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. Temps N++RnMNG]:M*hBv;4lZ exceed the Maximum loads! With IMR-4895, muzzle velocity was eventually raised to 2,800 fps. Milsurp Ammo Available Soon At CMP | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, Review: Springfield Prodigy 1911 DS AOS | An Official Journal Of The NRA, SHOT Show 2023: 5 New Competitive Shooting Products | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, Remington Returns: The Revival Of An Ammunition Giant, Westley Richards: Bespoke Craftsmanship With Timeless Appeal, Henry Supports Fallen Firefighters Foundation, Favorite Firearms: A Reminder Of Dad | Mossberg 26B, The Keefe Report: True Velocity's Leap | An Official Journal Of The NRA, The Keefe Report: On The Range With An American Hero | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Trust But Verify: Function-Checking Your Guns | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Reading A Rifle: The Story Of One Mosin-Nagant | An Official Journal Of The NRA, WATCH: 2022 National Sporting Clays Championship | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, WATCH: Colt Python Revolver History | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, I Have This Old Gun: Maynard Carbine | An Official Journal Of The NRA, I Have This Old Gun: Winchester Model 12 Riot Gun | An Official Journal Of The NRA, I Have This Old Gun: Remington Model 51 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Armed Citizen protected by Smith & Wesson, The Armed Citizen Feb. 24, 2023 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, BEAR Arms: Making The Switch From Gun Owner to Armed Citizen | An Official Journal Of The NRA, NRA Women | The Armed Citizen February 17, 2023, NRA Women | The Armed Citizen February 10, 2023, Recipe: Slow Cooker Thai Peanut Pheasant | An Official Journal Of The NRA, NRA Hunters' Leadership Forum | Freedom Hunters: Giving Back to Americas Veterans through Hunting and the Great Outdoors, Beretta's U22 Neos: A Legacy Gun Not Forgotten | An Official Journal Of The NRA, NRA Hunters' Leadership Forum | Get Tickets for the NRA Shows Annual Celebration of Hunting, April 13, Hardware: SIG Sauer P320-XTEN | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Rifleman Review: Smith & Wesson M&P12 | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Review: Ruger 10/22 Compact | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, Rifleman Review: Taurus G3X | An Official Journal Of The NRA, Video Review: Springfield Armory XD-M Elite 4.5 OSP in 10mm Auto | NRA Family, Springfield Armory XD-M Elite 4.5 OSP In 10 mm Auto, Video Review: KelTec P15 Semi-Auto Pistol | NRA Family, Video Review: Savage Stance Pistol | NRA Family, Preview: Leupold 2-10X 30 mm Mark 5HD Riflescope | An Official Journal Of The NRA, NRA Women | New for 2022: 20-Gauge Beretta A400 Xtreme Plus, Preview: Springfield Armory 1911 DS Double-Stack 9 mm Pistol Lineup | An NRA Shooting Sports Journal, Find More Great NRA Publications Perfect For Every Interest, Discover Everything That The NRA Has To Offer. The PB marked stock does not bother me at all. Please go to Appearance > Sidebars and drag a widget into User Submit Sidebar. Actually the Sierra manual goes up to 52.1gr of 4064 for a 150gr bullet. The Speer reloading book has lots of great 30-06 information. Marlin Lever Guns My top-quality clips came from Amherst Depot. I 2nd this.. The M1 Garand rifle is a .30 caliber, gas-operated, 8 shot clip-fed, semi-automatic rifle. . Press the clip into the rifle and the clip will lock firmly in place. Never I have long suspected the reason so many post-World War II gun writers stated accurate loads were usually found a few grains below listed maximum was the abundance of military surplus 4895. 2 0 obj
I cradled my Garand in a Caldwell Rock BR Competition front shooting rest and supported the rear with a Champion Wedge bag.After confirming my zero, I fired groups with each powder charge. Following the sale of Remington Outdoor Company's assets in September 2020, Vista Outdoor purchased Remington Ammunition. Copyright 2021 Garand Collectors Association All Rights Reserved. IMR-4895 available today is made in Canada and, while not exactly the original formula, is pretty close. Its just too slow to be comfortably recommended in a Garand with a good conscience. Service Rifle Loadings, Downloads 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. 5.I then shoot 1 round of each load at its own target (round robin ) cycling through the loads for 8 rounds each. In addition to the company's new scale, I opted for its new dies that also carry the MatchMaster moniker. endobj
