CMP Ordering?

HonestFool03 · Mar 25, 2009

I was looking at CMP's website and had a few questions...

First, I don't have a C&R yet, so obviously I can't order, so is it legal (ie not a straw purchase?) for someone who has a C&R to buy one with the intention of selling it to me?

Secondly, whats the difference between field grade and service grade?

mvee · Mar 25, 2009

You don't need a C&R to order. Field grade are a little more beat up than the service grade.

Tootall · Mar 25, 2009

Yes it is illegal as it would be a straw purchase and possibly violate the purpose of their c&r license which is personal collecting not to order for others. You can order from cmp without a ffl. Just check the eligibility requirements. Participation in organized shooting events will suffice just as well as a c&r. Then just join the gca. You will meet the requirements and won't break any laws trying to get ur garand.

HonestFool03 · Mar 25, 2009

thx guys, i already belong to a qualifying club, so apparently I already meet the requirements

Threeband · Mar 25, 2009

You have to meet the shooting requirement, which is really easy. You don't even have to shoot.

To quote myself from another post:

Basically, they want to know that you're an adult citizen. They want you to belong to some sort of gun related organization , and they want some suggestion that you've actually fired a gun before. You DON'T have to shoot in a competition anymore. You don't have to be former military.

> For the "Membership in CMP Affiliated Organization" you can join the Garand Collectors Association :
http://www.thegca.org/

Tip:

on the membership form, http://www.thegca.org/images/GCAMemApp.pdf.pdf check off the box that says "I WOULD like my GCA membership confirmation released to the Civilian Marksmanship Program.Initial here please: __________."

Then on the CMP order form, when they ask for proof of membership, just write "GCA: check database" and the CMP can confirm it themselves.

For the "Firearms Related Activity:", if nothing else, you can do what I did. Print out this form: http://www.odcmp.com/forms/marksmanship.pdf and get someone to sign off on it. I put the form on a clip board, along with a pen, and asked the Range Officer at Marriottsville to watch me shoot, and check me off, which he did. Of course, if you're former military, have a C&R license, or shoot in competition, then you're golden. Point is, they make it easy these days. Just look over their list.

Now, print out these four pages of forms:
http://www.thecmp.org/pdfs/OrderFormJan2009.pdf

They want you to include all four pages with your order. Page four is a very convenient checklist that makes the whole thing less confusing.

Page two has to be notarized. Any decent bank will do it for free, if you ask nicely. (BB&T got snooty, and wouldn't do it, although I have 3 accounts there. I went to Susquehanna, where I have no account, and the Nice Lady was happy to notarize it for me, no charge.)

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=17150

eddiek2000 · Mar 25, 2009

Threeband said:
You have to meet the shooting requirement, which is really easy. You don't even have to shoot.

To quote myself from another post:

Basically, they want to know that you're an adult citizen. They want you to belong to some sort of gun related organization , and they want some suggestion that you've actually fired a gun before. You DON'T have to shoot in a competition anymore. You don't have to be former military.

> For the "Membership in CMP Affiliated Organization" you can join the Garand Collectors Association :
http://www.thegca.org/

Tip:

on the membership form, http://www.thegca.org/images/GCAMemApp.pdf.pdf check off the box that says "I WOULD like my GCA membership confirmation released to the Civilian Marksmanship Program.Initial here please: __________."

Then on the CMP order form, when they ask for proof of membership, just write "GCA: check database" and the CMP can confirm it themselves.

For the "Firearms Related Activity:", if nothing else, you can do what I did. Print out this form: http://www.odcmp.com/forms/marksmanship.pdf and get someone to sign off on it. I put the form on a clip board, along with a pen, and asked the Range Officer at Marriottsville to watch me shoot, and check me off, which he did. Of course, if you're former military, have a C&R license, or shoot in competition, then you're golden. Point is, they make it easy these days. Just look over their list.

Now, print out these four pages of forms:
http://www.thecmp.org/pdfs/OrderFormJan2009.pdf

They want you to include all four pages with your order. Page four is a very convenient checklist that makes the whole thing less confusing.

Page two has to be notarized. Any decent bank will do it for free, if you ask nicely. (BB&T got snooty, and wouldn't do it, although I have 3 accounts there. I went to Susquehanna, where I have no account, and the Nice Lady was happy to notarize it for me, no charge.)

http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=17150

If that's it then Hot Damn. I'm golden. I looked into joining earlier, but it seemed like too much work, but lately I've had an itch for a Garand!

Threeband · Mar 26, 2009

They have made it easier and easier.

They have tens of thousands of rifles, and I believe they are trying to get as many as possible into civilian hands before the government starts destroying them again, as was done under Clinton.

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