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Originally Posted by 82ndtrooper
I wont wager any guesses on why the Navy wanted to change the caliber of the weapon  Surplus ammo ? Thanks for the reply's |
The Navy changed the caliber because they were a whole bunch smarter than the Army. A bunch of M-1s yet the standard issue ammo was 7.62 X 51.
So the Navy did their thing like TR said and I have personally shot some of these Navy re-chambered M-1 Garands not many years ago with issued Lake City M-80 Ball in eight round clips and take my word for it -- it is a much more pleasant and accurate experience than shooting the lousy M-2 Ball out of a Garand.
Many guys had their M-1s re-barreled to 7.62 X 51 when that particular cartridge proved itself to be more accurate than the old M-72 'Match' out of a Garand.
About two months ago I shot some issued Navy M-80 that I plucked from its eight round Garand clips through a state of the art Palma Rifle at 600 yards and it shot the ten ring without a problem. Issued M-80. The secret is that this M-80 that the Navy liked for its re-chambered Garands used an extruded powder and not that lousy ball powder loaded in normal M-80.
Gene