CMP 1911 projected pricing

Mark75H · Jan 22, 2016

Not what I had hoped for :mad54:

http://www.alloutdoor.com/2016/01/1...rom-cmp-chief-operating-officer-mark-johnson/

Maxsplat · Jan 22, 2016

Starting price of $1000. Really need to start saving

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montoya32 · Jan 22, 2016

$10,000,000 is sales for CMP is a nice boost in sales for them.

Matlack · Jan 22, 2016

Im pretty surprised by that price, $1K for "rack grade" is pretty stiff. Low end 2ndary market isnt even that much.

SKroh · Jan 22, 2016

Ha.

Nope.

cantstop · Jan 22, 2016

From TFA

The Secretary of the Army has to officially release the pistols to the CMP and there currently is no Secretary of the Army. Consequently, the release of the pistols is dependent on who next fills that post.

Alphabrew · Jan 22, 2016

They will sell every last one and would be stupid to charge any less. Surplus 1911s sell everyday in that range or higher.

Reptile · Jan 22, 2016

Alphabrew said:
They will sell every last one and would be stupid to charge any less. Surplus 1911s sell everyday in that range or higher.

I haven't seen one for less than $1000.00 in quite a while. I must not be looking in the right places.

montoya32 · Jan 22, 2016

Alphabrew said:
They will sell every last one and would be stupid to charge any less. Surplus 1911s sell everyday in that range or higher.

I thought CMP was sort of a "civic" organization that used to try to get people into the shooting sport and re-issue military arms at affordable prices to expand the shooting sports? $1,000 a pop seems like an effort to capitalize on the opportunity, which is fine, but what is the mission statement of CMP?

Edit: I found the mission statement. 501(c)(3) organization.

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dist1646 · Jan 22, 2016

montoya32 said:
I thought CMP was sort of a "civic" organization that used to try to get people into the shooting sport and re-issue military arms at affordable prices to expand the shooting sports? $1,000 a pop seems like an effort to capitalize on the opportunity, which is fine, but what is the mission statement of CMP?

Affordable? That was the old DCM program.

bpm32 · Jan 22, 2016

montoya32 said:
I thought CMP was sort of a "civic" organization that used to try to get people into the shooting sport and re-issue military arms at affordable prices to expand the shooting sports? $1,000 a pop seems like an effort to capitalize on the opportunity, which is fine, but what is the mission statement of CMP?

Edit: I found the mission statement. 501(c)(3) organization.

The sale of surplus firearms is just the means to the end. When all the guns are gone they won't have much of an income stream to continue their existence.

montoya32 · Jan 22, 2016

Would be curious to know what the expense to purchase the pistols is to them.

bpm32 · Jan 22, 2016

Surplus firearms go to the Army from all of the services and from returned MAP sources, and the Army turns them over to the CMP. They don't pay for the guns, except for storage, inspection, rebuilding, etc. Most of the ammo they sell they do pay for, however.

dist1646 · Jan 22, 2016

I think storage costs are estimated at $10 per gun per year.

bpm32 · Jan 22, 2016

dist1646 said:
I think storage costs are estimated at $10 per gun per year.

I guess that's not insignificant! No wonder Orest wanted to offload the Garands as soon as possible.

bpm32 · Jan 22, 2016

CMP has had a change in management. Up until recently, the goal was to move rifles. Now under Mark Johnson it's more about maximizing (to a point) the profits to keep CMP alive indefinitely. So before, there might be a short blast of, say, M1 Carbines at low prices, now those carbines go to the CMP online auction site. So I carbine that the market would basically say was worth $850 now goes for $1200. Part of that is auction fever, part is that's it's a guarantee of authenticity (a lot of fake carbine parts out there), but a major part of it is the enormous goodwill a lot of people have for the CMP and it's mission.

smokedog · Jan 22, 2016

I would buy one. Who knows when things will dry up for cmp.

frogman68 · Jan 22, 2016

Get 2 1927's and still have some change..

Yes I will be trying to get one of these

WeaponsCollector · Jan 22, 2016

$1,000 for an authentic piece of military history, I think that's not too bad.
This one cost me a total of $625 to build using all new mil-spec parts, not including the cost of the jig.

Matlack · Jan 22, 2016

The problem Is these won't be ww1 or ww2 Era guns. They will be mix masters. $1k will be high for a low end beat up 1911 mix master. I'm sure they will sell them, but I will wait until I see what is coming out.

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