Is it available ? Legal ? Even just as projectles OK

Legal and available from time to time. I have about 900 rounds of AP on clips.

One of the Shops up here has a few cans of it, and it is getting more spendy as time goes on

I just snaged a Madsen 47 30-06 what a sweet rifle ! Gotta get ammoed up in 30-06 now . Thanks for the Info I'll keep my eyes open. RL

Call the Brady Bunch & ask their opinion?    

rocklock were you watching  "Crossing Jordan"?  they had AP 30-06 as part of their story line last night.

I've got a slew of the stuff.
What does it sell for now?
Is it okay to shoot in my 1903A3?
I was told it will wear the barrel awful.
Is this true?

Quoted: I've got a slew of the stuff. What does it sell for now? Is it okay to shoot in my 1903A3? I was told it will wear the barrel awful. Is this true?

It's still copper jacketed. Tracer and AP being bad for a barrel is a bunch of BS.

I have about 1k of '06 on en blocs for my M1.

Quoted: Quoted: I've got a slew of the stuff. What does it sell for now? Is it okay to shoot in my 1903A3? I was told it will wear the barrel awful. Is this true? It's still copper jacketed. Tracer and AP being bad for a barrel is a bunch of BS. I have about 1k of '06 on en blocs for my M1.

How much have you shot through the Garand?
I was told it was machine gun ammo and very different from M2 Ball. Not true?
I've got maybe 1k + on '03 strippers in original WWII bandoleers, in the WWII cans.
I'm itching to shoot it up.
Go for it?
What does everyone say?

Quoted: Call the Brady Bunch & ask their opinion?

rocklock were you watching "Crossing Jordan"? they had AP 30-06 as part of their story line last night.

Bob , I geuss you are refering to Jim and Sarah Brady ? I dont think I want to know their opine...


Ad Junky Thanks for all your help that link you sent me sealed the deal . If you ever get a chance to shoot one of these Madsens ...do it . Thanks agian Rocklock....... Still havent figured out what kind of "stripper clips "it takes ???

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've got a slew of the stuff. What does it sell for now? Is it okay to shoot in my 1903A3? I was told it will wear the barrel awful. Is this true? It's still copper jacketed. Tracer and AP being bad for a barrel is a bunch of BS. I have about 1k of '06 on en blocs for my M1. How much have you shot through the Garand? I was told it was machine gun ammo and very different from M2 Ball. Not true? I've got maybe 1k + on '03 strippers in original WWII bandoleers, in the WWII cans. I'm itching to shoot it up. Go for it? What does everyone say?

I say save it for a day it might be "needed". If you're just going to plink use some cheap stuff instead.

My .02
S.O.

Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: I've got a slew of the stuff. What does it sell for now? Is it okay to shoot in my 1903A3? I was told it will wear the barrel awful. Is this true? It's still copper jacketed. Tracer and AP being bad for a barrel is a bunch of BS. I have about 1k of '06 on en blocs for my M1. How much have you shot through the Garand? I was told it was machine gun ammo and very different from M2 Ball. Not true? I've got maybe 1k + on '03 strippers in original WWII bandoleers, in the WWII cans. I'm itching to shoot it up. Go for it? What does everyone say?

From what I understand, a lot of GIs in WW2 delinked AP MG ammo and used it in Garands. Amost to the point of exclusivity. I never heard anything about it being dangerous to shoot. Made cover turn into concealment.

An old Army sarge used to tell me that AP was the only thing he carried thru WWII & Korea.
He and his buddy ran across a bank safe in a bombed out building in France, still locked up tight as a drum.
They shot at it with a Thompson and his Garand, to no avail.
He mentioned that the .45 bullets would hit the safe and just spin.
He sent his buddy off to find some AP rounds and he came back with a bazooka and two WP rounds.
Before his buddy could be stopped, the bazooka put a nice hole in the side of the safe.
All the money in the safe burned up real good.
He told me after that, he carried AP everywhere he would go.

He also mentioned it would go thru a German Halftrack like butter.
His face would light up when he would talk about shooting up half tracks.

Sorry for the highjack, just started me thinking.

How much is loaded .06 AP going for?

Quoted: How much is loaded .06 AP going for?

At gun shows, an arm and a leg. Some website have AP bullets pulled for dirt cheap a few months ago, and if I find it again, I'll buy a metric ass-ton of them.