Bill to send surplus 1911s to CMP
Excellent idea and I’ll take two:
The plan involves moving the weapons to the Civilian Marksmanship Program, which includes its facility in Anniston.
Congressman Rogers says it’s a win-win because the pistols are placed in very capable hands at the Civilian Marksmanship Program and it also saves taxpayers roughly $200,000 per year.
The M1911A1 pistol was once the standard sidearm for U.S. armed forces. Rogers says a little over 8,000 of the 100,000 pistols were sold to law enforcement and transferred to foreign countries for a small price. The rest are in storage.
The CMP will inspect, grade, and prepare the pistols to be sold. It will also reimburse the Army for any costs associated with moving the firearms.
May 5th, 2015 at 1:03 pm
A quick bit of math shows 92,000 pistols sold at $1000 each brings in $92,000,000; or up to $184M at $2000 a pop.
Since the pistols will range from highly collectible near mint condition (a few) to paperweights (likely more than a few), lets say at least $100,000,000 for the entire lot.
And then the Bubbas will get to work on theirs, and real gunsmiths will get more business….
May 5th, 2015 at 1:19 pm
Liberal Shit-Hemorrhage in 3… 2… 1…
May 5th, 2015 at 1:41 pm
My unit was the only one in the Corps that kept .45’s in the TOE after the 92 was adopted. They were OLD! Like some had 1960 serials. A typical workup might be 600-1000 rounds a day per man for a period of many weeks. Then deployment training. Factor in typical range training and the ability of a Marine to break an anvil and I don’t know who would really want these.
Who am I kidding? I would jump on one of these even if it rattled like a Raven.
May 5th, 2015 at 2:07 pm
I might want one, but I doubt I’ll be willing to pay the price they’ll be asking for anything better than a paperweight.
May 5th, 2015 at 3:38 pm
Agree with Jim and mariner. The ones I handled in the Corps were beat to crap. I might pay $200 for one.
May 5th, 2015 at 3:47 pm
I find it a shame that there needs to be a bill in the first place, that will face a veto anyway.
May 5th, 2015 at 7:09 pm
While he’s at it, I’d like to see him and his colleagues pass a veto proof bill to have the Korean Garands and Carbines, and any other U.S. hardware in foreign armories, repatriated and turned over to the CMP. Hippies would cry and angels would get their wings.
May 6th, 2015 at 10:23 am
Hippies would cry and angels would get their wings.
Gun manufacturers would snivel piteously and lobby to make sure it never happens.
And since I’m here, I’ve been wondering: Who’s Bill?
May 6th, 2015 at 4:11 pm
The gun manufacturers did no lobbying to get the Obama admin to deny permission for the Korean M1’s to be imported.
That said, I think the CMP guys had seen them and observed they were in bad shape.
May 6th, 2015 at 6:37 pm
How to keep this from and Obamo Veto:
Tell Obama CMP stands for Change for Mexican People, then explain that its a public expansion of the gunrunner operation. If he thinks its going to drug lords in mexico I guarantee that the bill will get signed