Subj : Re: M1
To   : Gamgee
From : Moondog
Date : Tue Jun 02 2020 06:08 pm

  Re: Re: M1
  By: Gamgee to Dumas Walker on Tue Jun 02 2020 07:55 am

 > -=> Dumas Walker wrote to GAMGEE <=-
 > 
 >  > Yep, all true.
 >  > I'll still take the old one.
 > 
 >  DW> After reading the posts from you both, I am thinking two would be
 >  DW> best... one for regular shooting, and the other for historical
 >  DW> display (and sometimes shooting!).  <grin>
 > 
 > Sounds like the perfect solution!  ;-)
 > 
 >  DW> I think that because I would want one I could shoot without
 >  DW> worrying about something happening to it, while I also admire
 >  DW> them for the history element.
 > 
 > 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.
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > ... Forbidden fruit is responsible for many a bad jam.

In the mid 1950's when the 7.62x51 nato cartidge came out, it used modern
ball shaped propellants that allowed it to match the performance of the
existing .30-06 ammo.  New manufactured .30-06 runs at a higher pressure
range and is about 100fps faster than the government loads.  There is some
surplus ammo made by other countries that fielded the Garand out there, but I 
haven't looked into it.  I have .308 and .30-06 dies and load my own.

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