Subj : Re: M1
To   : Moondog
From : Gamgee
Date : 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.
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