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For a cast 150 grain load I use 13 grains of Red Dot. It won't cycle my M1's but is very pleasant to shoot with low recoil. I also use 150 grain cast gas checked pills and 13 grains of Red Dot for practice .308 Win, 7.62X54R, .303 Brit. 7.5 Swiss, 7.7 Jap.............just about anything in 30cal/7.62mm.
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I finally got my M1 Garand from the CMP. A six digit serial Springfield Armory born in July 1942. Quite a mixture of parts mostly WWII but not parts correct. Barrel is from 1949 and gauge 1 on the muzzle and 4 on the throat. I have shot mil surp ammo and reloads. The accuracy is absolutely amazing. The reloads I shot used IMR and H 4895 and shot 150 and 168 grain bullets.Attachment 95
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And the GarandAttachment 96
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She is a beauty.
I ordered some 168 and 175g matchking seconds from grafs.com so I'll load some test loads up once they get here. I've shot them in my bolt action and the only difference I can see is that they're not as shiny as factory matchkings, they measure the same and everything... Plus they're only $23/100 right now as opposed to $32/100.
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The last seconds I bought were for .270. I could not find a single thing wrong with them. Bullets all were right size, right weith, no blemishes on the jacket. Then I found it. They were cannelured, and were not supposed to be. I can accept that, especially when they were about 1/2 the cost of the right stuff.
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Yeah, I ordered 300 each 168 and 175 grain. They should be here tomorrow... If nothing else, I can always load them in the 300aac, it seems to eat anything from 100-220gr without the slightest hiccup...
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Yeah, I made some reloads with 150 grain gas checked cast bullets and 13 grains of Red Dot. Very soft recoil, but they wont cycle the M1's action.
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I loaded up a test set of 168 and 175 each... 4 shot groups (so I can get 2 groups per clip), 4 groups each bullet. Hopefully I can drag my dad out to the range next week to try them out and see how they do.