Ammo of Choice For the M1 Carbine

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Wolf is inaccurate and VERY dirty. It had group sizes over double the Remington and Winchester I used. Because of the steel cases and the coating they use, it does not like to feed, especially from 30 round magazines and from firearms with compressed recoil springs. Most of the FTF and FTEs I have ever had from numerous carbines was with Wolf. Some say Wolf is hard on extractors, and that may be true, as I chipped one with it.

For practice and match, I use Remington 110 FMJ from Walmart ($25/50). It clocks at 1930 fps (lake City is 1970, but hard to find) It prints to the same point of aim as Remington 110 grain Soft points that I keep in the weapon for use as a PDW home and farm gun. Walmart around here ALWAYS has it in stock, even in the bad times. Winchester USA is good ammo too, but I have not shot as much of that as the Remington.

If you can find it, the best is Magtech from Brazil. It clocks out at just over 2000 fps, and is also very accurate.

Aguilla is underpowered and clocks at about 1850 fps. I had problems (FTEs) the one time I tried it in a carbine with a new recoil spring. I put in a slightly degraded spring and it worked OK. Aguilla will shoot lower than everything else at 100 yards, so you are stuck choosing between sighting it in for Aguilla or higher power like Remington and Magtech.

Just my personal experience (not hearsay). Your milage may vary.