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M1 Garland Ammo
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11/13/16 01:17 PM
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Mook
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Read once where current 30.06 manufactured ammo was not good for these older guns that it ran too hot.....
Do any of you have experience with Garands if so what are you using or what are you reloading with????
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/13/16 01:37 PM
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T Bone
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Use a Garand Gear gas plug, eliminates issues w/ high pressure ammo..
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/13/16 02:57 PM
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Tactical Cowboy
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I believe the hornady manual has garand loads. And there are some garand-specific factory loads out there.
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/13/16 05:02 PM
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I use the Grand Gear gas plugs. Definitely worth the easy and inexpensive swap.
Works well with Remington Core-Lokts. May shoot some pigs with them this year, we got 'em thick.
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/14/16 02:44 PM
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Mook, if you need something specific, let me know. But yes, a max 30-06 load will be rough on the Garand. You want to make sure you use a faster burning powder to reduce the gas port pressure some, instead of the slower burning rifle powders commonly used in an 06.
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/14/16 03:49 PM
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jeepercreeper
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M1 Garland. That's funny. I'm partial to the M1 Carbondale.
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/14/16 06:10 PM
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My match load: Greek Surplus HPX Brass 168 grain Nosler Custom Competion HPBT CCI 34 primer 47 grains Varget This is a very accurate load for my rifle. Its also comfortable to shoot, but you lose some velocity. Mine Should be at 2750-2800 fps. I've shot 12 10's with 8 X's at 100 meters in my slow-fire prone (20 shots) with this load. A bunch of info all in once place here: http://www.guns.com/2011/08/16/the-secre...-garand-part-i/Basically, it boils down to powder burn rate. Too fast: bent opt-rod. Too slow: doesn't cycle. Pressure is important, but not as much as the power burn rate. PPU/Prvi Partisan, Hornady, and a couple others load a Garand load.
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Re: M1 Garland Ammo
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11/14/16 07:09 PM
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TX0303
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For range ammo, you can get Greek surplus from the CMP or ammogarand.com
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