Friend Kevin Thomas got wind of the VV-N150 news and sent an e-mail saying we needed to discuss VV-N150 in the Garand. I will be getting into reloading for my Garand and 5.56 I cant really find anything local that has some Garand specific loads? Hornady Ballistics Tables are available at. This wasnt the average, but this was quite exciting. To load the Garand, first lock the bolt to the rear. Thats OK as far as it goes, but these are getting old and difficult to come by. The newest of these is the RCBS MatchMaster with its .04 +/- grain accuracy. If you're squeamish or new to reloading, use Winchester Large Rifle) 47.0 grains IMR 4064 Sierra 175 grain MatchKing Overall length 3.340 inches This load, in my M1, duplicates almost perfectly the M72 match load specification with a very low standard deviation. brass. Zach has several friends that are getting into reloading shotshells because of Zach's reloads. That being said, I decided to stay away from the 41.00 loading, even though it produced terrific accuracy and mild recoil. Make sure that your cartridge length does not exceed your magazine length. At the time of this writing, it is the most precise scale that RCBS makes. Whenever I am forced to do load development with iron sights, I limit my distance to 50 yards. <> 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. All good rounds start with consistent brass. There is a certain sweet spot for accuracy in each rifle and an acceptable velocity for good function. The case is beat up both on loading and in extraction and ejection, and the case mouth will split more often than with bolt guns. 45 Colt Loaded With 185gr Everglades Competition JHP, 6.5 Creedmoor Savage 110 Desert Tactical X-Caliber Barrel Upgrade, 450 BUSHMASTER VELOCITY ~ 16 VS 18 BARREL. NOTE: The power accuracy and ease of use are unrivaled. Good quality brass is essential. These are accurate loads and I can shoot. <>>> If hot loads or some newer commercial ammunition is used, it can damage the operating rod. Remember,all 30'06 loads are not suitable for the Garand. But the fact is, the Garands awful efficiency far outstripped that of the Springfield. Be sure to enter theNES/MFS February Giveaway ***Taurus G3***. The same caution applies to reloading for the M1 Garand. The Garand does not beat bullet noses up. IMR 4064 -> 48.1 grains (This is about 1/4 of the range above the starting load). The bullets never moved during recoil, and I often checked the last bullet in the clip to be certain that my crimp was adequate. 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. It also is going to be on the slower side of the velocity scale, and I plan on reaching out to at least 800 yards with it. All primers were Winchester large rifle. The general rule I like is to use powders faster 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. Not to my surprise, I hit a node right off the bat with a group that was just outside of MOA. Email Hornady and request the Garand specific info. Never ever load a cartridge in the chamber and then allow the bolt to fly forward! With the RCBS small-base dies in use, there were no chambering problems. In 1932 General Douglas MacArthur quashed the .276 because zillions of .30-06 service rounds already existed. Mind you, that an overthrow with this dispenser is only 0.02 of a grain-or essentially 2 kernels of powder. Images 12 This Load Data taken from the Hornady Handbook of Cartridge Reloading 9th edition. Basic Load Data Hornady Manufacturing Company develops and publishes reloading data for the Handbook of Cartridge Reloading. These dies size the cartridge case to a minimum tolerance. d #>G%rqsbKVQHphg&8b]5p_ #+ !3a(uPpgFkm5QL 2"/ahiItEz) 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. This is well within the results to be had with other wartime Garands and overall good results. 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. While best known for its pistol brass, Starline had shifted its focus to bottleneck cartridges and nailed it. Don't Lose Sierra HPBT MatchKing, 45.0 gr. Wolfe Publishing Company | 2180 Gulfstream Suite A | Prescott, AZ 86301. Many reloading sources have load data specifically for the M1 Garand rifle. .30-06 M1 Garand (Using 168 GR Hornady Bullets) reloading data with 45 loads. This one gave us a nice 1.8-inch 100-yard group on the first try. I am a life long hunter and staunch supporter of self defense and the right to keep and bear arms. If the action were at ranges greater than 200 yards, many felt the M1 Garand was superior to the modern small caliber assault rifle. Loaded from data minimum to one step below max for the powder of choice. The M1 Garand remained in service until 1959, and friend Tom Booker (a rifle loony of the first order) recently purchased one made at Springfield Armory in 1957. 