http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/14/new-federal-loads-optimized-for-m1a-m1-garand-and-ar-10-338-rifles/ Firearms not Politics Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:18:29 +1300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/14/new-federal-loads-optimized-for-m1a-m1-garand-and-ar-10-338-rifles/#comment-9852 V.I.P. Sat, 23 May 2009 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6349#comment-9852 the M1'S caliber is 0.30-06 x 63mm. Dang, that is big! the M1′S caliber is 0.30-06 x 63mm. Dang, that is big!

]]> http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/14/new-federal-loads-optimized-for-m1a-m1-garand-and-ar-10-338-rifles/#comment-9612 Overload in CO Fri, 15 May 2009 00:50:06 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6349#comment-9612 Weird that they'd be in the budget American Eagle line. Does that mean a high standard deviation on velocity and not very accurate? Or, is this designed to be an inexpensive practice round so you can practice with the same bullet weight as the expensive match boat tail hollow point rounds? Paul Gomez mentions this on Down Range Radio #108 as the reason he doesn't use heavy rounds in his AR-15. Weird that they’d be in the budget American Eagle line. Does that mean a high standard deviation on velocity and not very accurate? Or, is this designed to be an inexpensive practice round so you can practice with the same bullet weight as the expensive match boat tail hollow point rounds? Paul Gomez mentions this on Down Range Radio #108 as the reason he doesn’t use heavy rounds in his AR-15.

]]> http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/14/new-federal-loads-optimized-for-m1a-m1-garand-and-ar-10-338-rifles/#comment-9604 Steve Thu, 14 May 2009 21:58:52 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6349#comment-9604 Daniel, hmmm, I wondered about that but was going on what they said. I don't reload myself but I thought it was primer hardness that prevented slamfires. Daniel, hmmm, I wondered about that but was going on what they said. I don’t reload myself but I thought it was primer hardness that prevented slamfires.

]]> http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/05/14/new-federal-loads-optimized-for-m1a-m1-garand-and-ar-10-338-rifles/#comment-9599 Daniel E. Watters Thu, 14 May 2009 18:16:15 +0000 http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/?p=6349#comment-9599 FWIW: Staked primers do nothing to prevent slamfires. Instead, they are intended to help prevent the primer from backing out of the case. FWIW: Staked primers do nothing to prevent slamfires. Instead, they are intended to help prevent the primer from backing out of the case.

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