HK G3
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Hi guys,
I've been doing the math on cost/round of .308 for plinking (though I suppose at this caliber, "blasting" is the more appropriate verb ) purposes, and finding that given the current costs, hazmat fees, etc, I'm not really saving all that much money by loading this cartridge.
I'm currently looking at a cost/round of about 27 cents. That's about 10 cents cheaper than Brown Bear, which is currently the cheapest commercially available ammo, but I'm hoping to try and do better, since there's also all the time spent at the bench to factor into the cost. Granted, I'm going to be working the load up with this new powder I got my hands on, and then it'll (hopefully) be a lot more accurate, but I'm still trying to be as frugal as possible.
With this load, I'm going to be spending about 14 cents per bullet (145 gr FMJBT W/C), and they're relatively low quality. I'm not looking for bullets that can fly true for 400m and hit that 8 point buck square in the heart while expanding - I'm looking to put holes in paper and blow up some water jugs.
With this in mind, does anyone have any recommendations as to where to buy really cheap, yet decent, 30 cal bullets that'll chamber properly each time? Last time I tried pulled bullets, I had jams every other magazine from deformed bullets not chambering properly.
Thanks!
I've been doing the math on cost/round of .308 for plinking (though I suppose at this caliber, "blasting" is the more appropriate verb ) purposes, and finding that given the current costs, hazmat fees, etc, I'm not really saving all that much money by loading this cartridge.
I'm currently looking at a cost/round of about 27 cents. That's about 10 cents cheaper than Brown Bear, which is currently the cheapest commercially available ammo, but I'm hoping to try and do better, since there's also all the time spent at the bench to factor into the cost. Granted, I'm going to be working the load up with this new powder I got my hands on, and then it'll (hopefully) be a lot more accurate, but I'm still trying to be as frugal as possible.
With this load, I'm going to be spending about 14 cents per bullet (145 gr FMJBT W/C), and they're relatively low quality. I'm not looking for bullets that can fly true for 400m and hit that 8 point buck square in the heart while expanding - I'm looking to put holes in paper and blow up some water jugs.
With this in mind, does anyone have any recommendations as to where to buy really cheap, yet decent, 30 cal bullets that'll chamber properly each time? Last time I tried pulled bullets, I had jams every other magazine from deformed bullets not chambering properly.
Thanks!