Trump To Permit Citizens To Buy Army Surplus Pistols For Cheap

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CMP used to offer "cheap" guns; now they are priced much closer to market. My guess is they will declare the old 1911s to have collector value (no doubt true in some cases) and price these "cheap" 1911's higher than the shop price for a quality second tier brand 1911 like S&W, Remington, Sig, AutoOrd, etc.

That's pretty much the direction they want the sales to go in... 'collectors and history buffs only need apply'

Pricing, Cooper said, is expected to be between $800-$1,000 for shooters.

“It’s hard to say exactly, but a good guess will be around $1,000 minimum,” he said. “One reason for this is that the 1911 is a very valuable pistol. Even though they may be shot out or busted up, we don’t want them falling into the hands of people who will just leave them in a glove box. We want a perceived value — more of an heirloom. We don’t want them considered a standard sidearm. All we need is to have someone commit a liquor store robbery with one and then we’ll be held accountable.

“Their values might be a little bit less, but we want some sort of threshold to prevent anyone from coming in off the street and plunking down $400. I would guess they’d sell for $800 to $1,000 but they’ll go by grade like our M-1s — service grade to collector grade. The rarer ones — ones with all matching numbers or ones carried by celebrities or heroes with provenance, will go to our auction house.”

https://www.thegunwriter.com/23661/cmp-general-manager-can-expect-pay-surplus-1911/