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I took this out of another post that got lost in the shuffle. I was hoping for some feedback.
After action report. I started with 42.3 (2400 fps) and 44.2g (2500 fps) of varget behind a 150g fmj/bt.
Everything went perfect, well maybe not perfect, I had a couple dummies thrown in that i didnt notice. There were no ftf, fte, although i did have some ftfeed and a jam or two, but i think this is from the new clip and the fact the gun has had very little use, i need to break it in. I definitely liked one load over another, but in the excitement of checking the fired brass for inspection etc... i forget to note which one.
One load was definitly a lot smoother and had a more consistent ejection pattern. Almost all at two or three o'clock. On the first batch (the lighter one), some where actually flying off to the left at 11 or ten o'clock.
I am totally stoked on reloading, and intend to start on the rest of the calibers i shoot after i master 30-06.
On a side note, i love my new garand. Very accurate right out of the box. I dont shoot at paper, mostly empty paint cans, but i was picking them off at least 100-150 meters no problem.
The felt recoil is made very manageable by the weight and balance of the gun itself, and the trigger has a nice clean break. My new favorite! It does put a little nick in the brass, and chew up the extractor groove a little, but i think i can live with that.
Also the fired brass measures very close to the unfired, so there doesnt seem to be much strecthing going on.
Also, there where one or two 30-06 cases that still had a little unburned powder in them.
At this point I have resized the brass Setting to the directions that came with the die was pushing the shoulder way back. I set it up to size back to the dimensions taken from a piece of unfired brass. Same headspace, or close, and same oal and neck length. I need to get a comparator, you're really loading blind without one.
All in all, things went as good as i hoped. I am pretty sure the lighter loads were responsible for the inconsistant ejection, and will be sticking with the heavier load.
Thanks for commenting.
After action report. I started with 42.3 (2400 fps) and 44.2g (2500 fps) of varget behind a 150g fmj/bt.
Everything went perfect, well maybe not perfect, I had a couple dummies thrown in that i didnt notice. There were no ftf, fte, although i did have some ftfeed and a jam or two, but i think this is from the new clip and the fact the gun has had very little use, i need to break it in. I definitely liked one load over another, but in the excitement of checking the fired brass for inspection etc... i forget to note which one.
One load was definitly a lot smoother and had a more consistent ejection pattern. Almost all at two or three o'clock. On the first batch (the lighter one), some where actually flying off to the left at 11 or ten o'clock.
I am totally stoked on reloading, and intend to start on the rest of the calibers i shoot after i master 30-06.
On a side note, i love my new garand. Very accurate right out of the box. I dont shoot at paper, mostly empty paint cans, but i was picking them off at least 100-150 meters no problem.
The felt recoil is made very manageable by the weight and balance of the gun itself, and the trigger has a nice clean break. My new favorite! It does put a little nick in the brass, and chew up the extractor groove a little, but i think i can live with that.
Also the fired brass measures very close to the unfired, so there doesnt seem to be much strecthing going on.
Also, there where one or two 30-06 cases that still had a little unburned powder in them.
At this point I have resized the brass Setting to the directions that came with the die was pushing the shoulder way back. I set it up to size back to the dimensions taken from a piece of unfired brass. Same headspace, or close, and same oal and neck length. I need to get a comparator, you're really loading blind without one.
All in all, things went as good as i hoped. I am pretty sure the lighter loads were responsible for the inconsistant ejection, and will be sticking with the heavier load.
Thanks for commenting.
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