Garand friendly game loads.

[teratos]

BrowningGuy and I are booking a combo Whitetail/hog hunt. I’m thinking of mounting a thermal on my Garand just to be silly.

Does anyone have a Garand friendly load for game?

 

[Katsoup]

150 grain commercial loads

 

[teratos]

150 grain commercial loads

I did not know that. Thanks!!

 

[StantonCree]

BrowningGuy and I are booking a combo Whitetail/hog hunt. I’m thinking of mounting a thermal on my Garand just to be silly.

Does anyone have a Garand friendly load for game?

After you’re done I’d love to hear where and your experience! My buddy has an outfit in Georgia he loves but they use dogs. I’m not against dogs but they do shooting and stabbing and the stabbing part I honestly don’t have in me I don’t think. I’d thermal over rice fields any day though!

 

[Katsoup]

I did not know that. Thanks!!

I do what I do best.

 

[teratos]

After you’re done I’d love to hear where and your experience! My buddy has an outfit in Georgia he loves but they use dogs. I’m not against dogs but they do shooting and stabbing and the stabbing part I honestly don’t have in me I don’t think. I’d thermal over rice fields any day though!

I’m not interested in stabbing. Lol. I love everything about hunting but the killing. It’s necessary, but I want it to be fast.

 

[TwinTurbskis]

I have run a couple boxes of 150gr PPU soft points thru my Garand with no issues, however YMMV. I hope to take a deer with it this November. Good luck on the hunt!

 

[teratos]

I have run a couple boxes of 150gr PPU soft points thru my Garand with no issues, however YMMV. I hope to take a deer with it this November. Good luck on the hunt!

Thanks!!! Since I’m a MDS addict, I’ll post up.

 

[Park ranger]

Is your thermal rated for 30-06? My NV is only up to 308, which is the same more or less.

 

[teratos]

Is your thermal rated for 30-06? My NV is only up to 308, which is the same more or less.

I have a Super Hogster R. Rated to .308. I figure Garand loads will be fine.

 

[Park ranger]

Cool. With a 150 grain bullet, an m1 load should have around 50-52 grains of powder. That's a lot of empty space. If you shake it, it should sound like there is a lot more room. It is sounds full, that a slow powder. But I don't think 40 rounds will kill an op rod. But then again, I have broke an op rod (un cut) (( grow up)) with m2 ball.

 

[steves1911]

I don't know if they still make them but Hornady had garand match ammo loaded with 168gr amax. At 308/garand velocity the amax works great on deer and hogs.

 

[teratos]

I don't know if they still make them but Hornady had garand match ammo loaded with 168gr amax. At 308/garand velocity the amax works great on deer and hogs.

Thanks! I’ll check around

 

[steves1911]

Thanks! I’ll check around

Hornady vintage match is what its called now....looks readily available

 

[teratos]

Hornady vintage match is what its called now....looks readily available

Thank you.

 

[4g64loser]

I don't care for garands but when loading for them, keep.the pressures conservative and stick with powders that give you the proper pressure drop by the port. Varget, imr4064, imr4895, RL15, and vihtavouri n140 all work.

150gr (strongly suggest nosler accubond or partition) run varget. 44 to 46 grains.

165gr (strongly recommend Sierra 165hpbt gameking) run varget 44 to 45.5gr.

 

[Boondock Saint]

A thermal on a Garand.

The horror.

 

[Inigoes]

Get a schuster gas plug so that you can tune your garand to any commercial loads.

Schuster DCM Adjustable Gas Plug Wrench M1 Garand Steel Parkerized

Made from hardened tool steel and parkerized. Service rifle legal! Has the same appearance and configuration as original; CMP 4th Edition #4-13-2-b. By...

www.midwayusa.com

 

[Vic]

Where you all going? I like pig hunting. wish we had it up here. Definitely want to see pics of the thermal mounted to gerand. I'd think it would be difficult to load with a thermal on there. Would there be any issues when it pops the clip out hitting the thermal? Should be fun...
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[teratos]

A thermal on a Garand.

The horror.

Exactly. It just gives me a chuckle. I’ll pretend the pigs are Nazi pigs.

Where you all going? I like pig hunting. wish we had it up here. Definitely want to see pics of the thermal mounted to gerand. I'd think it would be difficult to load with a thermal on there. Would there be any issues when it pops the clip out hitting the thermal? Should be fun...
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We are going to SC. I’ll tell exactly where after I book. Looks like Outrider58 may be coming along.