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...South Korea provided the second-largest contingent of foreign troops in South Vietnam after its close ally, the United States....
Washington has approved South Korea’s plan to sell about 86,000 M1 Garand rifles and 22,000 M1 carbine rifles, together valued at 108 million dollars, the ministry said.
108,000 rifles valued at 108million equals $1000 each. Nothing cheap there.
Hopefully it won't be Mitchell's Mausers importing them :|
Yeah, brand new Garands are $1000.
Where are you buying a brand-new Garand?
Springfield Armory is making them still. (or at least they were a few years ago)
I don't think they are, there is no mention of them on the site or in their current catalog at all.
Why is that?
Yes, Springfield Armory Inc. did make new production Garands for a few years. I was stupid enough to buy one. It was an inaccurate piece of junk that jammed frequently. After several attempts to improve its performance, I gave up and sold it. I still have my original ones, though. Still reliable and deadly accurate.
MM is teh suxors. Unless you like gen-u-wine velvet lined display cases individually numbered to rifles which are individually numbered to some outlandish medal which includes a certificate of aunthenticity so that you are assured that the velvet lined case, the fake medal, and the rifle is real.
My understanding of the late-production Springfield, Inc. (Not The U.S. Springfield Armory, they shut down under MacNamara) M1 Garands is that they used cast Century (Australian) receivers mated with WWII/Korean War production USGI surplus parts and new barrels.Not particularly a "new" M1 Garand, but pretty close. More here: http://www.fulton-armory.com/CAI-TI.htm