Glad you cleared that up for me. It's only been about 50 years.jimlongley wrote:DCM was never an NRA program, it was a US Government program, administered by the US Army.
So, was the NRA involved somehow? Seems like we got it thru the NRA.
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- Sun Nov 02, 2008 11:50 am
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Re: Remember the NRA's $20 M1 Carbines?
So, was the NRA involved somehow? Seems like we got it thru the NRA.
- Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:24 am
- Forum: Rifles & Shotguns
- Topic: Remember the NRA's $20 M1 Carbines?
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Remember the NRA's $20 M1 Carbines?
Back in the mid '60's, the NRA made available surplus M1 carbines for around $20 as part of their "Director of Civilian Marksmanship" program, now the CMP.
We got one delivered for about $25.
You'd put in your order, and when they became available you took the chance of getting one that had been dragged across Iwo Jima or one still in cosmoline. We got a new one by Winchester, Manf. date Feb-Nov 1944.
And at age 16 I thought it was the coolest gun in the world because it went bang louder than my .22, and did it real fast with the 30 round banana clip.
No politics intended, but I bought a 1,000 rounds of bulk ammo yesterday, took it to the range and fired about 20 rounds through it. Shoots like a little close-range dream.
Kind'a purty, too, ain't it?
We got one delivered for about $25.
You'd put in your order, and when they became available you took the chance of getting one that had been dragged across Iwo Jima or one still in cosmoline. We got a new one by Winchester, Manf. date Feb-Nov 1944.
And at age 16 I thought it was the coolest gun in the world because it went bang louder than my .22, and did it real fast with the 30 round banana clip.
No politics intended, but I bought a 1,000 rounds of bulk ammo yesterday, took it to the range and fired about 20 rounds through it. Shoots like a little close-range dream.
Kind'a purty, too, ain't it?