If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for aNES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over. Where do you draw the line of your own personal safety? My range day was a dream come true for load development. When firing offhand, the gilt-edged accuracy of one load or the other did not matter as much, but when firing from the benchrest, the differences in load accuracy became apparent. This was known as the M1 thumb or Garand thumb. Henry Repeating Arms recently presented a $25,000 check a nonprofit organization that provides support and programs for the families and co-workers of firefighters killed in the line of duty. For this reason, the M1 often gets a rap as being inaccurate, and this has always bothered me.Looking down at my post-Korean War M1, I decided it was time to see exactly how much accuracy I could squeeze out of it and set out on yet another handloading adventure. At the time of this writing, it is the most precise scale that RCBS makes. endobj
This allows me to create a more repeatable sight picture, reducing the possibility of this type of shooter error. Due to its adaptation to the Garand, IMR-4895 was designed to burn most efficiently at around 50,000 psi, rather than the 60,000+ psi of many modern rifle powders, including the 20mm cannon powder Hodgdon sold as H-4831. ammunition. All loading data is for rifles know to be in good operating condition. This powder has a few technological advances over the classic go-to: H4895. Reduced Recoil Rifle Load Data. of IMR4895, Military Brass, Fed 210/210M or WLR Primer My main concern was reliable feeding, good function, and economy. "Permanent damage can occur while shooting standard factory loaded 30-06 ammunition in the M1 Garand," said Dave Emary, Hornady Chief Ballistic Scientist. PSI/CUP MAX CHG MAX FPS MAX PRESS. i would be afraid of over pressure for an M1 Garand using 50.0 grains of IMR4064 with a 150 grain bullet. This one gave us a nice 1.8-inch 100-yard group on the first try. But accuracy was realized as well. There is more to the equation than the bullet! PSI/CUP MAX CHG MAX FPS MAX PRESS. <>
Press the clip into the rifle and the clip will lock firmly in place. I will be getting into reloading for my Garand and 5.56 I cant really find anything local that has some Garand specific loads? About halfway through, I hit my second node at around 45.0 grains. 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. Never All Loads To Be Used At Your Own Risk. All loading data is for rifles know to be in good operating condition. There are those who recommend we used only once-fired military brass. For powder, I decided to branch out and give VihtaVuori N150 a try. !K Y&{v.9? Just don't try to drive the bullets too fast and the thread above about staying below 180 grain bullets is good . 4. Read them. Suggestions It is worth noting that the young men felt that in certain situations, the Garand would perform well even on todays battlefield. Absolute bench rest accuracy is one thing, but practical combat accuracy with the M1 Garand is unmatched. (However, Garands son John reportedly pronounced. Quality control is excellent. Scales JavaScript is disabled. While not becoming distracted by the graceful Steyr, and its set trigger and excellent sights, results were excellent with a couple of the loads using the Nosler 168-grain bullets producing brilliant sub MOA groups. The self-loader works upon a narrow spectrum of performance. The hybrid secant/tangent ogive on these boat-tailed beauties makes them less dependent on their positional relationship with the barrel's lands. THey will email you a scanned copy of those pages. Look up loading for the Garand, M1-a on the net. Op rods are not getting any cheaper these days.. Take note that this is not the first time that I have experienced this. There are several options available for receiving notifications of new posts to include via email, push notifications, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord, and more. Reliable sources gave me a base for procedure, and I followed that procedure. This is the faster WC852, so it should be OK in the Garand. 