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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cowadle" data-source="post: 967149" data-attributes="member: 7203">[*]The Garand action has a floating firing pin, like many military rifle designs.  The use of soft primers, such as standard Federal Large Rifle can be dangerous due to the possibility of the rifle discharging out of battery.[/LIST]</blockquote>very good point. you should field strip her first and make sure the firing pin is free.  you shouldn't have any problems with slamfire when loading from a clip but if you are single loading a round make sure you only let the bolt fall from half way.this way your bolt does not have enough inertia to activate the primer.[/QUOTE]