I know this has been mentioned before, a year or so ago (see, I can so use the search function), but I thought it would bear repeating for perhaps some of the newer members.
If you are a US citizen, legally permitted to own firearms, and belong to one of the many organizations listed, you can purchase surplus firearms and sometimes ammunition directly from the US government, and have them shipped to your house.
Most of the firearms are M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, and occasionally M1917 Enfields and so on, but they do sometimes have 22 caliber target rifles (Kimber and Mossberg) and air rifles and etc. They do not sell automatic weapons, sorry. No pistols either.
http://www.thecmp.org/
The prices are OK. Sometimes a deal, sometimes not so much - but with current shortages in gun shops, they might be a better deal at the moment than they usually are.
It used be more of a chore to get your M1 Garand or whatever from the CMP than it is now. You used to have to join the NRA and shoot in a 'for score' hi-power match, get your local police chief to OK the purchase, get fingerprinted at the local PD, and you could only buy one rifle per lifetime (then they changed it to one per year, now it is unlimited, I think).
I believe that if and when new gun control regulations come down on us from the federal government, one of the first things they'll do is shut down the CMP. So if you ever had a desire to own the actual rifle that won WWII, now might be your time. These are not replicas or modern weapons - these are actual issued rifles from WWII that have been kept in storage, then cleaned up, test-fired, and made ready for use.
If you are a US citizen, legally permitted to own firearms, and belong to one of the many organizations listed, you can purchase surplus firearms and sometimes ammunition directly from the US government, and have them shipped to your house.
Most of the firearms are M1 Garands, M1 Carbines, and occasionally M1917 Enfields and so on, but they do sometimes have 22 caliber target rifles (Kimber and Mossberg) and air rifles and etc. They do not sell automatic weapons, sorry. No pistols either.
http://www.thecmp.org/
The prices are OK. Sometimes a deal, sometimes not so much - but with current shortages in gun shops, they might be a better deal at the moment than they usually are.
It used be more of a chore to get your M1 Garand or whatever from the CMP than it is now. You used to have to join the NRA and shoot in a 'for score' hi-power match, get your local police chief to OK the purchase, get fingerprinted at the local PD, and you could only buy one rifle per lifetime (then they changed it to one per year, now it is unlimited, I think).
I believe that if and when new gun control regulations come down on us from the federal government, one of the first things they'll do is shut down the CMP. So if you ever had a desire to own the actual rifle that won WWII, now might be your time. These are not replicas or modern weapons - these are actual issued rifles from WWII that have been kept in storage, then cleaned up, test-fired, and made ready for use.
