Military.com

New Information Out on Army Surplus 1911 .45 Sales

The leadership of the Civilian Marksmanship Program recently updated its website with the requirements, guidelines and background checks needed to purchase an Army surplus 1911 .45 pistol in fiscal ...
Stars and Stripes

Army double-timing exit of obsolete weapons and equipment

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — One of the largest military bases in the U.S. is conducting a massive housecleaning of redundant and outdated military gear and hardware. Old Humvees and field radios ...
al.com

Army has 8,000 surplus M1911 .45 pistols: How you can get one

The Army has given the Civilian Marksmanship Program thousands of surplus M1911 .45 caliber pistols to sell. Getting one won't necessarily be easy, however. There are about 8,000 of the firearms ...
Task & Purpose

Here’s How You Can Snag One Of The Army’s Surplus M1911 Pistols

After writing about the potential mass sale of the Army’s surplus .45 ACP M1911 pistols through the government-chartered Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), I received a fuck-ton of emails over the ...
Army Times

It turns out the demand for surplus Army 1911 handguns outstrips supply (by a lot)

Pistols like this 1970s-era 1911 handgun could soon be available to private purchasers as part of 8,000 surplus guns being sold through the Civilian Marksmanship Program. (Photo: U.S. Archives) ...
KGUN 9

Business owner turns army surplus into Absolutely Arizona success

TUCSON, Ariz. — Since 1951 Don Sloane has been running Miller's Surplus, and running from one end of his store to the other. "Nothing stops me," said Sloane. "Except the idea, like a customer stops ...