I picked up a few boxes of the PPU ammo shortly after getting the rifle. Thus far they seem to be a good pairing, but I haven't had it back out to shoot it again. Hopefully by the time I burn up the rest of it, I can order a case of the stuff for a fair bit less investment.
Fun video of a guy running a 308 Garand at a multigun match
-Seconds Count. Misses Don't-
Oh great. I have like two cases of Korean surplus .30-06 in Garand clips.
A match I used to shoot was regularly attended by a guy who liked to run it in full WW2 infantry kit with an M1. He didn't win, but it wasn't not competitive. One of those fun things that makes everyone feel like they have too many toys and not enough practice.
Some is, some is not. I would pull a bullet and the powder and perform the "nail test"....I can't cite a particular Youtube on that but there are probably a bunch. Basically discharge only the primer on a degreased plain steel nail driven into a board and see if you get quick corrosion overnight.
In any case, clean the barrel with water, or balistol or both and you don't have to worry if it is.
I did ruin a Garand barrel about 20 years ago with a particular lot of the Korean milsup stuff, only because I didn't know.
Picked up this M1917 Eddystone a couple of weeks ago. Fits right in between the '03 and the Garand.
We may lose and we may win, but we will never be here again.......
Nice find, I found the whole history of Eddystone and what they accomplished in a short period of time fascinating. My grandfather carried one "over there" until he was wounded. My M1917 is a lot more fun to shoot than any '03, great gun.
From memory, I think the Korean KA headstamp was corrosive, the PS was not. I also seem to recall that the KA stuff was in garand clips, the PS wasnt, but that may vary by source. A friend shot a lot of if, I shot a bit of it about 15 or 20 years ago.
I havent heard of the old Korean stuff blowing any guns up, was there certainty about that being the case? Just be aware that some was corrosive and clean accordingly. Not sure if reloading the corrosive primed brass causes any problems or not. If its cleaned and neutralized soon after firing it may be fine but I dont know.
I shot some commercial PMC M2 Ball in the 80s, it was headstamped PS and shot 3 rds in a hair under an inch in a 1903 sporter. It shot pretty well if the barrel didnt get hot.
Shooters Choice cleans corrosive priming residue well and nasty jacket fouling from the dirty German 308 ball with the black primer sealant that retailed at $2/box. The older Hoppes No 9 would clean up corrosive priming residue also. I had several large bottles from the 70s or before that
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