Maybe I should have said "another" mountain, lol. The Carbines have all but dried up. Even still, look at the Garands - there are more "sold out" than available.
The market outside of CMP has always been higher than what you could get directly from CMP. It's the price of ignorance or laziness I suppose. You also always had guys/dealers buying the max allotment for themselves, their families, etc and selling them for profit too.