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Firearms >> Other Firearms >> Garand proto-types http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1492145346 Message started by butlersrangers on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 4:49am

Title: Garand proto-types
Post by butlersrangers on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 4:49am

Col. Townsend Whelen shooting a pretty 'Foxy' looking Garand in .276 cal.

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Title: Re: Garand proto-types
Post by psteinmayer on Apr 14^th, 2017 at 10:57am

Amazing! Interesting differences from what became the final design. I'd love to show up at the National Garand Match with that one!

Title: Re: Garand proto-types
Post by reincarnated on Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:55pm

If it was a .276 with original bullets, you would not reliably hit your hat at 100 yards.

Title: Re: Garand proto-types
Post by psteinmayer on Apr 18^th, 2017 at 11:03am

Why is that? Is .276 a known inaccurate bullet?

Title: Re: Garand proto-types
Post by reincarnated on Apr 19^th, 2017 at 4:31pm

You can read about it in Hatcher's Notebook. The bullet design had no parallel surfaces to allow it to stabilize on its way down the bore. Hatcher has a detailed drawing.

Ness: Practical Dope on the Big Bores: When they reloaded the cases with regular 7 mm 139 grain bullets, the rifles were quite accurate.