GovernmentWWII M1911’s to Be Sold thru CMP

View · by **karlobag** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:24 pm

Not sure if this should go "IN the News" or here. So, I posted it here.

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-ar ... ublic.html

View · by **photogpat** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 12:50 pm

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Two people you don't want getting wind of this.

1) Anti-gunners
2) Every other gun owner

:lol:

So much awesome!

View · by **Ghost** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:05 pm

Ok, now I may have to figure out this CMP thing

View · by **Rip Van Winkle** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:10 pm

It's my understanding CMP is already in possession of 10 - 20K 1911's and is chomping at the bit to sell them.

On a side note. While at the Nationals this year, I stopped into the CMP North Store and they had bins of new in the wrapper 1911 mags for $8ea.

View · by **gun_fan111v2** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:06 pm

Is there a per collector limit?...

View · by **MnHornet** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 4:39 pm

One of the deputies in an armorers course had a surplus 1911.
It was mint, looked like new.

View · by **Rip Van Winkle** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 5:13 pm

gun_fan111v2 wrote:Is there a per collector limit?...

I believe there is a limit of 10.

MnHornet wrote:One of the deputies in an armorers course had a surplus 1911.
It was mint, looked like new.

I suspect they will be as most government surplus, that is running the gamut from mint to worn out.

View · by **Sprouticus** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:09 pm

There is a thread going over on the CMP forum on the condition of the $8.00 surplus mags.

Mark is correct.

Some folks are getting very nice mags, while others got some that were pretty rough.

http://forums.thecmp.org/showthread.php?t=170950

View · by **Lumpy** on Mon Aug 17, 2015 8:50 pm

What do CMP guns typically cost?

View · by **Greg** on Tue Aug 18, 2015 1:55 am

Hate to burst any bubbles....

http://garandthumb.com/the-ndaa-2016-cm ... t-is-dead/

The NDAA 2016 CMP 1911 Amendment is Regretfully Dead.
Finch • August 17, 2015 • 1 Comments

The same blog that incorrectly reported an impending flood of $220 Garands from Korea is now reporting that CMP is about to receive a pile of surplus 1911s.

Back in May, an amendment was added to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would have changed CMP charter to allow them to sell surplus 1911s. There was much handwringing from the ignorant gun control pushers, Obama issued a statement opposing the change and that amendment sadly disappeared from the senate version of the bill.

The only thing 1911 related CMP has for sale currently is a great deal on NOS GI magazines.

The current version of the NDAA can be found by clicking here. There is a game of chicken going on with the NDAA in Washington right now, outside the scope of my blog. However, 1911s or no 1911s there is a veto threat so it's anyone's guess what happens next. At this point anything could happen but at least for this round, the chances seem slim.

Don't get me wrong, I want this to happen, it just isn't going to happen the way it's being reported by warhistoryonline.com. Surplus 1911s would be great for CMP's endowment and, therefore good for the promotion of marksmanship and firearm safety, despite the fairy tales Huffington post makes up. (Click at your own risk)

Additionally a good supply of GI 1911s along with some CMP games matches for these pistols, could be just the boost traditional bullseye pistol shooting needs.

View · by **karlobag** on Tue Aug 18, 2015 10:17 am

Well, that sux!

It sounded too good to be true, or something that would be squashed under an Executive Order.

View · by **FJ540** on Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:16 am

Leave it to Barry to kill a revenue stream. :roll:

View · by **shooter115** on Tue Aug 18, 2015 2:27 pm

Did anyone actually believe the same administration that blocked a bunch of Garands from going to the CMP was going to allow a heap of 1911's to get there. Obama and his ilk would pay ten times the $200,000 per year it's costing to store them to keep that from happening. In fact, now that it's been made public they exist, I bet they end up being destroyed in lieu of becoming an actual revenue source. That or we will give them to Iran as another perk with their nuke deal.

View · by **andrewP** on Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:41 pm

shooter115 wrote:I bet they end up being destroyed in lieu of becoming an actual revenue source.

While that outcome is clearly non-desirable, it's also clearly better than paying to store them and not use them. One-time cost of destruction is better than ongoing cost of storage/maintenance. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them end up in the hands of responsible enthusiasts, but there's really not much in the way of good reason for keeping them in a warehouse collecting dust at the cost of taxpayer dollars, so if they're not going to be sold...

View · by **gun_fan111v2** on Tue Aug 18, 2015 7:37 pm

andrewP wrote:
shooter115 wrote:I bet they end up being destroyed in lieu of becoming an actual revenue source.

While that outcome is clearly non-desirable, it's also clearly better than paying to store them and not use them. One-time cost of destruction is better than ongoing cost of storage/maintenance. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see them end up in the hands of responsible enthusiasts, but there's really not much in the way of good reason for keeping them in a warehouse collecting dust at the cost of taxpayer dollars, so if they're not going to be sold...

Blasphemy!!! My brain says you have a point but my heart skipped a beat