Pleasant Grove Review | 1942-06-05 | Page 1 | Government to Buy Old Army Rifles

Government To Buy Old Army Rifles WASHINGTON, D. C Army ordnance ord-nance offiicals have approved a National Rifle association plan by which Pleasant Grove has been designated des-ignated to examine privately owned rifles which may be suitable for military use. The NR. A plan was submitted in cooperation with a war department request last month to civilians owning Springfield and Enfield rifles in serviceable condition condi-tion to sell back, to the government those not too drastically altered for army use. Under the accepted plan the secretaries sec-retaries of tire 2200 NRA clubs and other officials of this nationwide nation-wide organization have been instructed in-structed to examine for suitability all rifles of those types which the owners may wish to return. Serving Serv-ing in the Pleasant Grove area is Herbert Hansen, president. In past years many .30 calibre Springfield 1903 and Enfield 1917 rifles have been purchased from the government by sportsmen in this country and may have been radically radi-cally altered so that it no longer would be practical to refit them to military standards. In order to prevent needless shipping of those guns the war department directed owners to take their rifles to the ordnance officer at the . nearest army post for a preliminary examination exami-nation before shipping them to the ordnance depots specified as receiving receiv-ing points. It is believed that with the number of examining experts increased by the recognition of the NRA officials several thousand additional ad-ditional rifles will be turned in by persons not handy to an army post or v.no have no means of transportation. trans-portation. . Ordnance officials have indicated that owners who resell their guns will toe reimbursed on a scale of prices based on a maximum of S4.7.P4 for Snvingfi:-' and $12.50 for Enfieids of service pattern in excellent condition. Prices will be reduced according to condition, expected ex-pected life of the weapon and the amout of labor and material required re-quired to put the rifle back into 'as issued" condition.