.270 Garand

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Shootinshyster

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Criterion Barrels made a run of Garand barrels in .270 Winchester

So I snagged one and I borrowed a .270 Winchester pull through reamer.

I installed the barrel on a Breda receiver BMR 68. I chose BMR 68 because .270 calibre is 6.8mm.

The gun was assembled with standard Garand components and I loaded Hornady 120 grain SST bullets together with 46 grains of IMR-4895. The velocity of this load is 3030 fps

The .270 Garand feels like a Mini 14.There is very little recoil and it is the best shooting Garand of them all
 
As the garand was originally chambered in .276 pedersen that .270 has a bit of similarity to the original I suppose.
I must get around to trying a garand one day on a trip to less restrictive countries.
 
Not wanting to go off topic but I seem to remember from the dim and distant that I saw Garands being advertised in French hunting magazines maybe 30 years ago.

This was before the ban on military calibres was lifted, specifically 30.06, and they were available in .270 Winchester and another called I think .30 CC.

Does anyone else remember this? I think ( assumed ) that .30 CC was a simple chamber conversion to exclude .06 from being used but I'm not sure.

The rifles shown on this thread are absolute belters especially the 9.3, what a great driven boar rifle it would make.
 
Borrowed the Roswell gun club gun to shoot at a 1,000 yard match in New Mexico and all the others turned up with rem 700s with scopes so I had no chance but have a happy memory (up yours Mrs Thatcher).
 
Bavarianbrit said:
Borrowed the Roswell gun club gun to shoot at a 1,000 yard match in New Mexico and all the others turned up with rem 700s with scopes so I had no chance but have a happy memory (up yours Mrs Thatcher).
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That’s how bought my first Garand. They had a garand match that was 200/300/600 m (standing/kneeling/prone).
I came in dead last, but still had a great time and went out and bought one

At the next match I did win one competition they called the “rattle battle”. It was prone, human silhouette at 200, most hits on the black was winner. Buddy coached me, had
My clips laid out, sling tightened just right, and once you get the rhythm down it’s a magnificent vibe. Bang 8x, ping, slap in another clip and repeat.
Bang on black, muzzle rises, muzzle falls through black, bang, repeat
 
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