Where to buy military rifles?

[MrBrian]

Where are some good brick and mortar places, preferrably in East Tennessee, that usually carry a good selection of older/military rifles (such as 1903, Garand, Mosins, Enfields, etc...)

[gjohnsoniv]

Rocky Top Armory has a pretty good selection. It's in Seymour by the way.

[TrickyNicky]

Not Tn at all but you'll be hard pressed to beat the CMP store in Alabama. Garands, Carbines, 03's and more.

[Jonnin]

gun shows tend to have a lot of this stuff.

[Hershmeister]

+1 on cmp

You
Can find a lot of us rifles at the TMCA shows, but plan on bargaining over the prices. I've found most of my stuff via the Internet sites such as TGO, gunboards and cmp forums. Mosins you can still buy from many places.

[NRA]

I found some good stuff online and in other military surplus forums

[Ramjo]

Tri Cities Gun Depot stocks mosins....oh wait, you already know that...

[MrBrian]

Yes, I already got one mosin, but as we all know.... that's never enough

[bajabuc]

Pawn shop in Clinton has a couple of 03's and a straight pull swiss. A couple of Japs and a SMLE Shylock's Pawn...first pawnshop on the left driving north on Clinton highway.

[Guest TankerHC]

+1000 on CMP. If your not eligible, join a club/range that makes you eligible. Then register on their Forum so you will know when all the deals come in. Garands are always there, 03's, 17's, Carbines, not so much. Before they are even in the store the Forum gets the info posted about the date they will be put out. You have to be there or you wont get one or you have to order to be shipped before they are gone. I just stopped in and bought two more Garands, they had ZERO M1 Carbines, 17's or 03's. Other than Garands the only thing they had was some old Belgian (?) receivers and barrels (And some match Garand Barrels). Asked Mike about when they were getting some more 03's and 1917's in and he gave me the same answer I just gave you. Check the Forums, best bet.

[Tempest455]

As others have posted CMP, Gun Broker etc.

James River Armory does top notch restorations if you are in the market for a restored gun.

[Guest TankerHC]

One other thing, and I know this doesnt actually answer the OP question, but thought I would throw this out there (Im sure its probably on here somewhere).

Get an 03 FFL (C&R). It takes all of 30 minutes to fill out correctly, do a google image search of "Properly filled out E-Form 7CR (5310.16)" and there are tons of legitimate sites that have step by step instructions with examples of everything, the 7CR, the Compliance Form (Takes 2 minutes to fill out) and the notification letter you have to mail off to your PD Chief/Sheriff, etc. And costs only 30 bucks for 3 years. I recently did it and it was completed, in an envelope and in the mail box in less than an hour. The copy of the 7CR that you have to send to your Local PD Chief doesn't even need to be re filled out, the E-Form fills it in for you as your filling out the top part.

Too easy.

EDIT: And you can get your log book off Amazon and several other places for $20. Edited December 3, 2012 by TankerHC

[dou44]

[u]bill's outpost in alcoa [/u]

[Mike.357]

Wideners in Johnson City usually has some good stuff. Here is what they list online.


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[Guest bulluck533]

In Maryville Alcoa area its hard to beat the selection Bill's Outpost has.