Posted on 09/23/2011 3:41:03 PM PDT by cavdad
Bought a M1 Garand last weekend and shooting it for the first time tomorrow. Range is supplying military grade ammo this time. In the future where is a good place on the web or in Raleigh, North Carolina to buy military surplus 30-06 ammo?
By the way, the rifle is a Springfield Armory 1954 model with proper cartouche and ordinance stamp. No mismatching stock or parts.
Good luck finding any surplus. It hasn’t been available for years.
http://www.ammoengine.com/find/ammo/.30-06_Springfield
That is an old page.
Product is discontinued.
do a proper barrel break in... clean the bore after every shot for the first five rounds
clean it after every five shots for the next twenty five rounds
then after every ten shots for the next thirty rounds
then after every 20 shots for the last 40 rounds
I bought 1000 rounds of military surplus from a company in Belgium a few years back. 60 year old stuff. Smokey.
Here is what Midway currently has.
http://www.midwayusa.com/browse/BrowseProducts.aspx?tabId=3&categoryId=7529&categoryString=653***690***
my bad... i thought it was a new rifle, i shoulda read the whole post
I was just looking at the CMP page and didn’t see any.
I like the carbine.
The last time I saw any surplus was a few years ago when an M1 Grand collector died and my local shop bought all his guns and ammo.
He had like 20 cases, they were gone within 2 hours.
You lucky ......
Use a good quality new manufacture ammo, surplus is old and iffy now.
Watch you fingers.....if I never see another one of those heavy bastards it will be too soon...if no ammo I suggest practicing the manual of arms.....then you will appreciate my original post of watching your fingers.. Get that down and I will inspect you for a guard mount! LOL
Don’t know if you’ve fired an M-1 before, but if you hold it tight into your shoulder, it’ll feel like a pussycat (recoil) when fired.
You’ve got to love the ping!
Get your ammo from CMP.
For Match Grade ammo you can use Hornady 30-06 Springfield 168 gr A-MAX.
I believe other makers also make ammo for the Garand.
You could also install an adjusable gas plug and shoot commercial ammo. Just stay away from the heavier bullets.
Prepair for Thumb damage!
http://estore.odcmp.com/store/catalog/catalog.aspx?pg=catalogList&cat=AMC
It should be a current page.
Up to no good ping.
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