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Now, in regards to this, how do I know what kind of powder is in commercial ammunition and what would be safe to fire in my rifles? I can read a box all day, but I'm not entirely sure what I'm looking for really.
Some more clarification on this would be appreciated.
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If you want to buy factory ammo, some MFG's make m1 specific ammo, it will say so on the box.
Commercial ammo uses proprietary powder that you cannot get.
All commercial cartridges have a saami specification (sammi = Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers institute) So that "any" commercial ammo is safe in "any" gun chamberd for it. Of course the one exception I know of is the M1 garand, which was designed to work with the 30-06 ammo avalable when it was designed, which is less powerfull than what we have avalable today, so todays factory ammo isnt good to use.
If loading your own, just keep velocities down around 2500-2700fps, and you will be fine. Some loading manuals actualy have seperate sections devoted specificaly to the M1 garand.