I'm not averse to trying factory stuff if a buddy hands me some rounds, but by far the bulk of M2 Ball-like ammo I shoot in my Garand and Springfields is handloaded with Sierra 150 FMJBT's and 47gr. H4895, LC or FA brass (when I'm not shooting a cast 170 grain spitzer and enough powder to work the action). That load shoots to the same POI as gov't Ball M2 with a fair better level of generally better accuracy. Three ammo cans full of it set under my desk awaiting the zombies!
What they really need to re-introduce is FA or LC .30 cal M72 Match ammo. I'll cry when my last of that stash gets used up.
It should be easy enough to clone it with a 175 grain Sierra Match King which is a better bullet anyway. That's what I did for 308 when my buddy and I shot through a number of ammo cans of M852 and M118 Match he got from his grandfather in law.
