Gun store packed wrong ammo for m1 garands

tony · Apr 23, 2018

What is the bullet diameter of the "wrong" cartridges?

Joe Blow · Apr 23, 2018

I don't / wouldn't buy any ammo sold in a plastic bag. But if I did, I'd certainly verify what it was before I bought it and used it in a firearm that I own...

enigma · Apr 23, 2018

P25 is a German marking. It's probably 8mm Mauser.

Exonautic · Apr 23, 2018

jesus man, that's not a mistake that's fucking dangerous.

Podmonkey · Apr 23, 2018

Yep, looks like you got some 8mm Mauser alright. Good thing it didn't fire.

Criticalt · Apr 24, 2018

Sue them!! Ban them!! Boycott them!!!

Sorry, I had a progressive american moment.

zzrguy · Apr 24, 2018

Id go back and lose my shit on them.

Podmonkey · Apr 24, 2018

This shop does need to be taken to task for this. While I'm not surprised the shorter 8x57mm Mauser round wouldn't fire in the longer chamber of a 30-06 if it had you'd be swaging down a .32 caliber projectile down a .30 caliber bore. Given that 8mm Mauser military surplus is loaded to a pretty high pressure, that would likely cause a catastrophic failure.
Whoever was packing the rounds needs to know this. The shop needs to correct this before somone gets hurt.

Gonzobird · Apr 24, 2018

My vote is for 8MM Mauser

thegatman · Apr 24, 2018

for Garand, you have to use GI Ball ammo. Unless you get an adjustable gas block. That ammo is really wrong. I would notify them.

togmaster · Apr 24, 2018

That's a careless mistake that could have hurt someone. Call them immediately.

whauburger · Apr 26, 2018

Curious if there was any update to this

Podmonkey · Apr 26, 2018

knuts said:
havent got the chance to let them know yet, been very busy at work. i want to email and show them the pictures since i live almost 1.5 hours away so i wont be having the time to drive there anytime soon. hopefully this weekend i can contact them

They absolutely need to know about this ASAP. Send an email with pictures. This is the sort of thing that could potentially get someone hurt.

whauburger · Apr 26, 2018

I would call and explain asap and follow up with email showing pictures.

GUNSICK · Apr 26, 2018

I’d buy a Mauser.

togmaster · Apr 26, 2018

GUNSICK said:
I’d buy a Mauser.

A good way to approach most problems in life.

MikeyCNY · Apr 27, 2018

Keep us updated! Scary to hear about..

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