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Unread 11-11-2016, 07:06 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Spanner View Post
Weren't 25,000 1911's just released last year through the CMP? I really want one of those.
10k a year can be released to the CMP - no one knows if it has happened yet

Not all the carbines and garands given to other gov'ts have been returned, that said, we are talking large amounts to Vietnam, Laos, Korea and if they come back, it'd be by buying - which the CMP did once for greek garands?

The program was called Foreign Military Assistance

http://www.bavarianm1carbines.com/carbinesnara.html

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