[Lurker]

That is my concern, although I think a bent op rod is the worst case.

I think Eaker might have a slightly different opinion of "worst case".

[MileHi]

Yes he does, although I don’t think anyone solved the cause of that.

That is also why I am leary despite the assurance of SA.

[Noumenon]

I bought a bunch of Lake City 3006 milsurp over a decade ago when it was cheap and I still had the wherewithall to do it. Including a small, but much prized load of original Lake City black tip. Nasty stuff for thin-skinned vehicles and such.

An eve nbetter score was a sizeable amount of Lake City match primed cases that I bought about the same time , along with a similar quantity of 30 cal black tip projectile pulls.

Haven’t shot Mr. Garand in a while. It shoots way better than I do, that’s for sure.

[archy]

That is my concern, although I think a bent op rod is the worst case.

I think Eaker might have a slightly different opinion of "worst case".

Me too.

"I have seen evidence of Korean manufactured .30-06 M2 Ball being fired at both our ranges. The use of this ammunition is not authorized at our ranges. In the State of Texas alone, I have heard of 6 M1 and 1903 rifles that have been wrecked by this ammunition. The headstamps are TK, PS and KA. I would recommend dismantling this ammunition, discarding the brass and using it's components to reload in safe brass. The catastrophic case failure is called a "P" split. The case ruptures through the primer pocket on firing. I have mentioned this problem before but apparently somebody missed the message. There are other lots of military ammunition that are dangerous:

French .30 M2 Ball dated in the 1950's
British Kynoch .30 M2 Ball Headstamped K 60

These lots of ammunition are a potential BOMB. I am enclosing a photo of an M1 rifle wrecked by the Korean ammo and a photo of two Korean .30-06 Ctg cases that split at the primer pocket.

The French ammo has severely damaged a Remington Model 700 and Remington Model 760 in my County in Mississippi.

Some lots of Austrian .30 M2 Ball have soft rims and the use in a semi-auto rifle causes the rims to pull off causing the rifle to malfunction.

There are more and worse stories about problematical ammo- including US M80 ball- fired through 7,62 NATO Garands with unhappy results.