With A Loud, Resounding Pop

Pull your head out of your ass CMP.

When did liberals capture this supposed bastion of citizen gun ownership?

You're going to price the surplus M1911A1's starting "around $1,000" to prevent them from falling into the hands of someone who knocks over a liquor store?  To keep them from being tossed into a glove box?

To insure that they're cherished as heirlooms?

I hate to break it to y'all, but it's very likely that only a specific gun will be thought of as an heirloom by a veteran or their families.

Mine is serial number 1164935, by the way.

1164935 should not be a $1,000 gun.  It had a Remington Rand slide and a Colt frame.  The last time I'd turned it in, the front sight had departed for the second time; the unit armorer had no idea how to set a sight.  I was also the last soldier issued that gun, we drew M9's the next day.

My issue gun was one of the nicer ones too. 

Let that sink in.

The nicer guns are going to be the most refurbished and frankensteined.  Mix-masters which are the least valuable guns NOW!

These guns should be sold at market value, not an inflation of it.  An inflation that likely puts them out of reach of the very people who, dare I say, deserve them the most.

It's probably too much to hope that people will refuse to pay $1,000 for one.

I'll bet that they sell out in a day and those same $1,000 guns will be on Gunbroker for $1,500 starting bid the next day; after some entrepreneur buys a wholesale sized lot.

Just like they did to Garands.

There's a solution to all of this.

Limit ONE.

Put a fair market value on them, like $500.  Limit one per customer.  $100 to look for a specific serial number.  Sell with the understanding that if an inquiry for a specific serial comes in on your gun, you will be contacted with an offer to exchange it for a different gun to facilitate a reunion.