CMP Carbine Sales

The following e-mail has started to go out from the CMP today.  Note 
that the price of the Inland M1 Carbines has been set at $495.

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LATEST CMP SALES NEWS - 23 MAR 2007.

M1 CARBINE SALES. 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. We will begin accepting 
carbine orders for Inland carbines on 30 April, 2007. The Inland 
carbines are priced at $495 each. Carbine orders received prior to 30 
April will be returned to the sender. Other manufacturers will not be 
available until later in the year. We are not accepting orders or 
establishing waiting lists at this time. Please see 
<http://www.odcmp.com/rifles/carbine.htm.>http://www.odcmp.com/rifles/carbine.htm. 
We will post new information as it becomes available.

CARBINE AMMO. At this time CMP does not have any carbine ammo for 
sale. If we are successful in acquiring some, we will post the 
information on our website and also include it in a CMP Sales Update.

RIFLE BACKORDERS. We have placed a priority on working those rifles 
needed to fill open backorders and expect to have most of all 
backorders for rifles filled by 30 April. We will contact customers 
and offer them the opportunity to change orders if we find that there 
is no reasonable expectation of fill.

KRAGS. The CMP did receive approximately 500 KRAG rifles. All of 
these were veterans returns and many were nothing more than barreled 
receivers in poor condition. Because of other priorities, we crated 
up these rifles and plan on working them in 2008 or 2009.

CARBINES AT EASTERN GAMES. We do plan on bringing carbines to the 
Eastern Games. Customers will be allowed to tag and reserve specific 
carbines for mail order purchase.

EMAILS TO CMP. To improve response time for emails being sent to the 
CMP, please include the email thread (previous emails - if any). Work 
assignments at CMP are rotated almost daily based on staff 
availability and having the complete thread reduces research time. 
The CMP staff thanks you for this consideration.

Thank you for your support of the CMP.

Orest Michaels
Chief Operating Officer