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. This will easily show the powder range that's best for your M1. The M1 is top-loaded, fed with an eight-round clip of .30-06 Sprg. Never exceed the Maximum loads! and M1A (M14) service rifles. If you enjoy the forum please consider supporting it by signing up for aNES Membership The benefits pay for the membership many times over. M1 Garands have been used for casual and competitive target shooting ever since they came home on the shoulders of GIs in the 1940s. Powders burning slower may create excess pressure in the Garand. oal start chg start fps start press. Note that Hodgdon uses a Winchester LR primer. PC PSU Data. 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. When you shove the clip down into the M1's magazine, and then release pressure, the bolt grabs a cartridge and slams it into battery. You can get a can for about $150.00, much less than your repair bill may be, and this is the powder for a Garand. A good, tight crimp was used. Using bullets from Hornady A-Max or BTHP. Recently, I have been firing the old warhorse more often and find the Garand a well-mannered rifle well worthy of some effort in mastering. The M1 Garand and its gas system was designed to operate with M1 Ball ammo. Take note that this is not the first time that I have experienced this. Groups with a rifle such as this were as expected2 to 4 inches average. 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. ]r@#+}BTC5-aEgXtL.8\Xaa1]p2Z/1+j>46~K I cannot comment on problem powders and bullet weights, because I took the route of researching my choices and avoided trouble. I also used a few loads incorporating the Barnes X bullet. This group was fired at 100 yards after working up the load at 50 yards. My results were good to excellent considering the age of the rifle and the semi automatic action. While quite a piece of history, we do not set and admire the finish but rather use the rifle often. Without any opinion offered by the author, these young men and women recognized the Garand as a tremendous battle rifle that deserves our respect. There is relatively inexpensive ammunition available for the rifle, but some of the foreign stuff is pretty sad. M1 Garands After repeatedly testing all the handloads at 50 yards, I shot the most accurate loads with both bullets at 100 yards, confirming the results. There are those who recommend we used only once-fired military brass. I am a Concealed Carry Instructor in the state of Kentucky and enjoy helping people exercise their Second Amendment Rights. Absolute bench rest accuracy is one thing, but practical combat accuracy with the M1 Garand is unmatched. The 308 Winchester (7.62 NATO) loadings should be <>/Font<>/ProcSet[/PDF/Text/ImageB/ImageC/ImageI] >>/MediaBox[ 0 0 792 612] /Contents 4 0 R/Group<>/Tabs/S/StructParents 0>> In any case, I tend to fire old loads. 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. VQXjD yKW,k9ZsK;~o_g|I-jV37_8-z> tt-]K& cK!UlUGX&BciwRG`S8pxoR8y9]-v7ug(mdc}WkP0-o;iv`:G9s`@ip,KV Wf%_lYUV#e}~#E} qD,2az|kHD2$(R)Xu'C{W|ymh 'W-2 qiqs/!q 9F!\ Then, the operating rod engages a rotating bolt inside the receiver. Press the clip into the rifle and the clip will lock firmly in place. get a reloading book. PSI/CUP MAX CHG MAX FPS MAX PRESS. 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. Consequently, many handloaders did find the finest accuracy with lower-than-maximum charges while many of todays powders shoot best when loaded right up there. than Varget that are listed below. I used a MagnetoSpeed Rifle Kuhl to help reduce the wait time between groups while I policed up my brass, expediting my range session quite a bit. You must have perfectly-sized ammunition, and you must load within the pressure limits of the systemwithout battering the rifle. This powder has a few technological advances over the classic go-to: H4895. The maximum bullet weight of M1 ammunition was a maximum of 174.5 grains but could be as much as 3 grains lighter. Page A second very decent CMP rifle delivered 2.0-inch groups on demand. Jacketed bullet diameter is .308 inch. "Typical factory loads contain propellants that when fired, result in port pressures and gas volumes . M1A, Case Ive used plenty of two-stage military triggers over the years, and the pull on Toms rifle was decent, the second stage averaging a pretty crisp 5.5 pounds. It turned out to contain 53.2 grains of a