Re: Re: M1
By: Gamgee to Moondog on Wed Jun 03 2020 10:37 am
> -=> 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.
I hear good things about the Greek surplus
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