Army to sell off remaining 1911 pistols, other small arms

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The Army Plans On Selling Off Its Remaining Arsenal Of M1911 Pistols

"The $700 billion 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that Congress sent to President Donald Trump’s desk on Nov. 16 included an amendment that required the Secretary of the Army to transfer a cache of small arms and ammo “no longer actively issued for military service” to the government-sponsored Civilian Marksmanship Program, including the M1911 and M1911A1 pistols, the M–1 Garand, and .22 rimfire rifles."

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"The last transfer of 1911s to the CMP was in 2015, when President Barack Obama signed a defense bill that included a measure to transfer 10,000 pistols for sale to the program; lawmakers har stated that May that the DoD spends $2 a year to store each of its 100,000 surplus 1911s. With 10,000 already transferred and 8,300 additional pistols “sold or disposed of,” per Guns.com, that means there are at least 80,000 1911s ready and waiting for a nasty civilian to give them a good home."

http://taskandpurpose.com/army-selling-m1911-pistols/

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Re: Army to sell off remaining 1911 pistols, other small arm

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Tere wrote:The .22lr rifles will probably be Remington 40x with bull barrels - Army bought a boatload of these for ROTC and basic training. Good shooters back in the day.
That is what I shot back in high school ROTC many years ago in a galaxy far far away, great gun.
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