We can only hope.
It doesn't help the ban on military barrels and so on thats been in place for the past couple of years. Bush and company seem to hate people having firearms that weren't specifically designed for sporting for some odd reason.
You can't go wrong with a nice Lee Enfield. You might also want to look up one of the Mosins. Great piece of history for usually well under a $100. Mauser prices have gone up a tad to the $200. Alot of these are Russian captures on the market right now but still contain original markings. Finnish Mosins and Persian Mausers are both really well respected firearms.
US surplus rifles will cost you more money. You might want to look for the cmp for the 1903 and M1 Garand. You should be able to pick them up in the $400-700 range, maybe a bit more at stores. Those are your most costly options. You tend to see M1 Carbines going at auctions online and gunshows in the $400-600 range. I really like one with the folding stock personally but my wife insists I spend it on things like fixing her computer that I broke.
Plenty of modern 1911s around and you can still find plenty of WW2 handguns from other countries. I personally would recommend the P38 Walther. Its a find pistol, that fits the hand nice. A P07 luger is going to be really costly. I also like having an Enfield revolver and would like a Webley to add to my British WW2 stuff.
It cost about $100 in parts and #4 magazines. Nice bore some dings but I still have not shot it.
