I’d say it’s similar to how they price the M1s and other surplus rifles they sell in comparison to the open market.
However, when compared to actual US Military 1911s I’ve seen elsewhere, I think the CMP’s pricing is very reasonable. So no, there won’t be any $200 1911s involved with this program. That’s part of the reason it took so long for the 1911 sales to get started. The usual suspects in DC threw a bunch of hurdles at them some even at the last minute, when they figured out that these were to be sold. The CMP incurred some significant costs to be able to proceed with this. Also unlike the rest of the firearms the CMP sells, you can’t purchase a 1911 from any of the CMP Stores. If these terms are not acceptable to you, save yourself some aggravation and don’t bother looking into this any further.Īlso, they’re not giving these 1911s away either. Because the demand for these has vastly outstripped supply, they’re selling these on a lottery system. If you’ve ever purchased an NFA regulated item, you undoubtedly are familiar with this concept. There is some paperwork to contend with, it has to be done just right, and you’re going to wait a while. That means it’s not as simple as buying a handgun at your favorite local gun shop. The CMP sends these 1911s in a nice hard case.īefore I proceed any further, this is a program that is supplied by, and to some degree overseen by the government. Interestingly enough, this happened as an amendment to a yearly defense spending bill.
Then in 2015, the CMP was authorized to take possession of the remaining 175,000 1911s via a yearly allotment, and sell them. Regrettably, as they are prone to do, the government destroyed some of them as well. Some were pulled out of storage and used by certain military units. And for the most part, there they sat for a couple of decades. As these 1911s were removed from service, they were inspected and put into storage-just in case of a future military need to reissue them. Obviously, this didn’t happen overnight (hence some units still having them when they went to Saudi Arabia in 1990-91). With the adoption of the Beretta M9 pistol in 1985, the remaining 1911s then in service began to be replaced. In the meantime, the US military carried these pistols with them into Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, and some even were used in Operation Desert Storm. Then somewhere along the way some of the clowns in DC decided that the US government shouldn’t be selling handguns to its citizens. Some of these were sold, for a while anyway, by the Director of Civilian Marksmanship, the forerunner to the modern CMP. After WWII, the Armed Forces had a LOT of extra 1911s. If you’re not familiar with the back story, I’ll fill in the details.
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