M1 Garand commercial ammo

[Surp_Shooter]

On the Federal site under what's new they have a listing for American Eagle M1. It's a 150grn FMJ BT. Should be interesting to see how well it shoots.

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[John Coleman]

The Federal ammunition looks to have been announced in Jan 2009 but nobody has seen any yet. You might get an adjustable gas valve for your Garand. This would allow adjusting the gas system but wouldn't make up for over sensitive primers. The two popular ones are the Mc Cann and the Schuster. The Mc Cann seeems most recommended for using commercial ammunition and the Schuster is for finer adjustments for fine tuning the gas system for accuracy. The idea is to start with the largest gas bleed and step down in gas bleed size until the action cycles. I have never used them as I handload. Years ago people used to drill out the gas plug but the steel is very hard and the required drill bit is very small.

[shotguntaz]

Federal now markets American Eagle ammo marked especially for the garand. I have shot a lot of it with no problems. More accurate than greek ammo in my CMP "special". The hornady match ammo for the garand I have found has the 168gr amax bullet. It is expensive at about $30.00 per 20. Have not tried it. I am planning to buy one box to try. If it works well then I may work up a reload to duplicate. Shouldn't be that difficult as we know they use varget. I may try the N150 if I can find it around here anywhere. The hornady loading manual states they got the best results with that powder. It has a section just for the m1 garand.