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Miscellaneous => Ammunition, Reloading, and Range Reports => Reloading => Topic started by: Weldrdave on December 03, 2022, 10:49:22 AM
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Hello all,
I've reloaded for many years, various loads, but after acquiring a couple M1 Garand's I'm looking to see what some of you do and any favorites. I just recently made up a batch of IMR 4895, started at 48 grain, with a 150 grain bullet, It shot well and was accurate. I'm staying cautious because of the OP rod and do not want to hurt anything. I also have about 3lbs of IMR 4064. Do any of you shoot the 4064 and if you do, may I ask your load data? I've seen some data on CMP and some other sites and it's a mixed mash of ideas. Just want to get a feel and general consensus.
Thanks, Dave thumb1
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I haven’t reloaded for my Garands. Here’s a link to some Hodgdon data that includes both powders that you mentioned and a range of bullet sizes. 150gr bullets if you want M2 Ball specs or the 175gr BT bullets if you want something closer to the original M1 Ball.
https://hodgdon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/m1-final-data.pdf
(https://i.ibb.co/kStxFfN/5-C0-BDA31-0482-4-D61-82-FD-061-C88-D8-C2-DE.png) (https://ibb.co/LZ38fWV)
(https://i.ibb.co/9GvQ5HF/22-D3-CCFD-CDE2-4-D51-A39-F-BBB8-FD51-AED8.png) (https://ibb.co/d7c8Y4d)
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I haven’t reloaded for my Garands. Here’s a link to some Hodgdon data that includes both powders that you mentioned and a range of bullet sizes. 150gr bullets if you want M2 Ball specs or the 175gr BT bullets if you want something closer to the original M1 Ball.
https://hodgdon.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/m1-final-data.pdf
(https://i.ibb.co/kStxFfN/5-C0-BDA31-0482-4-D61-82-FD-061-C88-D8-C2-DE.png) (https://ibb.co/LZ38fWV)
(https://i.ibb.co/9GvQ5HF/22-D3-CCFD-CDE2-4-D51-A39-F-BBB8-FD51-AED8.png) (https://ibb.co/d7c8Y4d)
Thanks so much!!! I'll start there, much appreciated. thumb1