Round Three CMP 1911 Sale

[wctriumph]

1911 INFORMATION

CIVILIAN MARKSMANSHIP PROGRAM▸FEATURE ON HOMEPAGE▸1911 INFORMATION
ROUND 3 1911 ANNOUNCEMENT

THE PROCEDURES FOR PURCHASING 1911 TYPE PISTOLS FROM CMP 1911

• Round 3 CMP 1911 Guidelines
• Round 3 CMP 1911 Order Packet
• Round 3 CMP 1911 Order Packet ? Fillable Form

Orders must be postmarked NOT PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER 1, 2022 and NOT AFTER SEPTEMBER 30, 2022.
Every applicant will be treated as a new customer to CMP 1911.
Previous purchases or relationships with CMP create no advantage or disadvantage to the customer.
CMP 1911 is an FFL governed operation and is a separate entity from CMP and has its own record keeping operation with no ties to the existing CMP records.
All ordering information is included in the CMP 1911 order packet. The information contained in the packet should answer ALL QUESTIONS regarding the ordering process. ORDERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BEFORE September 1, 2022.

[Bailey Guns]

Wish I could get another one...

[def90]

Wish I could get another one...

Same here..

Just in case anyone needs a little prodding..

[wctriumph]

Field grade

[Bailey Guns]

I'll play...

Colt service grade:

[clodhopper]

I thought the point of the CMP was to get reasonably priced firearms into the hands of civilians to encourage shooting proficiency.

Maybe someone can explain to me how a >$1000 basic colt 45 that is used makes sense. You can buy brand new alternatives for less, even half as much. Is this the collector market driving pricing? If so, selling to collector types to hide in a safe doesnt fulfill the purpose of the CMP.

[beast556]

I thought the point of the CMP was to get reasonably priced firearms into the hands of civilians to encourage shooting proficiency.

Maybe someone can explain to me how a >$1000 basic colt 45 that is used makes sense. You can buy brand new alternatives for less, even half as much. Is this the collector market driving pricing? If so, selling to collector types to hide in a safe doesnt fulfill the purpose of the CMP.

+1, prices on all there guns has been out of control for years now.

[def90]

I thought the point of the CMP was to get reasonably priced firearms into the hands of civilians to encourage shooting proficiency.

Maybe someone can explain to me how a >$1000 basic colt 45 that is used makes sense. You can buy brand new alternatives for less, even half as much. Is this the collector market driving pricing? If so, selling to collector types to hide in a safe doesnt fulfill the purpose of the CMP.

Where an you get an actual USGI 1911 for less? WW2 made Ithacas sell north of $2k on Gunbroker.

[clodhopper]

Where an you get an actual USGI 1911 for less? WW2 made Ithacas sell north of $2k on Gunbroker.

OK. You missed the point. What is the intent of the CMP? CMP was not created to sell at high market prices to collectors of US History in an effort to gather profit. I dont disagree with your point about USGI history. But CMP was established to put used govt surplus into the hands of citizens to encourage shooting training, generally raising the marksmanship of the citizenry. From the (supposed to be) CMP point of view, these weapons are simply used govt surplus to be distributed at appropriate used weapon market value (not collector piece), or relatively close to that. The CMP keeps raising the bar to obtain a weapon and raising the price. They have lost the path.

[def90]

OK. You missed the point. What is the intent of the CMP? CMP was not created to sell at high market prices to collectors of US History in an effort to gather profit. I dont disagree with your point about USGI history. But CMP was established to put used govt surplus into the hands of citizens to encourage shooting training, generally raising the marksmanship of the citizenry. From the (supposed to be) CMP point of view, these weapons are simply used govt surplus to be distributed at appropriate used weapon market value (not collector piece), or relatively close to that. The CMP keeps raising the bar to obtain a weapon and raising the price. They have lost the path.

Fair market value would be closer to $2k and above.

The 1911's weren't ever a part of CMP's charter, they only got these due to a couple congressmen that got the 1911 transfer shoved in to another bill, they were going to be scrapped otherwise, that is why they have the completely separate sales and entry system from the Garands. The money they will raise from these will go to fund more Garand imports if and when they ever become available.

The only gripe I have with the CMP is that they should have gotten rid of the 8 or whatever rifles a year a long time ago as it has become quite obvious that many people are using the CMP in order to make a quick $ flipping them. Even with the current shortage they are still letting guys walk in to the stores and buy multiple rifles a day. There are guys out there that have themselves, their wife and all their kids on their account and are getting dozens of rifles a year in which they flip on Gunbroker at double the price that CMP sold them for.