Best commercial hunting Ammo for the M1

Try a 'Schuster' ...if you can find one!

I've been shooting commercial 150g in my M1 with great success.
I'll be trying out some 125g next (lower psi, but a bit faster fps).

I don't expect that shooting heavier loads will result in immediate and catastrophic bending of the op rod, rather that the bent rods occur as the result of long-term use of ammo significantly heavier than that specified per USGI of yesteryear.

"It is said" that swapping your gas plug for one that's adjustable,or one that allows the gas to occupy a slightly higher volume, will allow the shooting of the current range of modern 30-06.

I've got one of the 'Schuster Adjustable Gas Plugs' that I've tried in two of my M1s, shooting 168g, and 'so far-so good'.

"Your results may vary...."
 
Why the M1 has not been prohibited:

I was issued an M1 in US Army Basic Training in 1963, and was issued an M-14 (select fire) when I was deployed to Germany five months later.

I'll try to clarify the question for those members who are either too young to remember the M1, or understandably vexed and confused over the alphanumeric codes assigned to these US rifles. The M1 (often referred to as the "Garand") is NOT prohibited. The "M1A" of which you speak, is an entirely different rifle from the M1. The confusion is understandable, since we're accustomed to having military variants of an original design designated with suffixes like xx"A1", xx"A2", and so on. The "M1" was officially designated as the "U.S. Rifle, caliber .30, M1" (no dash between the 'M' and the '1').
The M1 is a gas-operated semi-automatic rifle chambered in 30-06. It does not have a detachable magazine, but rather a fixed internal magazine that accepts an eight round "enbloc" clip. It is this unique design that limits the M1 to hold just those eight rounds, and is therefore under the limit of rifles holding ten rounds or less.

The M1 served as the American main battle rifle throughout WWII and Korea. In the early 1960s it was replaced by the new US service rifle, the "M-14".
The M-14 had a replaceable 20 round magazine, and numerous other innovations distinct enough to warrant the new '14' designation. Now here's where some of the confusion may lie: M-14 was the code the US Government gave to the new rifle.
Later on, the newly reborn "Springfield Armory" began manufacturing rifles for civilian use, those rifles being designated as "M1A". The M1A may be considered some kind of 'parallel evolution' following the M1, but they are neither M1, nor M-14

To obfuscate the issue even more, we Canadians are fortunate enough to have/had access to a Chinese version of the M1A called the "M305". This Chinese rifle has the advantage of a forged receiver, over the M1A's casting, and generally considered, with some tweaking, to be superior to the American rifle. And yes, "too bad, so sad" for it too, is on the Libbie's list of evil, killing machines.

So, to conclude and to finish, yes, the M-14, and the M1A are both on Trudy's prohib list, but the M1 is not.
So far....


BTW-- Can you find any SKS on the 'evil' list? I couldn't.
That may be for the same reason as our M1s are not listed:
Internal, non-detachable magazine limited to ten rounds...?
That's a puzzler to me. I thought the SKS was limited to just five rounds. Whud up wit dat??
"Interesting times" in the ebb and flow of gun politics, eh?
It's no wonder we're confused! :stirthepot2:
 
Dude... M1 is a short form for

M1 garand
M1 carbine
M1A

So yes the m1a that most common one in canada and most popukar for hunting has been banned.

So yes people are asking "which one" especialy since the "M1" designated rifles are chambered in 4 different calibers, and the Garand itself is often found in both .308 or 30-06, and the M1A is found in .308 and 7.62x39
Because my recomandation would be a 110 gr PPU soft point..... For an M1 carbine

So less panty twisting and more helping the OP with whatever M1 he has.

For cheap reliable hunting ammo with good results, winchester powerpoints. They feed well in the older semiautos because of the lead tipped round nose, shoot consistantly, good results on target. Easy to find and affordable.
I personaly find them reasonably accurate in every gun i have tried them in. Thhere is better... Like barnes tsx or hornady gmx/sst , but man its like 2 or 3 times the price buying it pre rolled and is often hard to find.

Weight of projectile is subject to range and game.
 
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Select your hunting ammo carefully for the M1 garand as a lot of commercial ammo is loaded too hot for the Garand.

GI ammo was loaded a little lighter and hotter ammo could possibly bend the operating rod because of increased gas pressures. Go on forums that specialize in M1 Garands to find out what commercial ammo will be best.

If I'm not mistaken Hornady makes ammo specifically for the Garand but I'm not sure if it is hunting style.
 
It helps to be specific.

It's impossible to advise the Opee unless we know which rifle he's got.

I've never considered the three rifles you mentioned all being referred to as just "M1"s. To avoid the confusion it's best to specify which one you mean in the first place. The entire time of my enlistment I never once heard the M1 (Garand) referred to as anything but "the M1". The M-1 carbine was "a carbine", and there was no M1A or, for that matter, any "M14".
Now we have a proliferation of guns available in the those calibers mentioned, all loosely based on the original M1 platform. These recent iterations are in addition to those we've mentioned so far. Arguably, we might even give an honourable mention to Ruger's "Mini 14", but don't include that one in your "short form".

Yes, it might also have been helpful if the Opee mentioned what type of animals he'd be hunting for.

FWIW, down here on the coast, the M305 far outnumbers the M1A at the local ranges.
AAMOF, I can't recall ever seeing a real M1A here.

Sorry if I offended you in some way, I was hoping to clarify the "which one?" question.
Best regards,
CW
 
LordEvilPepper said:
Dude... M1 is a short form for

M1 garand
M1 carbine
M1A
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Dude, I've got to disagree...M1 means the Garand, nothing else. It's like ordering a Martini...that means gin. If you want a Vodka Martini, you ask for a Vodka Martini. If you mean M1 Carbine, you say M1 Carbine or, M1A means M1A, but M1 means the M1 Garand.
 
machman said:
Dude, I've got to disagree...M1 means the Garand, nothing else. It's like ordering a Martini...that means gin. If you want a Vodka Martini, you ask for a Vodka Martini. If you mean M1 Carbine, you say M1 Carbine or, M1A means M1A, but M1 means the M1 Garand.
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I disagree with you. So many things have the designation M1. Garand, Carbine, Thompson, Abrams, Bayonet, etc. Unless you call it U.S. rifle, caliber .30, M1, it could be anything else. It takes almost nothing to specify “Garand”.
 
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