Good source for M1 Garand clips?
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https://www.brownells.com/magazines...n-block-clip-30-06-springfield-prod42370.aspx
Don't know if they are any good, but I saw these in the giant catalog they sent me. I must have spent too much money there.
Don't know if they are any good, but I saw these in the giant catalog they sent me. I must have spent too much money there.
badkarmamib
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I bought a USA-made pack off eBay, 10 clips were $12.35 shipped, and all have worked flawlessly.
GarandAndGear http://www.garandgear.com/index.php
Garandimal
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CMP. 25 / $21.00
PC014 - Clip enbloc M1 Garand newMANUF TO MILITARY SPECS/25 PK
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M1 Garand enbloc clip - newly manufactured to military specifications. 25 clips to a package Standard Shipping Rates Apply
PC014 - Clip enbloc M1 Garand newMANUF TO MILITARY SPECS/25 PK
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M1 Garand enbloc clip - newly manufactured to military specifications. 25 clips to a package Standard Shipping Rates Apply
- Item Number: PC014
- Price: $21.00
- Category: Part Commercial
If you only need a dozen or less which last forever.
https://www.ammogarand.com/m1-garand-clips-8rd-enbloc-aec-coded-new-us-producti18.html
AECs are good. CMP should have 1 comes with the rifle, North Store does.
https://www.ammogarand.com/m1-garand-clips-8rd-enbloc-aec-coded-new-us-producti18.html
AECs are good. CMP should have 1 comes with the rifle, North Store does.
Garandimal
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They may last forever - but unless you have a Holbrook Device installed...?
The rifle spits them out after the eighth round... wherever you are or whatever you are doing.
Not a problem at the range, but, problematic in the field.
And having 200 rounds clipped up is good. (25 enblocs)
Having 1,000 rounds clipped up is good... er.
GR
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Dave DeLaurant
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Related storage question: has anyone experienced any corrosion issues leaving brass cases in Garand clips over a period of several years? This is assuming they are stored in a suitable sealed container.
1KPerDay
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I havent. Whatever corrosion you may find is caused by the old powder or the storage environment, not the clips. At least in my experience.
Garandimal
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Funny thing - there was a corrosion problem with a particular lot of spam cans... due to the glue used in the cardboard boxes.
Clipped ammo, Ttbomk, is GTG.
GR
P5 Guy
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I'm glad I bought that partial box at the gun show many years ago. Ten cents a piece seemed high back then.
lightman
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I have a ammo can of LC-54 that came from the factory in clips that show no corrosion. They have been sealed in the ammo can all of that time and since I have had them, in a controlled environment. But they are older than I am and I don't know how they were stored before I got them.
1976B.L.Johns.
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I have a ammo can of LC-60* that came from the factory in clips that show no corrosion. They have been sealed in the ammo can all of that time and since I have had them, in a controlled environment. But they are younger* than I am and I don't know how they were stored before I got them.
lightman, what do you smell when opening the ammo can?
* I "quoted" you, as you can see, I have something similar.
lightman, what do you smell when opening the ammo can?
* I "quoted" you, as you can see, I have something similar.
Random 8
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I would go to a gunshow or a good old dusty shelf gunshop and ask the guy behind the counter if they have any. I've found over several rifles, some can be picky, you want a variety and see which work best in your gun. One of mine wouldn't run the cheap greek ones that came with CMP ammo, and had issues with a few other individual clips of US manufacture from 1960's through WWII vintage. I had to mark "good" clips for use in this rifle. The "good" clips showed no visual difference vs the "bad" ones. My current rifles seem to run every kind I have in stock.
I would avoid new-made and look for original GI issue even at a higher price. I'm sure you'd find some if you put a "looking for" post in the marketplace section.
I would avoid new-made and look for original GI issue even at a higher price. I'm sure you'd find some if you put a "looking for" post in the marketplace section.
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10,000 would be good-est?
Garandimal
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Well...
Got several cases of the CMP3 enblocs when they first became available. Also contacted Aggressive Engineering RE: them and was told that they were produced w/ milspec mil-cert steel on machine #3, a legacy from their ACE3 military and current AEC3 commercial contracts.
Know they had a setting snafu with a short run of the CMP3's early on, presumably shortly after mine were purchased, that resulted in enblocs that wouldn't accept .30-06 groove (v.s. both .30-06 and .308) rounds, but was shortly rectified. (I'm also fairly sure that if you happen to come across any, that the CMP/CS will make it right.)
All I will say is that they are tight, they work, the finish is nice, and they should last nearly forever.
The rifle doesn't run very well without'em, so more is better, and compared to the cost of magazines? They are almost disposable... almost.
P.S. a 30CAL can holds 7x5x8-loaded enblocs (if you alternate and stagger'em) - 280 rounds.
GR
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Flatbush Harry
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When I originally got my first M1 Garand from the CMP I also bought several cases (4 Spam cans to a case, each containing 192 rounds of HXP M2 Ball ammo in clips, 6 clips to each of 4 bandoliers) of ammo. CMP was selling them for roughly $200/case IIRC. I've used most of this at the range and kept all the clips after shooting. I've found the Greek clips have worked with handloads with all my M1s and they don't wear out.
Garandimal
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Found that the French "SF" (merde) HXP clips are about good for wind-chimes.
GR
lightman
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I have a ammo can of LC-60* that came from the factory in clips that show no corrosion. They have been sealed in the ammo can all of that time and since I have had them, in a controlled environment. But they are younger* than I am and I don't know how they were stored before I got them.
lightman, what do you smell when opening the ammo can?
* I "quoted" you, as you can see, I have something similar.
There is defiantly a smell but its hard to describe. Something like a mix of paint and brass. That doesn't make a lot of sense but those two things are the first to come to mind.
Flatbush Harry
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Orlando is correct that the clips used with Greek HXP ammo are not of Greek manufacture. My somewhat sloppy reference to "Greek" clips was to identify them as the clips used with the Greek HXP ammo. This was a useful correction by him.
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