NEW Ammo in Garand

[Swede]

I have some old .30 cal Match boxes of ammo that say 173gr at 2640fps. The only thing is I don't know if it is for an 03 or the Garand. I do know there are a lot of shooters using 170 - 180 gr bullets in their Garands.
I personally use only 150 & 168 gr bullets. 150 for most of my shooting and 168 for match.
So did 2 clips do damage to your rifle? I double it. Factory ammo is supposed to be okay to shoot in an auto. But I would stay with 150's.

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[pmac]

I have some old .30 cal Match boxes of ammo that say 173gr at 2640fps. The only thing is I don't know if it is for an 03 or the Garand. I do know there are a lot of shooters using 170 - 180 gr bullets in their Garands.
I personally use only 150 & 168 gr bullets. 150 for most of my shooting and 168 for match.
So did 2 clips do damage to your rifle? I double it. Factory ammo is supposed to be okay to shoot in an auto. But I would stay with 150's.

I have and shoot from a few cans of 173 grn Match ammo that came from surplus in the enbloc clips. Stuff shoots great! M2 ball in the same rifle produces a 3 to 4 MOA group (off sandbags) at 100, while an eight round group of the Match stuff can be covered with a half dollar. HUGE difference. Only a couple thousand rounds down range, but nothing bad yet. This is with an all correct and seemingly original '43 springfield withe the unmodified oprod and a shortfork follower. Maybe I've just been really lucky.

[cosmo05]

If you want to shoot commercial ammo and still have an intact rifle get one these, an adjustable gas plug. I have these on all mine, it will save you from a lot of damage later on. I set them so I only have enough pressure to cycle the rifle. Start with the largest port first and work your way down. You may have to change setting to get Greek .06 to cycle after shooting the commercial stuff. As someone else said, you can bend operating rods, and that would be the least damage. You can also shear the rear legs off the action, then it's a piece of scrap metal.

The part is about half way down the page:

http://www.fulton-armory.com/MParts.htm