.30-06 M1 Garand Loads: Warning! Powder Worked very well. M1 GARAND SERVICE RIFLE LOAD DATA. This site uses cookies to improve your experience. The Hornady 7th edition does have a Garand section as EC said and it also lists the powders that Big Gun mentioned. The rifle itself functioned perfectly except for the very first round, a misfire. Results with the 168-grain bullets were more consistent overall, probably because of the quality of the Berger bullets. Once the well-worn domestic brass and foreign produced brass were weeded out, the Garand began to deliver good results. stream
This may sound heavy to shooters used to modern bolt-action trigger pulls of 3 pounds or less, but is very controllable on a rifle weighing almost exactly 10 pounds with an eight-round ammunition clip. This was known as the M1 thumb or Garand thumb. Western Powder's load manual says to use 44 to 50 grains of a propellant with a medium burn rate topped with a 150- to 173-grain bullet. 4 0 obj
The starting load is 44.7gr using a COAL of 3.210" under their 155gr A-MAX and they list the top end as being 55.6gr. If hot loads or some newer commercial ammunition is used, it can damage the operating rod. The ability to shoulder the rifle quickly and get hits quickly in short order outclassed the Springfield or any other WW II rifle. 3 0 obj
Never Other than that, the gas cylinder is still nice and tight, ensuring that the front sight doesnt have any wiggle, and the clicks on the knobs are still as sharp as they were in 1956. A cartridge that is too far forward will tie up the gun. of IMR4895, Military Brass, Fed 210/210M or WLR Primer This is simply the reality of loading with a self-loading rifle. During the M1s initial development it was chambered in .276 Pedersen, a smaller, lower-pressure round with a .284-inch diameter bullet designed for use in semiautomatic rifles and light machine guns. Along with the rifle, he provided a bag of Winchester 150-grain Power-Point bullets he had purchased off an Internet site for hunting handloads, and some 150-grain MK 4z military ammunition loaded by the U.S. military for British Commonwealth countries that continued to use the .30-06 long after the Lend-Lease program of World War II. However, I believe every firearm deserves all the help it can get. More importantly, everything it makes has the performance to match. It is bullet #8 that has taken seven poundings! Get the old rifle off the rack and to the range, and you will find hours of enjoyment waiting. How about a finger? As for bullets, I used what I could obtain during a time of shortage, but the loads used were very good choices. I've always been told to reduce loads for commercial brass by 1.5 grains when using military brass (supposedly less volume) but weighing the brass shows little difference in weight, so I don't think the capacity is really any different. Here, he explains their advantages and disadvantagesand how to use them safely. I cannot comment on problem powders and bullet weights, because I took the route of researching my choices and avoided trouble. In addition to the company's new scale, I opted for its new dies that also carry the MatchMaster moniker. Reloading data is available as low as 99 per cartridge or as a subscription for $19.99. It is easier once you realize that you abandon accuracy tricks such as seating the bullet just in the leade, and experimentation with very light and very heavy loads. You cannot work up 110-grain high-velocity varmint loads, and you cannot work up 220-grain bullet heavyweight loads. I was using a 150gr FMJ and Varget. You cannot produce loads that lap at the heels of the .300 Magnum as you may with a bolt action rifle. Winchester (7.62 x 51 NATO) cartridge loading data is suggested for M1 However I decide to fill cases and seat bullets, one thing is for sure: the Garand can be an exceptional shooter if you give it everything it needs to succeed. There were no failures to feed and no M1 thumb. While we used a good supply of Winchester ammunition, we also used reliable handloads. PSI/CUP . The 30-06 Springfield brass is among the company's newest offerings, and we found it far more consistent right out of the bag than we could ever hope for with military surplus brass. As a backup, I tested several of the most promising loads in my vintage Steyr .30-06 bolt gun. Feed angle is not a problem. The M1 Garand and its gas system was designed to operate with M1 Ball ammo. ?~kOl{{=^&:nyM
