If you only need a dozen or less which last forever.
https://www.ammogarand.com/m1-garand-clips-8rd-enbloc-aec-coded-new-us-producti18.html
AECs are good. CMP should have 1 comes with the rifle, North Store does.
Related storage question: has anyone experienced any corrosion issues leaving brass cases in Garand clips over a period of several years? This is assuming they are stored in a suitable sealed container.
Related storage question: has anyone experienced any corrosion issues leaving brass cases in Garand clips over a period of several years? This is assuming they are stored in a suitable sealed container.
And having 200 rounds clipped up is good. (25 enblocs)
Having 1,000 rounds clipped up is good... er.
10,000 would be good-est?
When I originally got my first M1 Garand from the CMP I also bought several cases (4 Spam cans to a case, each containing 192 rounds of HXP M2 Ball ammo in clips, 6 clips to each of 4 bandoliers) of ammo. CMP was selling them for roughly $200/case IIRC. I've used most of this at the range and kept all the clips after shooting. I've found the Greek clips have worked with handloads with all my M1s and they don't wear out.
I have a ammo can of LC-60* that came from the factory in clips that show no corrosion. They have been sealed in the ammo can all of that time and since I have had them, in a controlled environment. But they are younger* than I am and I don't know how they were stored before I got them.
lightman, what do you smell when opening the ammo can?
* I "quoted" you, as you can see, I have something similar.