Remington Core-Lokt Soft Point 180 gr safe for Springfield Nat Match M1A?

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As in the topic, I have a few boxes of 180 gr soft point bullets (Remintgon Core-Lokt and Winchester). Is it safe to fire these through the M1A? Should I turn the gas off just to be safe or should these be avoided altogether...
 
My question would be 'why?'

This rifle is made from the ground up to shoot 168 grainers doing about 2600~2700 FPS. At normal hunting ranges that is tons of horsepower to do the job.
 
My estimated best uneducated guess and from what I have read, the answer is no. There is a very good chance that you will damage your M14 op rod and receiver, thereby destroying the rifle. 175 grain at around 2500 to 2600 fps is about as heavy and as fast as I would go if it were my rifle and that is only with a Sadlak grooved gas piston. yur milage may vary. Now having said that yur Remington Cor lok psp has the widest performance envelope for expansion and kill of any bullet on the market bar none. It out performs any and all bullets and I mean all bullets with the exception of solids for dangerous game. Now I can not attest to accuracy in your particular rifle with that bullet.
 
I'd be a little leery about using open lead tipped bullets in that pretty semi. If all the tips start breaking off/ shaving lead off, they will end up somewhere in the "innards" and possibly cause a stoppage. I'd trade it to someone for different , more gun appropriate ammo.
 
Noted! Thanks guys, I think I will pass it on to my buddy with a bolt action huntiung rifle and stick to my Federal FMJ military ammo.
 
Sold 'em in the shop I worked in, long ago. The shop was the Canadian distributor for a while too. No M1A rifle(long dollars then too) ever came back damaged by the ammo. However, if your rifle is still under warrantee, the ammo you use matters.
SA Inc.'s M1A manual says NATO Spec FMJ, BT or HP ammo only. No SP's. Handloads void the warrantee. It's a CYA thing for them. I wouldn't worry about 180's, myself. 180's won't bother your rifle(seriously doubt an SP will either. Fired a lot of 'em out of my M1 and Winchester semi'd M14 with no fuss), but a 165 will very likely shoot a lot better. Mind you, a National Match likes match grade bullets and ammo.
The M1A manual says this. Nothing about bullet weights or any other internet myth about ammo damaging rifles
"The M1A is designed and built to specifications to shoot standard factory .308 made to SAAMI specifications or 7.62x51 NATO ammunition."
 
The rifle is brand new so it must be under warranty. I have seen completely conflicting reports on the soft points too. Some people I know regularly hunt boar with soft points in an M1 and have never had an issue but I am just being cautious and want to do whats best for my new weapon.
 
I tried some sierra 125 grain soft points in my M1A a couple weeks ago, not even 1/2 of them would feed, when I pulled out the ones that were misfeeds the tips were very badly damaged but may have been as much the result of the bullet shape as anything else?
Rodney
 
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