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The Civilian Marksmanship Program sells M1 Garand rifles, M1911 pistols, and soon M14s

The rifles will be permanently converted to semi-automatic and sold under special authorization after the CMP said demand for genuine surplus M14s remains strong.

During the Spanish-American War, Theodore Roosevelt noticed that some civilians-turned-soldiers displayed some fairly poor marksmanship skills. So when Congress considered creating the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice under the Office of the Secretary of the Army to address the problem, President Roosevelt was its biggest champion. Under the NBPRP, the Office of the Director of Civilian Marksmanship became responsible for civil…

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We Are The Mighty broke the news in United States on Thursday, July 30, 2026.
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