CMP M1 Carbine

[alde]

I am getting ready to drop my order in the mail for an Inland M1 Carbine in Service Grade. I ordered the Inland because it's the lowest priced Service Grade they offer. I am mostly looking for a shooter for fun and to have a detachable magazine centerfire rifle while I still can. I already have a SA Garand from CMP and love it.

Any thoughts before it goes in the mail?

 

[s&wchad]

That's the place to get one. Inland did a good job making carbines, that’s why they were able to produce so many. I've read that the CMP will be releasing some Bavarian carbines soon. These were issued to civilian authorities after the war (Border Patrol, Guards, Municipal Police, Forest Service...). These had the bayonet lugs removed (if the guns had them) and were stamped with the name of the agency, but the CMP hasn’t set a price yet and some will be sold at auction only. I suspect they’ll be pretty much original guns with a lot less use and refurbishing than a military surplus gun. I think I’d like to have one if they’re comparable priced.

Check out CMP forum & jouster (you want the CSP sub forum on the moving banner at the top of the page). Some extremely knowledgeable folks there when it comes to military arms.

Ps. Carbines are cool little guns, but they’re addictive.

 

[PALADIN85020]

I got a DCM Inland carbine in 1963. Great little gun, and I had a lot of fun with it back when surplus .30 carbine ammo was widely available.

I'm wondering: are M1A1 carbines available through the CMP?

 

[s&wchad]

M1A1's are sold thru CMP auction only and there are some up right now. They've been selling for 2K-3.5K lately, but the first ones they listed went between 5K-10K. They were ALL refurbished too.

 

[Culina]

The only thing I can think of is to order some magazines and start looking for ammo now. Hopefully in 6 months or so when you get the carbine, you will have enough ammo to have some fun.

 

[haggis]

If you can wait 6 months, you can get .30 Carbine ammo from CMP for $155/500, plus shipping.

Buck

 

[alde]

It's too late to turn back now

. I put my order in the mail. When I ordered my Garand it only took 14 days from the time I mailed the paper until the gun showed up at my door. It's going to be hard waiting 6 months. It's not like I don't have plenty of toys to play with and plenty of ammo for the Garand. I have been ordering a can a month since late last year. I'm probably on the watch list and damn proud of it

.

 

[jimmyj]

Hi:
In the early 1960s a member could purchase a M1 Carbine for $20.00 plus $2.00 shipping.
Model 1903/1903A3 Rifles for $14.50, and Model 1911/1911A1 Pistols for $17.00.
Jimmy

 

[Art Doc]

I've been waiting about a month on mine. The say 3-6 months. I logged in to check status of order but there was zero info so I guess they haven't even begun to process it, yet. Given the recent run on all guns with a military look I can imagine how full the CMP mailbox has been since the country turned Commie on 11/4/08.

On another forum a member posted photos of his SG Inland that he just received and I was disappointed in what was pictured. Zero finish, just bare metal, and the stock was in sad shape, too. I think the good ones are all gone at this point. Nice ones go for around $700 at local shows so if I get a really nasty one I will probably be able to sell it locally for what I paid and trade up.

Already figure the best way to get a Garand is buy one I can hold in my hands for $700-$750 rather than spend $550-$600 for the clunkers that are now coming from the CMP.

 

[K.38]

SaxonPig the CMP just sends out guns as they open the crates. The other forum member was probably sent a racker or parts gun by mistake. If he would contact CMP they will make it right.

I've had my carbine order in for a about two months now. Still no word. The wait time is still shorter than it was 20 years ago. The first rifle I ordered from DCM (now CMP) took something like a year or more to get.

It is worth the wait. Almost without exception the rifle you get will be nice.

 

[alde]

Originally posted by SaxonPig:
Already figure the best way to get a Garand is buy one I can hold in my hands for $700-$750 rather than spend $550-$600 for the clunkers that are now coming from the CMP.

I got my Service Grade SA Garand late last year. It's almost like a new gun. The metal is almost 100% with sharp, clean rifling. The wood has a couple of dings but they look like storage marks. It's also a great shooter. The Service Grade Garands coming out of CMP right now are nice guns.

 

[Faulkner]

Originally posted by SaxonPig:

On another forum a member posted photos of his SG Inland that he just received and I was disappointed in what was pictured. Zero finish, just bare metal, and the stock was in sad shape, too. I think the good ones are all gone at this point. Nice ones go for around $700 at local shows so if I get a really nasty one I will probably be able to sell it locally for what I paid and trade up.

Just to clarify something, the CMP typically does not send out the "good" ones first. The rifles come in crates and they just reach in, do the quick check, and pretty much send them out in the order they pull them out of the crate. Some are in better condition than others and it's luck-of-the-draw on what you get shipped to you.

I've ordered about a dozen rifles from the CMP in the past 10 years or so (M1 Garands, M1903 Springfields, Mossburg M44's) and I've received them in conditions ranging from nearly unused to very well used, but they were all serviceable and that's all they promise.

 

[Gutpile Charlie]

My wife and I both got DCM Garands back in about 1990. We paid $160.00 and they were in excellent condition.

Now the wait was something else. I ordered my first one and got it in about 18 months. Her wait was 12 months.

I've also been to Camp Perry many times and visited the "North Store". The last time I was there, about four years ago, and the overall condition of the M1s had decreased. You could still look around and find a good one.

I picked up a 1903A3 for $300.00 about five years ago that was like new.

 

[GatorFarmer]

If it is going to be a shooter, you might as well pick up a Choate folder and metal handguard. They're not that expensive and the end result is actually somewhat more useful than the original folding stock carbines. That will also preserve your original stock.