Sweet. So you were looking for a WWII pistol and instead got what could be a WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam pistol! Oh yeah, and the cold war and Grenada and Panama...could have been lots of interesting places. Nice.
Yeah, pretty much ^^^^ this...
I've been a supporter of the CMP for quite a while. What's not to like? Buy a piece of history, at a fair price and your proceeds go toward firearms safety, training and competition being encouraged to the civilian population.
There was a lot of angst over how they handled the whole process. It was completely unwarranted as the first release of the first 8,000 M1911s and M1911A1s deemed obsolete, was run with the efficiency of a machine.
Major KUDOs for the hardworking folks of the Civilian Marksmanship Program! They knocked it out of the park.
And don't forget, they are still working those 80 some thousand, Philippine return M1 Garands. You can have a nice piece of 'The Greatest Generation' delivered to your door for 650 to 750 bucks provided that you meet a handful of requirements.
P.S. Not a paid spokesman, just a happy customer!