Carbine Ammo

[pcaru1]

Waitng to pick up my first M1 carbine, and would like to know if commercial ammo is ok to shoot in these guns? Or could it damage the op rod like a Garand? Thanks.

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[Bruce McAskill]

Commercial ammo is fine in the carbine. Some better then others. Most do not use steel cased ammo in their carbines to stop possible damage to them and the powder is quite dirty.

[gunner]

I used the "American Eagle" and the PRVI both with good success

[CrossedCannons]

My local Walmart almost always (now) has Remington UMC which I've had very good experience with, shoots fine, not too dirty (I shoot my own 38 spl handloads which can be REALLLY filthy or not depending ...)

[jackthesmib]

American made .30 carbine ammunition is the best in the world.
Stick to Federal, Cor-Bon, Hornady, Winchester, and Remington
for use in your USGI carbine. Some foreign stuff is great. Some
foreign stuff is for practice only. A lot of foreign stuff is just plain
junk. No foreign stuff is anywhere near as good as U.S. commercial
ammunition. Buy American. If your carbine is used for law enforcement
or a personal/home defense situation - never use foreign, hand-loaded,
or re-loaded ammunition. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule: use
factory loaded cartridges only.

[gunner]

American made .30 carbine ammunition is the best in the world.
Stick to Federal, Cor-Bon, Hornady, Winchester, and Remington
for use in your USGI carbine. Some foreign stuff is great. Some
foreign stuff is for practice only. A lot of foreign stuff is just plain
junk. No foreign stuff is anywhere near as good as U.S. commercial
ammunition. Buy American. If your carbine is used for law enforcement
or a personal/home defense situation - never use foreign, hand-loaded,
or re-loaded ammunition. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule: use
factory loaded cartridges only.

Nice comment, but to expensive for over here and i´ve never had a problem with my selfloaded ammo, only with the Remington ones.

[Mike Haas]

American made .30 carbine ammunition is the best in the world.
Stick to Federal, Cor-Bon, Hornady, Winchester, and Remington
for use in your USGI carbine. Some foreign stuff is great. Some
foreign stuff is for practice only. A lot of foreign stuff is just plain
junk. No foreign stuff is anywhere near as good as U.S. commercial
ammunition. Buy American. If your carbine is used for law enforcement
or a personal/home defense situation - never use foreign, hand-loaded,
or re-loaded ammunition. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule: use
factory loaded cartridges only.

What an un-informed statement..

[phil441]

What a un-informed statement..

+1
If it shoots and is reliable and accurate, shoot it!

[phil441]

+1
If it shoots and is reliable and accurate, shoot it!

Bill Hollinger, You have mail

[shadycon]

never use foreign, hand-loaded,
or re-loaded ammunition. There are NO EXCEPTIONS to this rule: use
factory loaded cartridges only.

What is wrong with relaoding ? Maybe you don't know how or how much fun it is !