Remember, 8lb kegs.  Only buy 8lb kegs.

I got a deal on 6,000 pieces of 147grn M80 bullets for both my M1 Garand and my M1A and I found that 46.0grns of W748 works well, however, as you say my powder measure empties much faster than when I'm loading 45acp, that's for sure.  8lbs is 56,000grns so at 46grns per round an 8lb keg of W748 will produce only 1,217 rds.  That's quite a difference from the my 45acp loads where I use 5.4grns of Unique and get 10,370 rds from a keg!!!!!

142 rounds per pound...

178 AMax over 47.5 gr IMR 4064

The low one was my fault.  This is 100 yards with 52 year old eyeballs, not bad for me.

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just loaded one hundred rounds for the Garand using IMR-4895.

By the way, an alternative powder if you're looking for something more modern (i.e. better T sensitivity and the like), is AR Comp.  I've had very good luck with AR Comp, and it's pretty similar to 4895 in load density and grain size.  I like it because I'm able to get a better load density than I can with something like 8208, and it's a little slower burning than 8208, which I consider on the faster side of the spectrum of Garand powders.  

ARComp isn't a great choice for progressives - it's really a rather odd powder, because it's supposed to be tuned for AR's, and it does SHOOT well, but it kind of is a bitch to load for .223 - most of which tends to be loaded on progressives, and it's just a poor metering powder.  But I individual load for 30-06, and in that case, large grains work just fine.  And AR Comp works really well in my Garand for me.  There's no published load data for ARComp for 30-06, much less Garands even.  I was advised to just start with it like it's 4895, and tune from there.   Which is what I did, with good results.

I've used nothing BL(C)-2 and IMR4895. Been loading for my 2 M1's for a long time.

I started years ago with 4064 because that is what i could get, switched to 4895 for same reason because i noticed slighty better accuracy in my Garand at the time.

I still use it because i can get it and i usually have 20 or 30 pounds on hand.

I am leary of playing the powder game too much with "fragile" rifles i hold dear

20 or 30lb!!! wow....You put me to shame, I only have like 3lb of RL-15, 2lb of Accurate 2018 and 1lb of W-231