Garand reloading manual

 · The same caution applies to reloading for the M1 Garand. Western Powder’s load manual says to use 44 to 50 grains of a propellant with a medium burn rate topped with a to grain bullet. IMR was the propellant used in the original military ball ammo, and the M2 round launches a to grain FMJ flatbase Spitzer bullet at around 2, fps.  · M1 Garand Reloading With Modern Components Tools. M1 Garands have been used for casual and competitive target shooting ever since they came home on . in this manual. This is an auto-loading rifle. It is immediately loaded and ready to fire again after each shot until all shells loaded in the clip have been fired. The rifle is able to fire both with and without the clip in place. The rifle is not unloaded until the chamber is empty. About your owners manualFile Size: 1MB.

M1 Garand Reloading With Modern Components Tools. M1 Garands have been used for casual and competitive target shooting ever since they came home on the shoulders of GIs in the s. At this. Octo at am. The M1 was designed around M1 ball, which used IMR (similar pressure curve to IMR as I understand) and a ish bullet (literally a copy of the Swiss GP11 bullet dimensionally). Shortly after the garand was introduced, the US adopted M2 ball, which used IMR and a gn flat base Spitzer bullet. When reloading for the M1 it is important not to load ammo that will over-gas the system. If hot loads or some newer commercial ammunition is used, it can damage the operating rod. Many reloading sources have load data specifically for the M1 Garand rifle. For example, the load data I used came from the M1 Garand section of the Hornady manual.

in this manual. This is an auto-loading rifle. It is immediately loaded and ready to fire again after each shot until all shells loaded in the clip have been fired. The rifle is able to fire both with and without the clip in place. The rifle is not unloaded until the chamber is empty. About your owners manual. I don't have any other Garand specific manuals other than Hornady. You can use any manual with your IMR powder, just look at the data and choose a load that will push your grain bullets to to around fps. When reloading for the M1 it is important not to load ammo that will over-gas the system. If hot loads or some newer commercial ammunition is used, it can damage the operating rod. Many reloading sources have load data specifically for the M1 Garand rifle. For example, the load data I used came from the M1 Garand section of the Hornady manual.