Let's hear your Pet 30-06 Garand Loads

beltfed

beltfed

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Newbe Garand loader here.

I'm thinking of a nice light load with 155 Nosler Costom Competition J4s....that won't short stroke of course...
I've got H4895, AA2520, H335 and IMR4895 on the short list to use, have 500 virgin Winchester brass primed up with Win Lg. Rifle primers....

Whatda got?;)
 
I ordered 2100 Hornady #3037's from mysticplayer, he was the only one who could get me the bullets during the "shortage" And his pricing ended up being better than my local shops!

Currently load:

150gr Hornady 3037 BT-FMJ
Winchester Brass
Winchester WLR primer
H 4895 @ 44gr's

I found this load ALWAYS works in my Garand, I tried a few other powerders but was having weird issues, like the first round would fire and eject, but the second wouldn't chamber, so I'd have to manually pull the handle and load it, then the remaining 7 would fire, but it wouldn't eject the clip. Switched to this combo, been happy ever since, no FTF, and I get the satisfying PLINK at the end :cool:
 
I shoot 165 gr Sierra soft points out of mine with 49 grains of Varget. Very nice groups and you can hunt with them if you like.
 
Use the H4895 or IMR4895. IMR4064 or Varget is better though. More consistent accuracy.
Work up the load before you load all 500. When you get that far, you must full length resize every time. All semi-auto's require it.
"...Nosler Custom Competition..." That hollow in the bullet might, I say again, might deform when you thump them on the butt plate to seat the cartridges in the clip. Don't think I'd worry about it too much though. Happens with SP's and doesn't bother anything. The point of a bullet isn't that important. The base is the important part.
"...you can hunt with them..." Yep. Scary how much the .30-06 loves 165 grain bullets.
 
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