Quote Originally Posted by Swede View Post
I have some old .30 cal Match boxes of ammo that say 173gr at 2640fps. The only thing is I don't know if it is for an 03 or the Garandicon. I do know there are a lot of shooters using 170 - 180 gr bullets in their Garands.
I personally use only 150 & 168 gr bullets. 150 for most of my shooting and 168 for match.
So did 2 clips do damage to your rifle? I double it. Factory ammo is supposed to be okay to shoot in an auto. But I would stay with 150's.
I have and shoot from a few cans of 173 grn Match ammo that came from surplus in the enbloc clips. Stuff shoots great! M2 ball in the same rifle produces a 3 to 4 MOA group (off sandbags) at 100, while an eight round group of the Match stuff can be covered with a half dollar. HUGE difference. Only a couple thousand rounds down range, but nothing bad yet. This is with an all correct and seemingly original '43 springfield withe the unmodified oprod and a shortfork follower. Maybe I've just been really lucky.