Starting at $900, which is a pretty darn good deal. Yes, this rifle is Old School. But every time I have mine at the range a bunch of guys shooting AR pattern rifles wander by to oogle it.
Starting at $900, which is a pretty darn good deal. Yes, this rifle is Old School. But every time I have mine at the range a bunch of guys shooting AR pattern rifles wander by to oogle it.
Exactly!
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ReplyDeleteThe Civilian Marksmanship Program is the best place to buy a Garand (or two). Several commercial loaders have 30'06 M1 Garand specific loads, I don't know if there is a .308 Garand specific load though, or if one is required or advised.
ReplyDeleteI've owned one of these since 2016, and paid $1030 for it then. Still uses clips. I've had no problems, but haven't fired it much.
ReplyDeleteI occasionally bring my Springfield M1A to 2-gun matches, where it sticks out like my grandmother would at a rave. It definitely knocks over the steel though :)
ReplyDeleteYes! You don’t just grab any old ammo for Garands and go shooting! Both the M1 and M14 are built around Garand-specific loads and pressure levels. You may fire very limited amounts of higher pressure stuff - but a steady diet of that will pooch the gun or bend op rods if you burn too much of it. The M14 “classic” or nominal load is a 168gr pill moving at around 2750 FPS. Dunno what it is for the M1 but I’d bet it’s close. I’d go no more than 3 or 4 reloads on the brass too…Garands beat the ever lovin’ snot out of their brass.
ReplyDeleteThese are NOT bolt guns. A great go-to resource for Garands is at the M14 forum. There’s a lot of smelly old stubfarts, vets and gun smiths/geeks there that know Garands inside out and how to care for and feed them.
I've certainly heard that about the original 30-06 Garand loads, many times. Never heard that was true about .308 Nato for the M1A's. You sure 'bout that?
DeleteThe M1A™ is designed and built to specifications to shoot standard factory .308 made to SAAMI specifications or 7 .62x51 NATO ammunition. The specifications for standard military ammunition include harder primers to withstand the slight indentation from the firing pin when the bolt chambers ...
DeleteThis is from the Springfield Armory website.
https://support.springfield-armory.com/manuals/m1a-manual?section=7oHa87Sn9qeL9voYNBcaHC&topic=5AD0ddXxK5KjmuBV353tSw
i have a Navy .308 conversion....much easier to find ammo for.
ReplyDeleteNotice! The $900 guns are Unserviceable and will be deactivated (method not specified) - if you want a shootable gun, you are looking at $1200.
ReplyDeleteAlso note that these guns are limited to 7.62 NATO, not.308.
Also note that they are semi-automatic and therefor are of interest to Commiemala and her entourage.
DeleteThe M-14 was only in service 1965-1972. I was in 1964-1966 so that's what i qualified on. Much better than qualifying on the flame thrower, which was leaking badly
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