of IMR4895, Military Brass, Fed 210/210M or WLR Primer It is to be avoided. Basic Load Data Hornady Manufacturing Company develops and publishes reloading data for the Handbook of Cartridge Reloading. It's a bit of over kill but I load 16 rounds of each. This will easily show the powder range that's best for your M1. Don't go looking online for load data. I enjoy all things outdoors and gun related. Overall cartridge length must be kept at the length of GI ball, but this is no problem with the loads tested. 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. Since the Federal brass also eliminated dealing with crimped-in military primers, I used it for all the handloads. The goal was to find the sweet spot for powder performance with good accuracy and reliable function. The Russian sniper rifle generated some interest, but the star of the show was the M1 Garand. Powders burning slower may create excess pressure in the Garand. The 45 Page The gas-port plug underneath the muzzle can be replaced with an after-market model to shoot commercial .30-06 ammunition. The Hornady book has M1 Garand-specific load data. I made a few mesurements inside the camber using Hornady OAL gauge, and I got 2.805, thats where the lands starts. M1 Garand Clips $3.99 at Brownells.com. R UDo6n/L0_L#Mgf)6hP Kcx^*-N8*k55d;yO? As an example, the Garand feeds JSP loads more reliably than the Krag rifle, which I have also loaded extensively for. The powder was so versatile and affordable many handloaders used it for all their rifle loads. The .30-06 Springfield has been my favorite rifle cartridge for 40 years. This led to more research, and it turns out the M1 and IMR-4895 coevolved during the years leading up to World War II. More importantly, everything it makes has the performance to match. Wolfe Publishing Company | 2180 Gulfstream Suite A | Prescott, AZ 86301. There is some factory-loaded ammo made specifically for the M1 Garand, and you'd be well-advised to stick with it. The Garand was designed to operate with IMR 4895 powder or its equivalent. One goal was to produce a reliable load for firing three or four rounds quickly at distant targets. 1 0 obj
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Powder selection is critical. This is well within the results to be had with other wartime Garands and overall good results. 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. The Hornady 7th edition does have a Garand section as EC said and it also lists the powders that Big Gun mentioned. endobj
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. i would be afraid of over pressure for an M1 Garand using 50.0 grains of IMR4064 with a 150 grain bullet. As such, it is not well worn, and the parts are of high quality. Many reloading sources have load data specifically for the M1 Garand rifle. This brings up another point: The classic advice of using only powders in the IMR-4895 burn-rate range does not take into consideration changes in powders since the 1930s. The general rule I like is to use powders faster M1 Garands have been used for casual and competitive target shooting ever since they came home on the shoulders of GIs in the 1940s. Authors Note:Since the Garand has a floating firing pin, match grade primers are contra indicated. psi/cup max chg max fps max press. Some brass will last three or four loadings, others a few more. Reliable sources gave me a base for procedure, and I followed that procedure. (As I deliver this feature, there is no shortage! You cannot produce loads that lap at the heels of the .300 Magnum as you may with a bolt action rifle. Smith & Wesson's new M&P FPC is a compact, folding pistol-caliber carbine chambered in 9 mm Luger and designed to accept the company's M&P handgun magazines. 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. The maximum bullet weight of M1 ammunition was a maximum of 174.5 grains but could be as much as 3 grains lighter. Loading and Shooting the M1 Garand The M1 Garand rifle is a .30 caliber, gas-operated, 8 shot clip-fed, semi-automatic rifle. 2 0 obj
Scales Garand loads seem to be limited by the rifle itself not the cartridge. I use ball powder because it flows better through the powder measure. Groups with a rifle such as this were as expected2 to 4 inches average. For bores smaller than 7mm, consult published data. After waiting the standard two minutes with the rifle pointed downrange, I manually ejected the cartridge then pocketed it for break-down back in my loading room. "Permanent damage can occur while shooting standard factory loaded 30-06 ammunition in the M1 Garand," said Dave Emary, Hornady Chief Ballistic Scientist. There are several options available for receiving notifications of new posts to include via email, push notifications, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, Discord, and more. 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 is relatively inexpensive ammunition available for the rifle, but some of the foreign stuff is pretty sad. The handloads were worked up not only with just accuracy in mind, but also a certain velocity range to avoid overloading the operating rod. 1 0 obj
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My thinking is that the starting load is probably . 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. The original 1906 service load used a 150-grain flatbase spitzer at 2,700 fps the same ammunition Theodore Roosevelt used. 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. These included the Hornady 150-grain JSP, Sierra Palma 155-grain, a match grade bullet, and theNosler 168-grain BTHP. IMHO though, that's a pretty powerful charge to use for a 150gr bullet using IMR4064. cases are usually significantly heavier than commercial cases. Many might say that the M1 "won't notice them." It is bullet #8 that has taken seven poundings! In this instance, however, commercial Federal cases used for the handloads averaged 7 grains heavier than G.I. Pw(&8#P7PqHpZQd-k]F8m295).smy]S:`:\3Xi?=
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