M-14's going to be available through CMP

[I<3oil]

Double post

 

[I<3oil]

I don't think you will be far off, based on current prices...my last couple 1911s this year were much higher than I paid four or five years ago when the 1911 program started. And they started collecting state sales tax late last year too. Combined, I paid about $450 more per pistol.

Someone posted on the CMP forum a few months ago that he spoke with a CMP admin during a Garand builders class last fall at the CMP HQ and was told their target pricing was around $4k. Expect anything rare or exceptional condition will go to auction on Gunbroker, like it does presently.

No doubt they’ll sell all of them but Ouchtown, pop. Us

 

[Astro_Guy]

But a former US Army rifle is a piece of history in a way that my M1A is not.

You would have to bring that up just when I decided that I didn't need one.

 

[I<3oil]

You would have to bring that up just when I decided that I didn't need one.

I'm interested to see model numbers for years in service. My M1 Garand has a build date of Feb. 1941 so there's a really excellent chance it was carried and/or used in combat. Will these M-14s be the same or were they just sitting in an armory in Germany for 20 years during the Cold War?

 

[billt460]

Guns are the devils work

Only to your wallet.

 

[Pablo]

Only to your wallet.

I was thinking safe space

Think about it

 

[f355spider]

I'm interested to see model numbers for years in service. My M1 Garand has a build date of Feb. 1941 so there's a really excellent chance it was carried and/or used in combat. Will these M-14s be the same or were they just sitting in an armory in Germany for 20 years during the Cold War?

There are ways to get a FOI request to the army, navy and marines to check their records based on the model and serial number. I have done this on a few of my guns. I have a ton more I should check on. The records are incomplete and mostly date from the 1970s, due to a records storage warehouse fire. If you google search, you can find online discussions with the website and emails to make the requests.

It will usually show where they were issued to..location and sometimes unit. I recall one of my 1911s was in CA, then Japan, then to the east coast, and ended up back in storage in AL, then transferred to the CMP.

 

[I<3oil]

There are ways to get a FOI request to the army, navy and marines to check their records base on the model and serial number. I have done this on a few of my guns. I have a ton more I should check on. The records are incomplete and mostly date from the 1970s, due to a records storage fire. If you google search, you can find online discussions with the website and emails to make the requests.

If will usually show where they were issued to..location and sometimes unit. I recall one of my 1911s was in CA, then Japan, then to the east coast, and ended up back in storage in AL, then transferred to the CMP.

Interesting, never would even have thought about doing that in a million years.

 

[Jason2007]

I think that every American who pays taxes should be able to get at least one CMP gun free since our tax dollars have already paid for these once, not too mentioned paid to keep them running and storage.

 

[JHZR2]

Opposite. These are USGI issue with all USGI parts. They aren't making more of them, so that makes them very desirable to collectors. New M1As will continue to be made and are not rare...anyone can find and buy one.

As long as they are.

Lots of camp rifles with mixed parts, aftermarket parts, stocks that are replacement, lack the cartouches and whatnot. At that point, it would seem that an M1A is a better bet, as all the parts match and its finished together.

I have always had my eye on an M1A but never pulled the trigger (ha, ha). If I could get an M14 it would be interesting to me, despite being expensive to shoot.

But that or a nice international harvester M1……. Hard choice.

 

[4wd]

I think that every American who pays taxes should be able to get at least one CMP gun free since our tax dollars have already paid for these once, not too mentioned paid to keep them running and storage.

No thanks - could never muster enough trust …
(That G is not government) …

 

[demarpaint]

I'd like one!

 

[Albin]

Don't forget the cost of joining a CMP-affliated club before you can buy a gun from them. I looked at clubs near me and the cheapest I found was about $100-$120/year.

There might be some CMP-affliated on-line that could join that are cheaper, don't know. Just know you have to have that membership before you show up at the store. Vets, I believe, are auto grandfathered in.

 

[Astro14]

Veterans are considered eligible.

If you’re not a vet - the Glock Shooting Sports Foundation is $35 a year, and makes you eligible for CMP purchases.

You also get $100 off a new Glock with that membership.

The Garand Collector’s Association, of which I am a member, also makes you eligible, and is also only $35/year and comes with a nice magazine every quarter.

Either way, you need to show proof of marksmanship as well, and there are several ways to do that.

 

[f355spider]

Veterans are considered eligible.

If you’re not a vet - the Glock Shooting Sports Foundation is $35 a year, and makes you eligible for CMP purchases.

You also get $100 off a new Glock with that membership.

The Garand Collector’s Association, of which I am a member, also makes you eligible, and is also only $35/year and comes with a nice magazine every quarter.

Either way, you need to show proof of marksmanship as well, and there are several ways to do that.

Those are what I have used most often. I'm a life member of GSSF (joined 30 years ago), and been a member of the Garand Collectors Association for over 20 years. I am also a life member of a local arms collecting club that is CMP affiliated.

I used to use my match shooting log for proof of marksmanship, but just use a photocopy of one of my CPLs for the past decade.