Help: Cheapest Gun/Ammo Combination

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Thank you for the link, I didn't state this clearly but I meant in person around my place, I don't like shopping online really.

I'm pretty set on a 91/30 and a hipoint!

Thanks everyone!
 
Not to change the subject, but instead of buying a new affordable gun and ammo to shoot, maybe you should spend that same money on a beginners reloading setup. It might make shooting the guns you already have "affordable". :cool:
 
I just called Cabelas and they are shipping a lee hand loader to my local cabelas, I didnt pay for it yet and plan on making a decision when I see it. I do plan on reloading .223, 9mm and .38 special, all at my grandfathers request. I have firearms in the following: .223, .30-30, 45-70, .38spcl, 9x19, .25acp, .32, .38., 8mm Mauser, 7mm Mauser and 8x22 Nambu.

I was really looking for some Eastern Bloc rifle/ammo combination that is really cheap to shoot and at the price would be fine to shoot corrosive ammo through.

I still am not set on the lee hand loader, especially when the anniversary kit is only ~$50 more.
 
BIG plus on the mosin. Picked up a 91/30 a week ago. Been shooting 10/22 mostly and man, what a difference. As long as your elbow is NOT braced on the bench (let it float with your body), you'll be fine.
 
musick said:
~$80 for the rifle, and ~$85 for 640 rds of ammo at J&G sales. If you have a C&R license ($30/3 yrs.), they will ship it directly to your house.

You mean 440 rounds? I'd like to get in on that 640 for $85.
 
Just for comparison, you can get 340 rounds of 8mm Mauser for $80, and $5 more will get you 440 rounds of 7.62x54R (Mosin ammo). Mausers can cost around $200 for one in original condition, but you can do like I did and find a sporterized 98 (which lightens it up in the front) and just have fun with it for $100.

In fact, sporterized milsurps aren't that bad of a buy if you're into shooting and not collecting. It knocks a good amount off the value of the gun, hence you can have it for less.
 
In fact, sporterized milsurps aren't that bad of a buy if you're into shooting and not collecting. It knocks a good amount off the value of the gun, hence you can have it for less.

That might be true for Mausers and Enfields, but not so much for Mosins. The garden-variety Mosins couldn't really get much cheaper, or they'd hardly be worth selling. Even Gander "Outrageous Prices" Mountain was selling M44s for $99 the last time I looked. Some of the beaters on Gunbroker have multiple bids and they're still under $50. The dealers probably buy shiploads of them by weight. :D

I haven't seen that many sporterized Mosins, but a sporterized 91/30, with that l-o-o-o-o-o-ng barrel hanging out there, has to be one of the ugliest rifles on the planet. In their native military garb, though, they look pretty good.

Back to the OP: Is there any reasons you're not talking .22LR? Cheapest to shoot by far, and I believe somebody mentioned the Savage MKII as a sweet deal on a decent rifle. If I wanted to shoot the most possible for the least amount of money, that's what I'd do. But if it's the Big Bang you want, then Mosin all the way.
 
I could shoot .22 all day, I love it. I was looking for something bigger but cheap haha.
 
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