Skipper said:This is America.
passur said:How many hunt with either the garand or fmj ammo? Nobody wins matches with the Garand, so what is left? Plinking, and plinking can be done with 308, 223, sks, etc, right?
RavenVT100 said:Just how hard is it to safely reload for this gun?
Nobody wins matches with the Garand,
ocabj said:Not hard at all. Use the right powder and the correct data and you will be fine. There some articles that say it is uber dangerous to reload for gas operated rifles, but ask any service rifle highpower shooter and you'll find that they reload.
Reloaded ammo is as safe as any commercial ammo... assuming it's reloaded properly. All too often it isn't quite and semi-autos are less forgiving of this than your typical bolt gun.
measure every case
Military cases, trimmed to correct length and checked in a case length gauged.
but I wonder if more bullet makers would make FMJ rifle bullets if/when the milsurp runs out.
For those of us who reload for quantity moreso than quality.
What exactly IS the proper case length for loads in the Garand? And do they need to be military cases?
Any commercial ammo will work just fine, but it'll cost you more.
USSR said:TheEgg is correct. Port pressure is critical in an M1 Garand. You just can't use any commercial ammo in a Garand. Geeesh, I tell ya, I've never seen a site with so much BAD and potentially dangerous info on it.
Don
Amadeus said:Okay....so what is the correct information?? Seriously. I want to know. Since not all commercial ammo can be used then which commercial ammo IS acceptable?