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Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« on: April 01, 2012, 02:52:39 PM »
but the M1 Carbines remained verboten.  The most recent example of our president straddling a fence when he finds himself out of line with votes.

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2012, 03:44:06 PM »
I am curious what condition these will be in and what price?  Will they be good rifles or just opportunities to pick up cheap receivers and parts?  I can see a cheaper rifle with the investment in springs and a barrel might be pretty cool.  Somehow I see these being way overpriced.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2012, 04:02:35 PM »
These will be CMP rifles?

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2012, 04:24:40 PM »
These will be CMP rifles?



From what the CMP says, no.  These will be done via more traditional importers - assuming it really happens at all.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2012, 10:17:28 PM »
Be great if you want to re-finish, re-barrel and upgrade, guessing that there will be few jewels in there. I may get two or 3 just to keep me from working on valuable ones.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2012, 11:15:52 AM »
would these likely be 30-06, or .308?
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2012, 12:16:36 PM »
would these likely be 30-06, or .308?

Guessing by all of the surplus .30-06 available from Korea, I'd guess they are still chambered in -06.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2012, 02:32:48 PM »
Was this an April 1st?
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2012, 03:14:26 PM »
Was this an April 1st?

Nope.  However, AFAIK, the only source on this is that Korea Times article from January.

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #9 on: April 03, 2012, 10:39:45 AM »
I read something just the other day about this.  My understanding is that .gov agreed to re-import the Garands, but not the M-1 Carbines because the Carbines have a detachable box magazine capable of accepting multiple rounds.   

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2012, 11:00:18 AM »
Just think..  you could maybe get a beat up neglected Garand with Century Arms roughly electro penciled on the receiver.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2012, 12:13:02 PM »
I read something just the other day about this.  My understanding is that .gov agreed to re-import the Garands, but not the M-1 Carbines because the Carbines have a detachable box magazine capable of accepting multiple rounds.   

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And since the Garand uses a .30-'06 round, which is significantly more potent than the .30 Carbine round, our vaunted government overseers aren't afraid of it.  [tinfoil] ;/
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #12 on: April 03, 2012, 05:23:16 PM »
Just think..  you could maybe get a beat up neglected Garand with Century Arms roughly electro penciled on the receiver.
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Did that once.  Gun was so sloppily put together that I had to put in 21 MOA of windage adjustment from the center of the sight in order to get on paper.

Sold it to a guy with full disclosure, he was a gunsmith and wanted a project gun.  Fortunately I was able to sell it only losing $50-100...
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #13 on: April 03, 2012, 05:44:25 PM »
Did that once.  Gun was so sloppily put together that I had to put in 21 MOA of windage adjustment from the center of the sight in order to get on paper.

Sold it to a guy with full disclosure, he was a gunsmith and wanted a project gun.  Fortunately I was able to sell it only losing $50-100...

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #14 on: April 03, 2012, 09:00:08 PM »
Nope. Once it was out of my hands, it was "good riddance. " I was really pissed at the gun shop that sold it to me.  It was marked imported by CAI. When I asked what that stood for, the shop owner said he didn't know. And I thought all was well.  I mean who could screw up a garand!? At that time, I did not yet know that CAI stood not only for Century Arms,  but also stands for "can't assemble it."

Well after the first time I took it out and my bullet hit 5+ inches to the right of my point of aim, at 25 yards, that was my first clue that there might be a problem....
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #15 on: April 03, 2012, 09:08:35 PM »
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Well after the first time I took it out and my bullet hit 5+ inches to the right of my point of aim, at 25 yards, that was my first clue that there might be a problem....
That is not necessarily a problem. You simply need to loosen the front sight screw and move the front sight over a bit to the right, then re-tighten screw.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2012, 01:38:39 PM »
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but the M1 Carbines remained verboten.

Hmm, detachable mags are too much for civilians. We just ain't profeshunal enough...
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2012, 03:43:23 PM »
Hmm, detachable mags are too much for civilians. We just ain't profeshunal enough...

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #18 on: April 10, 2012, 09:39:35 AM »
That is not necessarily a problem. You simply need to loosen the front sight screw and move the front sight over a bit to the right, then re-tighten screw.

Yeah, when I told the guy I sold it to about the issues, he looked at the sights pretty closely...  Said to him it looked like the sights were pretty much perfectly centered on the barrel and receiver.  I supposed that it doesn't take much sight movement at the muzzle to throw shots off that far....  But he was willing to buy it, and so I saved a couple hundred more bucks up and got a CMP Garand instead.  And she's a dream to shoot.  :P
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #19 on: April 10, 2012, 02:09:31 PM »
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Yeah, when I told the guy I sold it to about the issues, he looked at the sights pretty closely...  Said to him it looked like the sights were pretty much perfectly centered on the barrel and receiver.  I supposed that it doesn't take much sight movement at the muzzle to throw shots off that far....  But he was willing to buy it, and so I saved a couple hundred more bucks up and got a CMP Garand instead.  And she's a dream to shoot.

I was taking my two sighters during a match- the first was dead on, the second wasn't on the paper.
The front sight fell off on the next shot.

I since learned to mark the zero on my rear and FRONT sight with nail polish.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #20 on: April 20, 2012, 03:59:30 PM »
I've seen South Korean M1 Garands.

"Rode Hard And Put Away Wet" would be an understatement with respect to those relics.

Great if you want a restoration project that may require a new barrel, bolt, gas cylinder, and oprod.

Not so great if you're looking for a good, serviceable shooter that can keep 8 rounds hitting the broadside of a barn from inside...  =(
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #21 on: April 20, 2012, 04:08:25 PM »
Y u guys all so racists aginst korae?
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #22 on: April 21, 2012, 11:43:33 PM »
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I since learned to mark the zero on my rear and FRONT sight with nail polish

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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #23 on: April 22, 2012, 10:27:10 AM »
If both parts can move its likely smart to mark the zero point on both of them.
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Re: Sales of M1's from South Korea Permitted
« Reply #24 on: April 22, 2012, 11:54:23 AM »
I've seen South Korean M1 Garands.

"Rode Hard And Put Away Wet" would be an understatement with respect to those relics.

Great if you want a restoration project that may require a new barrel, bolt, gas cylinder, and oprod.

Not so great if you're looking for a good, serviceable shooter that can keep 8 rounds hitting the broadside of a barn from inside...  =(

Unless I'm mistaken, these were never put into service and have been in storage.
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