Collection of M1's- Import Banned by Obama

[walkeraviator]

NOt only is this true, but it is old news.

[kygorski]

Did you ever fire the M1?I have no fond memmorys of that thing.The carbine was a different animal. fired both of them numerous times.It did the job though.Having never fired one of the new army rifles I cant make any educated remark. But from some of my kin who served in Nam, most of them didn't stand up to the AK rifles for toughness.

[kygorski]

forgot what the post was about. good ridances to that weapon, collectors already have tons of them.

[walkeraviator]

Its funny. You used to be able to get Garands for reasonable price. Now the collectors have them out of reach, so a fresh batch to bring up supply would be nice. I have fired them, and they arent any worse than firing any other 30-06 out there.

As for the commenst about the AR platform not standing up to the elements as well as the AK, there is some truth to it, but as usual, it was human error and not the rifles fault. The brass desided that the new "plastic" gun with chrome lined parts was so advanced that there was no need to send cleaning kits to teh field with the rifle. So early on it got a bad name because they werent being cleaned. The AK is a great dependable weapon, but has nowhere near the accuracy of the AR. Given the choice, I am going AR every time.

[kygorski]

The ones that would probably be available, would be shot out in many cases,and then the clips would also have to be screened to chjeck clearances, and last but not least, and good supply of band aids and thumb splints should be kept on hand.Hey if you're one of the "gotta have it" guys, check out the AA 12 shot gun, in development, but you can bet yer butt the cartels already have them

[MrSplitshot]

Can always argue what gun is best at a given time, but this one aint about the gun boys.

Yeah, it's a historical piece, lent to allies, blah, blah, blah. They have been all over the collector market forever...okay.

The point is that the government has no grounds whatsoever for blocking the import of these and acquisition by American citizens. There is no grounds. "Fall into the wrong hands and used in a crime" = WTF????

I would love to see the statistics on how many M1 Garands have been used in crime in the United States. You don't see many drug deals go bad by way of Raul Lopez pulling an M1 Garand out from under his coat and dropping a narc....I have a hard time picturing an Escalade speeding down an LA neighborhood with an M1 hanging out the window....and don't recall ever seeing video surveillance footage from an armed robbery on the news where the masked dude was sporting an M1 Garand.

Not recently, at least. I know that Malcolm X and the Black Panthers used to walk around with M1's back in the day...but that was more about making a statement. At least they were for gun rights.

Give me a break. No grounds whatsoever. These should be allowed back into the US for sale to collectors, or anybody who wants to have one for whatever reason. Period. End of story.

[kygorski]

I agree to a point, BUT, why would anyone want one?They are not considered vintage.As for government retrictions, let everyone who wqants a fire arm have it, period!Felons would be covered under the existing law.Heck if you wanted it, even a tank, [you furnish crew].

[Catfish Bob]

^ weapons that may have been used in battle are usually eaten up by collectors.
I got a coulple antique battle rifles on the wall in my man cave, just really cool conversation pieces. Ya know the rifles probably killed and who knows how many times the owner of rifle was killed and rifle switched hands.

[zx150]

Can always argue what gun is best at a given time, but this one aint about the gun boys.

Yeah, it's a historical piece, lent to allies, blah, blah, blah. They have been all over the collector market forever...okay.

The point is that the government has no grounds whatsoever for blocking the import of these and acquisition by American citizens. There is no grounds. "Fall into the wrong hands and used in a crime" = WTF????

I would love to see the statistics on how many M1 Garands have been used in crime in the United States. You don't see many drug deals go bad by way of Raul Lopez pulling an M1 Garand out from under his coat and dropping a narc....I have a hard time picturing an Escalade speeding down an LA neighborhood with an M1 hanging out the window....and don't recall ever seeing video surveillance footage from an armed robbery on the news where the masked dude was sporting an M1 Garand.

Not recently, at least. I know that Malcolm X and the Black Panthers used to walk around with M1's back in the day...but that was more about making a statement. At least they were for gun rights.

Give me a break. No grounds whatsoever. These should be allowed back into the US for sale to collectors, or anybody who wants to have one for whatever reason. Period. End of story.

The gun weighs 9 pounds. I have one and glade I do. My dad had one in Korea and said it was the best gun he ever shot. A bit heavy though. It is all a matter of opinion I guess.

[DJD]

Yeah it stinks like most of what this administration gets involved in. First they approve the import and then come up with many dumb excuses. Hillary is prolly behind this.

Any of you who want a voice in rights for gun ownership and owning guns really should join the NRA....it's our own special interest group that fights the good fight for us.

[HURRICANEBOB]

Any of you who want a voice in rights for gun ownership and owning guns really should join the NRA....it's our own special interest group that fights the good fight for us.

naw.....I'm just going to buy more bullets and wait for somebody to come try to take the gun away! Paaaaaaaaarrrrtttttyyyyyyy!