-=> Moondog wrote to Gamgee <=-
> Good points. Just as an FYI, they do make special ammo just for
> an "original" (or partly original such as one from the CMP), which
> is slightly less "hot" than current commercial .30-06 ammo. I
> don't think there are any safety issues with an older one if you
> are careful to use that type of ammo.
Mo> In the mid 1950's when the 7.62x51 nato cartidge came out, it
Mo> used modern ball shaped propellants that allowed it to match the
Mo> performance of the existing .30-06 ammo. New manufactured .30-06
Mo> runs at a higher pressure range and is about 100fps faster than
Mo> the government loads. There is some surplus ammo made by other
Mo> countries that fielded the Garand out there, but I haven't looked
Mo> into it. I have .308 and .30-06 dies and load my own.
Nice. I hope to get around to reloading one day... probably not
till I retire though.
I have shot quite a bit of the surplus Greek HXP ammo for the
Garand that the CMP sells. Seems to be good stuff.
... I'll be unstoppable when I get started.
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