aeon-ag said:
ABATTBQ87 said:
the army is putting many of these sidearms up for sale. Two years ago, via the National Defense Authorization Act, the American Congress authorized the transfer of 10,000 of these pistols to the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) which will manage the sale of the handguns.
https://m.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/browning-m1911-for-sale.html
The CMP marks them up way over the pistols value.
As someone who is in the gun industry, I can tell you that "way over" is "way exaggerated." If you are talking about the rack grade ones, I probably would agree with you there. If you are talking about the service grade ones, I have a feeling that those are going to be lower than they should be. On top of that, with how much excitement we all have for them, the market will more than bare the price of these. Which means, by definition, not over priced.
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