September?!? But I Want it NOW!

The Civilian Marksmanship program has given us a little more info on the M1 Carbines it received:

We have started the inspection of the M1 Carbines that were recently transferred to the CMP. Because the carbines were received with the bolts removed and many are in heavy preservative, the process is taking longer than expected. The carbines will not be ready for sale on 1 March. We will begin accepting carbine orders for Inland carbines on 30 April, 2007. Carbine orders received prior to 30 April will be returned to the sender. Other manufacturers will not be available until later in the year. At this time no decisions have been made as to pricing. We are not accepting orders or establishing waiting lists at this time. Next CMP Sales update is planned for 23 March.

We do not expect to find any ‘collector’ or ‘correct’ grades.

We do not expect to have a “field” grade for these carbines.

After all the carbines are inspected and graded, any remaining receivers or barreled receivers will be put up for sale at that time. We do not expect this to happen for another 12-18 months.

We do not have magazines, slings or oilers. Carbines will not be sold with magazines, slings, or oilers. If we are able to acquire any of these items, we will list them for sale separately at a later date.

Now, here's the bad news:

ITEM	MANUFACTURER	PRICE	COMMENTS**
R017IN	INLAND	TBD	Accepting orders beginning 30 April 2007. Carbine orders received before 30 April will be returned to sender.
R017UD	UNDERWOOD	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017Q	QUALITY HARDWARE	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017NP	NATIONAL POSTAL METER	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017IBM	IBM	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017SA	SAGINAW SG	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017ST	STANDARD PRODUCTS	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017WIN	WINCHESTER	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017RO	ROCKOLA	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017SG	SAGINAW S'G' (GRAND RAPIDS)	TBD	Not accepting orders before Sept 2007
R017IP	IRWIN PEDERSON	Auction	Auction Only
AUCTION	***	Auction	Auction Only

So, no IBM until after October at the earliest, and jeebus only knows what the price might be. Damn.