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. To load the Garand, first lock the bolt to the rear. You can also sub in the 125 Speer TnT. Just because loading data for a certain powder makes it appear similar to IMR-4895, many newer powders burn more progressively, maintaining higher pressure farther down the bore even all the way to the gas port on an M1 Garand. The Hornady book has M1 Garand-specific load data. The rifle was purchased from CMP 2 years ago, its a Special Field rated. For example, the load data I used came from the M1 Garand section of the Hornady manual. Loading and Shooting the M1 Garand The M1 Garand rifle is a .30 caliber, gas-operated, 8 shot clip-fed, semi-automatic rifle. The Hornady manual lists bullets from 150 to 178 grains. In any case, I tend to fire old loads. These dies size the cartridge case to a minimum tolerance. The handloads were worked up not only with just accuracy in mind, but also a certain velocity range to avoid overloading the operating rod. I am a life long hunter and staunch supporter of self defense and the right to keep and bear arms. Marlin Lever Guns By extensive, I mean far more than 5,000 rounds have been through it. As for the most accurate load tested, the single most accurate factory load is the Black Hills Gold load using the 150-grain Nosler Partition bullets. I went by the book. TheRock Chuckerpress gives sufficient leverage to allow rapid and sure full-length resizing. Note that Hodgdon uses a Winchester LR primer. Reloading data is available as low as 99 per cartridge or as a subscription for $19.99. For these reasons, I selected 45.20 grains as my final test load. We loaded from 41.00 to 47.50 in .50 grain increments and arranged our 14 different test loads into two MTM Deluxe H-50 boxes. Here, the gases meet a long-stroke piston attached to the operating rod, which is pushed rearward by the force of this high-pressure gas. However, I describe the stock as a Tung oil experiment gone horribly wrong." M1A / M14 load date due to the operation and speed of the rifle action some You are not likely to produce the best results with foreign surplus loads or even our own generic ammunition. 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. Of course that's for a standard 30-06 load. This keeps the muzzle pressure in a tolerable range and won't bend the long operating rod. While Vihtavuoris loading data for VV-N150 makes it appear the powder is similar in burn rate to IMR-4895, Kevin said it is not: We just completed some comparative testing with VV-N150 against 4350, and found them to be very, very close in terms of both performance and pressure curves. I began with the Accurate line of powders, including Accurate 2495 and Accurate 4064. It was quite interesting to fire several match-grade, modern hunting bullets in the Garand and even more interesting to see the bullets group so well. The maximum bullet weight of M1 ammunition was a maximum of 174.5 grains but could be as much as 3 grains lighter. But the fact is, the Garands awful efficiency far outstripped that of the Springfield. The rifle is accurate enough that the pursuit of an accuracy load was worthwhile. I enjoy all things outdoors and gun related. Basic Load Data Hornady Manufacturing Company develops and publishes reloading data for the Handbook of Cartridge Reloading. (As I deliver this feature, there is no shortage! Images 11 Many of the young men were military officers. A few months later, after some general tightening and tweaking an of the rifle, the same load delivered 1.2 inches for three shots. Powder selection is critical. I use ball powder because it flows better through the powder measure. Trail Boss Reduced Rifle Load. Load up and get shooting. The locking handling is pressed to the rear with the back of the hand and allowed to fly forward, loading the rifle. EC and DiM both suggested 2 great books. 3 0 obj
The powder was so versatile and affordable many handloaders used it for all their rifle loads. Without any opinion offered by the author, these young men and women recognized the Garand as a tremendous battle rifle that deserves our respect. However, Tom is a confirmed handloader, so I started by doing considerable research on handloading for M1s, including the specific Garand sections in the Hornady and Sierra loading manuals. Authors Note:Since the Garand has a floating firing pin, match grade primers are contra indicated. Since the Federal brass also eliminated dealing with crimped-in military primers, I used it for all the handloads. You are using an out of date browser. The Garand was designed to operate with IMR 4895 powder or its equivalent. Varget proved to be the most accurate powder with Winchester 150-grain Power- Points provided by Tom Booker, the rifles owner. Substitute 180 grain Spitzer Flat-based or Boat-tail bullets (i.e., Speer, Sierra or Hornady) in the 180 grain "600 yard" Match load info referenced above. How do you consider powder temperature sensitivity when developing load data. All primers were Winchester large rifle. Following the sale of Remington Outdoor Company's assets in September 2020, Vista Outdoor purchased Remington Ammunition. I 2nd this.. 3 0 obj
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