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That creates that signature M1 Garand stripper clip sound characterized by a "ping" that alerts you it's time to reload. Never ever load a cartridge in the chamber and then allow the bolt to fly forward! COL = 3.240 to 3.330". Look up loading for the Garand, M1-a on the net. Reduced Recoil Rifle Load Data. brass. Which brass was best in the long run? Images 11 A once common practice I avoided was removing the projectile from service ammunition and replacing it with a premium bullet. Note that Hodgdon uses a Winchester LR primer. I set up a target at 50 yards, partly because all the range sessions took place during a particularly windy Montana spring, and. OAL START CHG START FPS START PRESS. Mechanically speaking, this would categorize it as a CMP Service Grade." The powder was so versatile and affordable many handloaders used it for all their rifle loads. 4895 goes up to 51.7. Over the years I had heard IMR-4895 was specifically developed by DuPont for the M1 rifle, but I also heard the M1 was designed around IMR-4895. All I can say so far is that it works fine and meters great in the 550. I had encountered this before with G.I. Starting Loads Maximum Loads BULLET WEIGHT POWDER DIA. 2 0 obj
About halfway through, I hit my second node at around 45.0 grains. Improper technique results in the thumb running forward into the chamber. Press the clip into the rifle and the clip will lock firmly in place. M1 Garand 30-06 Loading Data Each case was full-length resized with the RCBS small base dies. Copyright 2023 National Rifle Association, Women On Target Instructional Shooting Clinics, Volunteer At The Great American Outdoor Show, Marion P. Hammer Women Of Distinction Award, Women's Wildlife Management / Conservation Scholarship, National Youth Shooting Sports Cooperative Program, Handload Ladder Testing: 5 Reasons To Avoid It, Forster Products: Tooling Around With Precision Focus, 5 Instances When Reloading Is Not Beneficial, Reloading The .300 Precision Rifle Cartridge, Review: FN America FN 15 DMR3 Rifle | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Got M2 Ball? PSI/CUP MAX CHG MAX FPS MAX PRESS. I understood two things after beginning the load process. Where do you draw the line of your own personal safety? I 2nd this.. If safety alone isn't enough reason to start at the bottom and work up, let accuracy tip the scale. suitable for M1 Garand rifles that have been rechambered in the 7.62 NATO round. An exception to the foreign tag is Fiocchi ammunition, but then much of these are manufactured in Ozark Missouri. His rifle hit some empty cans at short range, and I mostly remember the recoil being pretty mild for a .30-06, no doubt due to both the Garands weight and gas operation. Sure enough, several powder dispensers on the market now have Bluetooth connectivity to help streamline the process. For example, the load data I used came from the M1 Garand section of the Hornady manual. Plan ahead, there are always times of need along the lifetime of a shooter.) A U.S. Rifle M1 Garand manufactured by H&R Firearms and chambered in .30-06 with a 24-inch barrel (1:10 twist) was used to test all loads. The advancements in reloading tools in just the last 10 years alone have been breathtaking. The Small Game or Gallery" Load We primed these cases with CCI BR2 benchrest primers, because I have always found these to be the most consistent and reliable in anything that I have ever loaded. The M1 Garand and its gas system was designed to operate with M1 Ball ammo. Accurate 2520 Powder in Garand I picked up an 8 Lber of AA2520 - the so called "Camp Perry Special", and loaded up some test rounds for my CMP special 30-06 garand and 155 Nosler HPBT. A good rule of thumb is Varget is as slow Using bullets from Hornady A-Max or BTHP. I would not wish to seat a Match Grade 168-grain bullet over a powder charge intended for 150-grain bullets. I began by ordering a set of small base dies fromRBCS. Location: San Francisco Bay Area, California, Location: Illinois 20 min East of St Louis, Under the "Ask Each Other Forum Here" there is a Sub Forum right on the Main Page Believe it or Not it is Called Reloading. Pw(&8#P7PqHpZQd-k]F8m295).smy]S:`:\3Xi?=
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