Originally Posted by
rcmkhm
Thanks, Phil, for the articles. The 2nd article seems to indicate that greasing the bullets (which was unauthorized it says) to eliminate fouling was the real culprit. What did the greasing do to increase pressure if you know? I couldn't quite figure that out from the article. Which leads to another question - does the throat erosion in a 1903 affect the pressure and, if so, does anyone know of a 1903 throat erosion gauge? I've read that the CMP ones, for example, are designed specifically for the M1 Garand, but I'm not 100% sure. Chip