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M1 Garand

BIG ALBIG AL Member Posts: 194 ✭✭✭
edited October 2009 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Trying to decide which powder would be better for the M1 Garand,4064 or 4895,anybody got any suggestions? And using the 150 grain bullet.
Thanks
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  • HandLoadHandLoad Member Posts: 15,998 ✭
    edited November -1
    Are you the Big AL Trombone Player From my Academy Days -1975?
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    48 gr of IMR 4895 is what I use for my Garands with a 150gr fmj bullet.
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  • ENBLOCENBLOC Member Posts: 327 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I second what Pearyw said. I use the exact same recipe in my M-1 in local M-1 Garand Match for some hi-power plinking. Substitute soft points for the FMJ and fill a 5 round clip for Whitetails![;)]
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  • usrowboyusrowboy Member Posts: 1 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just got a "special grade" Garand from the CMP. Shoots high at 100yds by about 6inches but groups well. The rear sight is all the way down. Is there a way to readjust so I'm on target at 100yds at this lowest setting?
    Can't find anything online about this in the targeting of the rifle such as on the Fulton Armory sight.
    Thanks in advance
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  • ENBLOCENBLOC Member Posts: 327 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Usrowby, I too have a CMP Garand. Any Garand handed to you to be on at 100 yards you come up 10 clicks in elevation. You have to have the site picture at 6 o'clock. That means looking through your rear peep you set the bullseye's bottom (6 o'clock) just tangent to your front blade (ball on top of stick) You don't cover that bullseye as you want to see it. At 200 years that front blade on an M-1 is the width of a man's shoulders! Hope this helps. You can also find this in Military books on the M-1 and Perhaps the CMP Forum can help you too! Best Regards!
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