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butlersrangers KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 6330 Location: Michigan Bi-Peninsular&Proud Joined: Oct 7^th, 2009	Garand proto-types Apr 14^th, 2017 at 4:49am	Print Post
	Col. Townsend Whelen shooting a pretty 'Foxy' looking Garand in .276 cal.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Garand proto-types Reply #1 - Apr 14^th, 2017 at 10:57am	Print Post
	Amazing! Interesting differences from what became the final design. I'd love to show up at the National Garand Match with that one!


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Garand proto-types Reply #2 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:55pm	Print Post
	If it was a .276 with original bullets, you would not reliably hit your hat at 100 yards.


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psteinmayer KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 2391 Location: Ypsilanti, Michgan Joined: Aug 30^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: Garand proto-types Reply #3 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 11:03am	Print Post
	Why is that? Is .276 a known inaccurate bullet?


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reincarnated KCA Forum Member Offline Krag Enthusiast! Posts: 562 Joined: Mar 11^th, 2012	Re: Garand proto-types Reply #4 - Apr 19^th, 2017 at 4:31pm	Print Post
	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.


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