I bought some Talon 30-06 M2 Ball from Claflin Cartridge and just had a chance to try it out at the range yesterday. I was VERY IMPRESSED with the quality. For those of you who don't know, Talon has a contract with the US government to demill surplus ammunition. They remanufacture 30-06 and 7.62 ammo by deassembling the ammo, testing the powder for quality, removing the original primers, then reassembling the ammo with new primers. All the ammo I got was Lake City headstamped with dates from the late 60s to early 70s. The bullets are USGI 150 gr FMJBT, lead core, copper plated steel jackets. I shot about 30 rounds through my M1 Garand, which has been match conditioned and here are the results. I first chronographed 5 rounds and the muzzle velocity ranged from 2650 fps to about 2725 fps (I don't have the printout in front of me so I can't recite the exact figures). From a benchrest, I was shooting 1.25" groups at 100 yards., including one perfect three shot cloverleaf group in the center of the bullseye that measured 1/2" across. I was amazed at the accuracy, so much so, I ordered more of it today.
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