powder that, not surprisingly, looked exactly like my supply of twenty-first-century IMR-4895. This M1 Garand is no stranger to the range. The locking handling is pressed to the rear with the back of the hand and allowed to fly forward, loading the rifle. The Hornady manual lists bullets from 150 to 178 grains. powders are IMR 4895, Hodgdon H4895 and Accurate 2495. Powder Tom is a retired engineer who is always busy with several personal engineering projects, including an elk-retrieval system for his pickups trailer hitch, so he was not adverse to loaning me his Garand to work up some handloads. The rifle is a long-stroke gas-piston-operated firearm, similar to the AK-47. Kevin contacted me because hes a Garand shooter. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The Garand was surprisingly easy to shoot on the bench because of its 10-pound weight, gas operation and the modest ballistics of appropriate ammunition. !K Y&{v.9? Results with the 168-grain bullets were more consistent overall, probably because of the quality of the Berger bullets. The rifle is accurate enough that the pursuit of an accuracy load was worthwhile. HYH4d$?I}O_O>}c/V8n}_G/??^^>K/}=xl2,|?{>&qCF!{V#~R>_4W# [H/7z^~/~OPvA}:_3[.ks>/^.k_;}{7EyM}f^{{~~3Qm/@W?8X2CGv Aje}!> f)EfcW0n/n ?~5M7e]6?Kb:a=n~8.hqusuGUswsqxu]{? NUKw8 ! The content presented here is intended to inform, to educate, and even to entertain. M1A / M14 load date due to the operation and speed of the rifle action some Overall, the loads with Berger 168-grain VLDs were more consistently accurate than 150-grain loads. I also enjoy collecting historic firearms and recently started reloading ammunition. The following 30-06 Springfield and 308 Winchester (7.62 x 51 NATO) cartridge loading data is suggested for M1 Garand and M1A (M-14) rifles known to be in good operating condition. The bullet weighed 151.0 grains, within the specifications listed in Hatchers Notebook. (As I deliver this feature, there is no shortage! For these reasons, I selected 45.20 grains as my final test load. If hot loads or some newer commercial ammunition is used, it can damage the operating rod. After getting used to the trigger and sights, three-shot groups with the military surplus ammunition averaged 1.39 inches, the equivalent of a little under 3 inches at 100 yards not bad for 50-year-old machine-gun ammunition and rugged sights not specifically designed for target work. For bores smaller than 7mm, consult published data. Other than that, we didn't venture too far outside typical reloading gear.The components that were available to use also depicted decades of product development. This opens the possibility of metering charges and maybe even complete production on a progressive press. Not many bullet makers offer 172-grain .30-caliber bullets anymore, and while some published data includes heavier bullets, many Garand shooters advise against using anything heavier than 172 grains due to possible op-rod damage. Since my sons and I enjoy the Garand, the problem of feeding the rifle is a matter that must be solved. Overall cartridge length must be kept at the length of GI ball, but this is no problem with the loads tested. Among Garands assignments was the development of a semiautomatic infantry rifle, and the resulting M1 was finally approved in 1936. Hv/? %PDF-1.5 One standard piece of .30-06 handloading advice, especially for Garands, is that military cases are heavier than commercial cases, so loads need to be reduced. Case Gauges Here's the inside story of what they found and how they're rebuilding an industry giant. It is a good rifle but not too valuable to fire. Plus, the case is being worn and worked by multiple full-length resizing cycles. It is worth noting that the young men felt that in certain situations, the Garand would perform well even on todays battlefield. M1 loads (Courtesy of the NRA) Recommended .30 caliber M1 loadings from the NRA 147 - 155 grain FMJ or HPBT bullets IMR 3031 - 48.0 grains IMR 4895 - 49.0 grains IMR 4064 - 50.0 grains W748 - 48.0 grains AA2460 - 49.0 grains AA2520 - 51.0 grains AA2495 - 50.5 grains H4895 - 49.0 grains BLC-2 - 49.0 grains H335 - 49.0 grains RL-12 - 48.0 grains In this way, the data is not cluttered with a lot of irrelevant and unused information and is limited to pertinent data on this particular weapon. This led to more research, and it turns out the M1 and IMR-4895 coevolved during the years leading up to World War II. In this instance, however, commercial Federal cases used for the handloads averaged 7 grains heavier than G.I. 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