September?!? But I Want it NOW!

The Civilian Marksmanship program has given us a little more info on the M1 Carbines it received:

We have started the inspection of the M1 Carbines that were recently transferred to the CMP. Because the carbines were received with the bolts removed and many are in heavy preservative, the process is taking longer than expected. The carbines will not be ready for sale on 1 March. We will begin accepting carbine orders for Inland carbines on 30 April, 2007. Carbine orders received prior to 30 April will be returned to the sender. Other manufacturers will not be available until later in the year. At this time no decisions have been made as to pricing. We are not accepting orders or establishing waiting lists at this time. Next CMP Sales update is planned for 23 March.

We do not expect to find any ‘collector’ or ‘correct’ grades.

We do not expect to have a “field” grade for these carbines.

After all the carbines are inspected and graded, any remaining receivers or barreled receivers will be put up for sale at that time. We do not expect this to happen for another 12-18 months.

We do not have magazines, slings or oilers. Carbines will not be sold with magazines, slings, or oilers. If we are able to acquire any of these items, we will list them for sale separately at a later date.

Now, here’s the bad news:

ITEM MANUFACTURER PRICE COMMENTS**
R017IN INLAND TBD Accepting
orders beginning 30 April 2007. Carbine orders received before 30
April will be returned to sender.
R017UD UNDERWOOD TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017Q QUALITY
HARDWARE
TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017NP NATIONAL
POSTAL METER
TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017IBM IBM TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017SA SAGINAW
SG
TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017ST STANDARD
PRODUCTS
TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017WIN WINCHESTER TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017RO ROCKOLA TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017SG SAGINAW
S’G’ (GRAND RAPIDS)
TBD Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017IP IRWIN
PEDERSON
Auction Auction Only
AUCTION
***
Auction Auction Only

So, no IBM until after October at the earliest, and jeebus only knows what the price might be. Damn.

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