HXP Ammunition From CMP

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HXP77 was issued by the CMP at Camp Perry a few years ago. Many M1903 shooters, including me, reported bolts were difficult to open. The ammo did not seem to be too hot, just caused the bolts to be difficult to open, a bad thing during rapid fire strings.

I've seen a very similar problem at the range where I shoot. When we examined the Ammo and compared it to some that was working fine, we found that the case rim area, Extractor groove, was a lot thinner on the ones that caused that problem. You didn't need a magnifier to see it either, it was plain as day. They stopped shooting it the garands, and sold it to a couple of guys down there that were shooting 1903 Springfields. It seemed to work well for them all day long. So there must have been a reason for that. I can't recall what they finally said about it, just that the 1903 guys were glad to get it.

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Extractor groove, was a lot thinner on the ones that caused that problem.

Is it possible the ammo could have been older than stated? I had some old I think Pre WWII 30-06 that had a smaller extractor groove in it, unknown manufacture, It was just part of a colection of old stuff I had. I didn't save it, I thought I did, but cant find it to identify head stamps. If I can possibly run accross it again, I'll be sure to post it on here so we can see it, I must have misplaced it when we had our new harwood floors put in. I had to move to much stuff around, and have thus misplaced lots of things. It would be interesting to show you, and compare the known stuff that we all have.