shooting lead in my Garands
Well, this being mom's day and all I decided to spend most of it doing what *I* wanted, and what I wented was to work up a load for my garands using my cast 130 grain gas checked spire point bullets.
So I ended up shooting at the old trailer frame out back and I found that with 35.5 grains of IMR 4895 that bullet is pretty darn accurate and goes right through that steel frame out there. It's a pretty good plinking round I don't mind telling you. I think I'm going to load up a couple ammo cans of this stuff, in clips. A can holds 33 clips.
I really enjoyed the day, and I think I'm going to get into some serious case prep tonight.
I wonder if this round would be good for hunting...
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Watch for lead build up in the gas cylinder
After about 200 rounds, you may notice a change in zero, then eventually functioning problems. Was it E H Harrison who wrote about this in the Rifleman years ago?
Christopher Dingell
Boyd's stocks are Number Ten
BruceB:
The Boyd's stock may be your problem, unless it is glass bedded. I have not yet found a Boyd's that will fit properly without being glassed or shimmed. In addition to the "clamping tension" (which is usually ok), the barreled receiver must have ZERO motion in the stock with the whole trigger assembly removed. If it moves fore-and-aft, athwartship, or has any "yaw" in it, the rifle won't group up to its potential. I've tried three, and they have all had fore-and-aft slop in the receiver bedding.
Resp'y,
Bob S.