M1 Garand Clip Hard to Seat

[Der Jagar]

Guess you missed my statement here...



The inside of these clips isn't parkerized with a thick coating of parkerizing by chance? I read back but didn't find any mention...

No, I didn't miss your statement, in writing my last post I forgot about it-my apologies. The site I bought them from indicated they were of US manufacturer, AEC 3-same manufacturer that previously made MILSPEC clips for US Military. Being the clips don't say 'Made In China' I assume they are as reported by AmmoGarand. I think I'll contact them today and ask. Maybe I got duped! 'browningautorifle'---Educate me. What is 'DA' that you advise in your post "I know for a fact they make DA clips for instance"?

I did post that the clips I was using in my '42 Garand were the same that I had used previously in my '55 Garand with the PPU ammo and had ran around 8 clips using the Remington 150g FMJ ammo with no problem in seating clips or any other problems with feeding, ejection of brass or clips. These same clips, some of which were both BRW6 and some of the AEC3's I purchased from Ammogarand worked fine in the '55 Garand. These same clips using the PPU and Remington ammo and having used some fine emery cloth on the sides of the clips (polished up) seated hard in the '42 Garand. That's what has me 'duped'! Evidently something isn't clicking right within the bowls of that '42 Garand only thing I can figure out, maybe "different strokes for different Garand's" as far as enbloc clips go!!!