Some surplus guns have known issues or tendencies that enthusiasts have documented in the online forums or have revealed in the course of posted gun reviews.

The U.S. Army is expected to transfer upward of 8,000 surplus M1911 pistols for civilian sale in fiscal 2018.

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. (U.S. Archives) For those ...

With the stroke of a pen, as many as 10,000 Army surplus 1911A1 pistols could be available for sale to the public early next year.

In parting with excess, outdated guns, the Army will save a little cash as well. Storing surplus weapons is more expensive than you’d think (representatives from Rogers’ office have estimated ...

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.

The Type 54 is a 1950's era North China Industries (Norinco) clone of the Russian TT pistol, and large quantities have recently become available through AIM Surplus.

WASHINGTON — Tens of thousands of surplus military handguns could be sold to private American citizens through a government-chartered nonprofit under an amendment added to the 2017 defense bill.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program is well known as the go-to place to buy surplus military firearms, so the Government Accountability Office recently tallied up how much money the nonprofit has ...

Century International Arms didn’t start out buying and selling surplus weapons that governments were happy to unload for a price. The company that morphed into North America’s largest surplus firearms ...

Limited Release The Army will make these surplus pistols available through the government-chartered Civilian Marksmanship Program or CMP. The release will be limited to only several thousand in 2018.