Yes, I got a few thousand rounds of that from the CMP a couple of years ago. Not pretty, not particularly good for much other than it's original purpose and target practice, but it works. Had zero issues with it.
Greek HXP is Garand safe ball ammo. It is not the most accurate, like most M-2 ball. It is service grade ammo for service grade rifles. The best part is that it is reloadable and non-corrosive.
thanks guys! we are headed to randge this weekend. If all goes well, I will sell an unused 12ga I bought for a corp hunt that was cxl'd and get some more with the cash!
Be wary of the M2 Ball sold on the internet. I ordered a 300 round can of Korean surplus packed loose in an ammo can.
The batch had different head stamps (dates), and about 80% had been de-linked from ammo belts intended for machine guns.
After sorting through the batch, I found five different head stamps. Pulled the bullets from each lot: Some had ball powder, and others had stick powder. Even found different powders in the same head stamps of the same year. (Rifle vs. MG ammo).
I condemned all 300 rounds, dumped the powder, popped the primers, and will re-load the cases with fresh powder and primers suitable for the M-1 Garand.
The good news: It will be far cheaper to rehab this batch of ammo than to buy new ammo, and it surely will not be corrosive.
M-1 and M-2 ball should all be acceptable for Garands. "Should" is relative, of course. Korean ammo might be loaded differently for MG's and rifles. I have never seen any hard data that suggest this is the case though.
When dealing with Korean surplus -06 ammo be mindful of the headstamp. The acronyms I was taught are: