Mr_Flintstone
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It seems I’ve been seeing a lot of posts recently about M1 carbines. That made me want to get mine out and shoot it, which kinda lead me to this question. Should .30 carbine bullets touch the lands in the barrel when reloading? By that, I mean touching ever so lightly so that it might rub off marker ink, but not leave any permanent scrapes or marks on the jacket of the bullets. The reason I ask is that ammo seems to fit rather snugly in mine, and even factory ammo will leave little rub marks on black marked bullets, but not scratches. Everything seems to chamber fine, but this just causes me to wonder.