I received an update from the CMP about the 1911 pistols. There are three grades posted: Service Grade: $1050; Field grade $950 and Rack Grade: $850. Please go to www.thecmp.org to verify these prices. There have reserved some of the pistols to auction only.....these are the really good or maybe rarer ones that people thought they might get for Rack grade prices. Oh....ONLY ONE per customer. If you buy one through their lottery, you cannot buy an auction pistol and vice-versa.

They do not know how many pistols will be available next year. I also do not remember if your Number is not chosen this time, if you will be held over for the next batch or if a new application must be submitted. Again, please view the website or contact them.

They discussed their two levels of background checks......the Army/CMP does not want any of these pistols being returned for any reason. Therefore, they will perform a BG check at CMP level to be certain that you can take possession, then the pistol will be shipped to an FFL who will perform the Their 4473 BG check on you again. If you pass the initial one, the 2nd should only be an inconvenience, but you will still probably be charge for the BG check. C&R licensees will not be honored.

Applications must be submitted by regular mail only and can begin being accepted by a date in September (Please check their website for details). Any applications received prior to that date WILL NOT be accepted nor held.

This is a lot to enter a lottery for a "chance" to purchase a pistol. Does it really matter if these were owned by the military? Is that CMP certificate going to double the resale value of one of these pistols.....if that is all some people are looking for? Many of those certificates get lost and often never get transferred with the gun, so after that, who's to say where the gun came from?

Personally, I already own a nice 1918 Colt. I hardly ever shoot it.
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