What to do with AP Garand rounds

[duman444]

Was given 30+ enblock clips with 8 AP rounds. LC brass, rounds are so old-kept in crappy environment that the black tips are fading away.

Some of the cartridges' exhibit corrosion on base over and around primer.

Not going to fire these, as no longer have a Garand and was worried about duds, when I had one.

Going to pull bullets, MAYBE reuse brass if not too bad, but what the heck do you shoot AP's at? Seems like a big waste on paper.

May take them to hunting camp and shoot some thick wall pipe, but that will get old fast. If only I had an old engine block to shoot

 

[dwh]

Shooting old chunks I beam is fun. My shooting bubbies and I like to turn small boulders into small rocks with AP rounds.

 

[Geno44]

Could any of that be corrosive and if so is it safe to reuse the brass?

 

[ggibson511960]

It used to be that folks were careful with this stuff due to the increased risk of ricochet. When I was a kid we played with some we got hold of. It was pretty easy to make them whine away into the distance without a proper backstop.

 

[DR505]

Do some masonry work...need any old brick walls pulled down?

 

[STORMINORMAN]

Don't know what info you'll find in any load manuals (for AP rounds? HA!), but if the powder was dry and exhibited uniform weight from case to case...

Why not reload the projectiles in new cases? Might come in real handy for someone someday...

Cheers!

 

[jester1985]

Sell them. Still going to send it.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

GunBroker.com. You can probably get $3 per round or better for GI-issue AP .30-06 ammo, especially right now.

 

[AlHunt]

but what the heck do you shoot AP's at?

Tanks, mostly.

Isn't it just 30-06 that could be fired through any '06 in good condition?

 

[Drm50]

I always carried a few APS in case I wanted to shoot a Turkey or fur critter while deer hunting. Was down in George Washington National Forrest one time. Coming in for lunch saw huge Black Squirrel on oak. I wanted him for fishing lures. Stuck in AP and pruned him from 30yds, hit him right in middle of back. Went over and gutted him, stuck knife in tree while cleaned hands. When I got my knife I saw bullet sticking out, just bark holding it. That tree was 18" plus diameter. I just wiggled slug out with fingers. It has rifling marks but faint black tip, I think I could load it again. Still have in my desk drawer. Always thought how it would be un nerving to be in a bunker that bullets just came short of penetrating. Wonder if that bullet was hot when it came to rest? I don't worry about APs, Tracers are the ones to watch. You can start fires with them if they land in wrong place.

 

[pantannojack]

Use Caution

Some time ago, about 50 years now, near Tucson, Az, three guys were shooting AP's at an iron door on an old concrete storage building. Something inside ignited and blew the place apart. One guy lived to tell about it. Anyone remember this?

 

[samandglove1]

One of my clubs has a car shoot every summer. A lot of AP rounds get thrown downrange at those cars!!!

 

[bgrafsr]

AP rounds are very accurate too. Some clubs forbid shooting AP rounds.

 

[old tanker]

AP rounds are very accurate too. Some clubs forbid shooting AP rounds.

Back in the Sixties, shooting in DCM competition AP was the poor man's substitute for M72 Match ammo. For whatever reason, AP M2 with a DEN headstamp was supposedly the "best."

Regardless, the 168 grain weight of the AP bullet was the main reason it did better at long range than the 150 grain M2 ball rounds did.

 

[biku324]

30'06 AP rounds are good griz culling rounds, but not for hunting.

 

[Drm50]

The 30cal machine gun ranges at White Sands had more bullets per shovel than sand around target areas. They pulled abandoned vehicles in for targets. They were using up a lot of AP. I day training sessions would reduce a big car to foil.

 

[AJ]

Keep them they may come in handy some day.

 

[Glashaus]

I have shot many 100's of rounds of those, they do go through steel very nicely!