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Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« on: September 01, 2010, 05:22:49 PM »
S Korean Govt wanted to sell them to US collectors. Our State Dept said no. They are afraid that the weapons may end up in the wrong hands.


Link at Fox News.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2010, 05:28:00 PM »
Linky no worky
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2010, 05:29:11 PM »
Yep, it's to the smelter or the bottom of the ocean for the M1s and carbines...

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2010, 05:29:37 PM »
To the CMP they must go.

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2010, 05:30:28 PM »
Send the hat around to bribe them into dumping them in shallow water along with a GPS marker? :laugh:
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #5 on: September 01, 2010, 05:35:23 PM »

This story has been circulating for a while.

As I understand it, the issue is the U.S. gave the rifles to South Korea, and now they want to sell them back to us.  Apparently, the terms under which we gave the rifles forbids that.  Unfortunately, I don't have the reference handy, but it's been discussed to death on various gun forums.

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #6 on: September 01, 2010, 05:42:25 PM »
Why is there so much discussion in the article, including by Simcox of the NRA, about how the M1 accepts high-cap external magazines? I could understand the journalists and anti-gun folk getting it wrong, but I'd have hoped the NRA would know better...
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #7 on: September 01, 2010, 05:46:32 PM »
They're talking about the 770k M1 CARBINES that SK wants to sell us, not the M1 30-06 Garand.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2010, 05:50:51 PM »
There's some garands involved. I started another thread on this before i noticed this one.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2010, 05:52:15 PM »
Yep, 770k M1 Carbines, 80k M1 Garands. :)
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2010, 05:52:32 PM »
Quote from: James Fitzer on September 01, 2010, 05:50:51 PM
There's some garands involved. I started another thread on this before i noticed this one.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/



That's the link I read, it says M1 Rifles with regards to the magazines, but maybe whoever wrote it is confusing the carbines and rifles.

Edit: Nevermind, it just says "M1s", while discussing both rifles and carbines up further.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2010, 05:53:28 PM »
Probably.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2010, 06:05:07 PM »
Quote from: Marnoot on September 01, 2010, 05:52:32 PM
That's the link I read, it says M1 Rifles with regards to the magazines, but maybe whoever wrote it is confusing the carbines and rifles.

Edit: Nevermind, it just says "M1s", while discussing both rifles and carbines up further.


Hell a M1 could also be a tank.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2010, 06:06:18 PM »
Quote from: wmenorr67 on September 01, 2010, 06:05:07 PM

Hell a M1 could also be a tank.

But like the Rifle, the Tank also lacks an external magazine  :P
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2010, 07:57:33 PM »
Jesus wept.

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2010, 08:12:01 PM »
Sucks on the carbines.  Last CMP update said they were out of carbines.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2010, 08:44:35 PM »
I'd love to see those come in via the CMP to avoid somebody like Century having to import mark them.  I missed on the carbines from CMP..  never quite got around to it but I did get my Garand.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2010, 09:06:15 PM »
Quote from: Battle Monkey of Zardoz on September 01, 2010, 05:22:49 PM
S Korean Govt wanted to sell them to US collectors. Our State Dept said no. They are afraid that the weapons may end up in the wrong hands.


Link at Fox News.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/09/01/obama-administration-reverses-course-forbids-sale-antique-m-rifles/

Put 'em back in storage.  We'll likely have a different administration soon enough.
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2010, 11:00:59 PM »
Quote from: MechAg94 on September 01, 2010, 08:12:01 PM
Sucks on the carbines.  Last CMP update said they were out of carbines.

I got my IBM before they ran out, though.

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2010, 11:24:27 PM »
Quote from: makattak on September 01, 2010, 11:00:59 PM
I got my IBM before they ran out, though.

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2010, 01:26:16 AM »
"Asked why the M1s pose a threat, the State Department spokesman referred questions to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. ATF representatives said they would look into the question Monday afternoon, but on Wednesday they referred questions to the Justice Department. DOJ spokesman Dean Boyd referred questions back to the State Department.

"The White House referred questions on the issue to the Pentagon, which referred questions to the U.S. Embassy in South Korea, which deferred back to the State Department."


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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2010, 05:41:45 AM »
Quote from: makattak on September 01, 2010, 11:00:59 PM
I got my IBM before they ran out, though.

I love asking if people want to see my IBM.

Puts a whole new spin on the name "International Business Machines" doesn't it?  :lol:
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2010, 10:14:36 AM »
If they send them over here I promise to deactivate them, Eagle Scout's Honor!

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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2010, 10:52:33 AM »
Quote from: Cromlech on September 02, 2010, 10:14:36 AM
If they send them over here I promise to deactivate them, Eagle Scout's Honor!

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Removing the firing pins does count as "deactivating", right? :laugh:
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Re: Over 80,000 M1s might be disposed of
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2010, 12:55:20 PM »
Quote from: Viking on September 02, 2010, 10:52:33 AM
Removing the firing pins does count as "deactivating", right? :laugh:

No, deactivate .30 Carbine ammo, one round at a time.
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