CMP Rifle Sales - Someone Please Send Me $195

[Glenn Bartley]

No I don't expect a dime, but just am wishing I could find an extra $195, or better yet an extra $390.00. You see, the CMP is again offering the Mossberg M44 for sale. It is a great, as in absolutely excellent, rifle in .22 caliber. I purchased one from the CMP a few years ago, it is a tack driver, though as with a hammer I sometimes hit my thumb! (No I did not shoot myself in the thumb, I just miss hitting the targets squarely sometimes but through not fault of the rifle.)

They are again available, this time for $175 plus about $20 for shipping. You need to follow some rules to order one, and that means you have to become a member of a state level rifle club or association that is affiliated with the CMP, but it is well worth it. You will also need to buy a magazine (rifle does not come with any) and maybe a new trigger guard (metal and plastic ones available commercially) as some of the old trigger guards have cracked; but again well worth it. I have seen these rifles sell for well over $400 apiece.

Absolutely great shooters from my own experience, and from reports I have read from others. A rifle made to last a lifetime or maybe three.

All the best,
Glenn B

[Rich Jordan]

I already have two .22 target rifles from the CMP (H&R M12 and a Win 52D). Mustn't get another. No no no no. No more. I don't need one. Really...

sigh

[Joe ex PNG]

I grabbed a M44 from a gun store a few years ago, and just love it. It did need a trigger job- not a lot of money, really, and the gun shop offered to buy it off me, as did every one who has ever shot it.