over what you'll get, a $1000 is a bit much for buying a pig in a poke.

That 'Marketing Manager' should be shown the door.
At the least I'm guessing it will be a while before he is allowed to comment publicly. Hopefully this raises the **** storm it deserves.

xd ED wrote:A piece of history, in the form of a complete 1911 might well be worth $1k. A combobulation of worn parts is something else.
Not having any control over what you'll get, a $1000 is a bit much for buying a pig in a poke.

That 'Marketing Manager' should be shown the door.
At the least I'm guessing it will be a while before he is allowed to comment publicly. Hopefully this raises the **** storm it deserves.

The CMP grades the weapons it sells, and charges different prices for different grades.

Better get on the list for a “Liquor store robbery” grade, those will be worth some cash.

Here is the latest I just received from the CMP;

To all CMP constituents:

The CMP Board of Directors has discussed at length how the sales of 1911s would be handled, if the CMP were to ever receive them from the United States Army.

Some preliminary decisions:

Decisions concerning the grade and pricing of the 1911s will not be made until inspection has occurred of a substantial quantity which will take an estimated 150 days post receipt.
All laws pertaining to the sale of 1911s by CMP will be strictly obeyed.
Potential purchasers will have to provide to CMP a new set of documents exhibiting:
1) proof of U.S. Citizenship,
2) proof of membership in a CMP affiliated club,
3) proof of participation in a marksmanship activity,
4) a new form 2A with notary,
5) successful completion of a NICS background check,
6) a signed copy of the 01 Federal Firearms License in which the 1911 will be transferred to.

The CMP customer will be required to complete a form 4473 in person and successfully complete another NICS check by the recipient FFL holder before the pistol can be transferred.

Qualified CMP customer will only be allowed to purchase one 1911 per calendar year.

No 1911s available in the CMP stores, or on line, only mail order sales.

CMP will set the date in which it will accept orders for the 1911s. The date will be posted to the world.

Orders will only be accepted via mail order delivery.

Orders will only be accepted post marked on the date or after, no early orders.

Once CMP receives 10,000 orders, customer names will be loaded into the Random Number Generator.

The Random Number Generator will provide a list of names in sequence order through a random picking process to CMP.
Customers will be contacted in the sequence provided by the Random Number Generator.

When the customer is contacted a list of 1911 grades and pricing options that are available will be offered for selection of one.

As CMP proceeds down the sequenced list less grade and pricing options will be available. Again, this done completely random.

Mark Johnson
Chief Operating Officer
Civilian Marksmanship Program
http://www.thecmp.org