cardinalorange
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I was tasked by a couple ex-marine buddies who are working on getting back at shooting regularly to produce the "cheapest 223/308 range ammo that will cycle reliably from an AR platform." I initially laughed because right now nothing is cheap, but since we can't go shoot right now because of the wildfires I might as well do the calcs. I ordered 2k of RMR's 62 gr FMJ 223 and 2k of their 147 gr 308 because they were in stock and I like to give RMR business since I like them as a company, but when diving into powder the options are quite unsurprisingly endless. I reload IMR4350 and superperformance for my hunting rifles, so I'm starting from "scratch" in terms of procuring powder. I've gone through about a thousand forum posts now of people touting this or that powder at this or that weight, and as with everything a lot of it is going to come down to personal preference and current sale prices for powder... but does anyone know during a normal time what the cheapest powder options are for reloading 223/308?