Quote Originally Posted by NuJudge View Post
I've built two .308 Match Garands, and have a Springfield M1Aicon heavybarrel and a Chinese M14S with match mods.

Both of the .308 Match Garands I have shoot really well and are easy on brass. The reason I got interested in .308 Garands is because old shooters told me that the M1 was more accurate than the M14, and the .308 was more accurate than the .30-'06. Just my experience, but i think the bedding on Garands lasts longer before needing a re-do. Garand parts are a good bit cheaper and easier to find. Some jurisdictions won't let you have a flash suppressor or detachable magazine on the M1A.

The M1A I have shot quite well until the barrel became quite worn, and still shoots decently. The M14S I have not shot that much. Both beat up brass pretty quick.

Kreiger had a special on .308 Garand barrels on their website recently, and I bought one. The other two .308 Garand barrels I have used are Douglas barrels from the Douglas website.
I always thought the Garand wasn't as accurate as the M14 series because the gas cylinder on the Garand was at the end of the barrel and the op rod + bolt has more mass than the M14 combination making it "less accurate"?

I'm not trying the start a flamewar over this. I've heard .308 is more accurate than .30-06, but that it was more of a "theoretical" than actual accuracy improvement. Is the "theoretical" .308 Garand more/less accurate than the M14 combo? If the Garand/.308 combo is more accurate, why weren't more conversions done for NM competition since there were 7.62 NATO service rifle conversions?

Mike D