Soft primers aren't the problem internet lore would have people believe. Slam fires are extremely rare when shooting modern ammo in a serviceable weapon. The risk assessment matrix puts it in the "improbable" category. Yes, the results could be catastrophic but the average shooter with a rifle in serviceable condition has a greater chance of winning the lottery. The issues with commercial ammo are much more complicated than potential slam fires. Commercial ammo - unless loaded specifically for the Garand (e.g. the aforementioned Federal and some Hornady available from the CMP) - has different pressure curves that "can" damage the weapon. Knowledgeable handloaders know this and carefully select bullets and powder to compensate (lots of information available). I recommend anyone shooting commercial spec ammo in a Garand read the following article:
http://www.garandgear.com/index.php?...arand&catid=39
(Yes, they are selling something; however, that doesn't detract from the research and article.)
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A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.
~ Marcus Tullius Cicero (42B.C)
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