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[Aaryq]

Howdy, folks. Okay. People reccomend CMP. Civillian Marksmanship Program. I talked with my old CO just before I left the Command and he told me that when I deploy to start looking at CMP Garands for when I get back. Everyone on THR says get a CMP. Folks: I'll be honest. I've heard a lot about CMP but I don't spend a lot of time on the internet. I lurk on THR, browse gunbroker, check my email and follow links/google stuff I see on THR. What do I have to do to get a CMP weapon if they offer one?

If this is overdone on THR please feel free to shoot me a link.

Thanks.

**ETA** I just googled CMP and I'm sitting on the FAQ. It's answering a lot of my questions. Mods if this thread is overdone, feel free to lock it. If not, the link for FAQ is here. Sorry to waste bandwith.

**ETA X2** Mods you can, if you want to, delete this thread all together.

 

[GRIZ22]

http://odcmp.com/Services/Rifles/eligibility_requirements.htm

Lists the rquirements. Click homepage and go to sales to see what's available. You indicate you're in the military so you need to send them:

1. Proof of citizenship (birth certificate, passport, citizenship papers), if you're an officer that already proves cirizenship,

2. Military ID card shows proof marksmanship training and club affliation (active, reserves,national guard, retired).

3. A copy of your firearms id card if one is required by your state of residence (where you are stationed or will have the rifle shipped).

4. Elgibility form download and fill out from website, it has to be notarized. If you are overseas and there is no notary available any commissioned officer can act as one signing with name, rank, branch, service, and date of commission. If they aren't aware of this don't be surprised, I was a lieutenant colonel before I discovered this.

No M1s available now. You need to keep checking on odcmp.com

PS Buy the best one you can afford. the servioce grade gives the best value for the money.

 

[MechAg94]

Yeah, you are probably about 6 months or a year late, but they are expected to have more Garands next Fall and more carbines as well. Keep looking.

 

[RustyHammer]

From: "CMPupdates" <[email protected]> Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
To: [email protected]
Subject: CMP Sales Update 06/29/2007
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:48:23 -0400

LATEST CMP SALES NEWS - 29 June 2007.
M1 GARAND PRICE INCREASES. Although CMP is not currently accepting any
orders for M1 Garand rifles, we do expect to again begin taking orders
later this year. In response to customer inquiries about rumored price
increases, we are announcing new pricing at this time. for additional
details, please see http://www.odcmp.com/Services/Rifles/m1garand.htm.

M1 GARAND RECEIVERS. The price of Grade B stripped receivers (item
RM1RECSAB) will increase to $195 effective 9 July 2007. The current price
of $125 will be honored for all in-store orders through 8 July and
mail-orders postmarked before 9 July 2007. Less than 1,500 Grade B
receivers remain in inventory. For description and additional details see
http://www.odcmp.com/Services/Rifles/m1garand.htm.

M1 GARAND DRILL RIFLES. The price of M1 Garand Drill Rifles (item
RM1DRILL) will increase to $345 effective 9 July 2007. The current price of
$295 will be honored for all in-store sales through 8 July and mail
orders postmarked before 9 July 2007. Only 550 Garand drill rifles remain
in stock. For description and details, please see
http://www.odcmp.com/Services/Rifles/m1garand.htm.

GARAND SALES AT 2007 NATIONAL MATCHES. CMP has assembled a few hundred
M1 Garand rifles for sale ""only" at Camp Perry during the National
Matches. We expect to have approximately 200 (Rack, Field, and Service
Grade) on the store racks for 9 July and another 800 for 28 July. Because
of the limited quantity, a purchase limit of 1 rifle per customer will
be in effect for this sale. We will also have a small quantity of
National Match and M1D Garands available at the CMP North Store beginning
28 July. A limit of one per customer for these models will also be in
effect.

LC .30-06 SELLING OUT QUICKLY. Lake City .30-06 ammunition is no
longer available by the case for mail order. Some cases are still available
for purchase and pickup at the North Store. We expect that this email
will generate a flood of Estore orders this weekend - resulting in our
selling out of the remaining hundreds of cans of LC still in inventory
before 4 July. HXP .30-06 will last for several years.

CARBINE UPDATE. As of 3:00 PM Friday, 29 June 2007, we are shipping
carbines for orders received on 4 May and processing orders received on 8
May. We expect to have all Inland carbine orders shipped by 31 July.
Next manufacturer to be released will be Underwood. Less than 3,200
available. Price for Underwood carbines is $565, plus $22.95 S&H. Date we
will begin accepting orders will be announced at the end of July, 2007
http://www.odcmp.com/rifles/carbine.htm

SOUTH STORE CLOSED. A reminder that the CMP South store in Anniston AL
will be closed 22 July, 2007 through 8 August, 2007. Many of the CMP
South staff will be at Camp Perry supporting the National Matches.

EMAILS TO CMP. To improve response time for emails being sent to the
CMP, please include the email thread (previous emails - if any). Work
assignments at CMP are rotated almost daily based on staff availability
and having the complete thread reduces research time. The CMP staff
thanks you for this consideration. Please note that emails with no subject
in the subject line are filtered out as spam.

Thank you for your support of the CMP.

Orest Michaels
Chief Operating Officer
Address: CMP. 1401 Commerce Blvd. Anniston, AL 36207.

 

[HorseSoldier]

Like Grizz22 said, being current (or former, I suppose) military smooths out a lot of wrinkles for you. When I got my first Garand from them all I needed was military ID and a passport (proof of citizenship -- if you're an officer and a gentleman all you need is the ID, unlike us poor enlisted folks).