Quote Originally Posted by Kiwigrunt View Post
What about surplus R1 from SA? A few years ago a (few?) container load came into NZ and I purchased a case. Excellent ammo, and cheap.
Hey Kiwi,
Good point although we experienced problems with some M1s donated to the Baltic States years ago using ammo previously designed for the R1.

Two issues - weapon chamber with head space in excess of 1.636 and a lacquer coating found on some of the SA surplus ammo.

As I recall the R1 was never designed to be a high volume repeater and would heat up after only 10 rounds - never understood why someone would bring an automatic to go deer hunting