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M1 Garand Ammo: What Should You Shoot in Your M1?
As supplies of M2 Ball ammo dwindle, knowing what M1 Garand ammo you can safely fire in your military surplus rifle is critical.
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Yeah, I bought ammo that even listed something like "30-06 ammunition for the M1 Garand". I bought a reproduction from Army blue prints of the M14 from James River Armory with a Bula Defense Forged receiver. The manual writes that it's strongly recommended to use certain types of 7.62x51 ammo and not .308A long point of debate.
But keep in mind the Garand was built to operate within a specific pressure curve. The Op Rod is the weak link in the system and can be bent due to excessive force.
In one Garand I built for hunting purposes I installed an adjustable gas plug so I could tune that rifle to hotter hunting ammo/handloads.
I'm actually a bit frustrated that a lot of generic 30-06 ammo is loaded down to Garand levels to make the lawyers happy.
My .02