COLOSHOOTR
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.70 cents a round? That must be for cheap 147gr FMJ ammo and not match grade stuff. Match stuff here is a good $1.50 or more for .308 and 6.5 CM. Match .260 is $2 or more per round. Don't look for premium ammo as Federal Premium is not precision match ammo. The key word is MATCH. If it doesn't say that it isn't for a precision match gun.
If you get a RPR you really should be using match ammo to get the most you can out of the rifle especially in 6.5 CM. The cheap .70 cent per round ammo is really only good for short ranges as it is not consistent enough to be good at distance The 6.5 CM round isn't a round to be shooting at 100 yards as all the ballistic benefits really shine at distances in excess of 500 yards out to 1400 yards. If cheap plinking ammo is the goal for shorter distances you really should go .308.
Reloading prices are also similar between. 308 and 6.5 CM for match grade ammo. The powder is the same price, the primers are the same and the 6.5 bullets are actually slightly cheaper. The only edge to .308 is cheap brass as Hornady, Norma and Nosler are not cheap for 6.5 CM bit the brass does perform well.
If you get a RPR you really should be using match ammo to get the most you can out of the rifle especially in 6.5 CM. The cheap .70 cent per round ammo is really only good for short ranges as it is not consistent enough to be good at distance The 6.5 CM round isn't a round to be shooting at 100 yards as all the ballistic benefits really shine at distances in excess of 500 yards out to 1400 yards. If cheap plinking ammo is the goal for shorter distances you really should go .308.
Reloading prices are also similar between. 308 and 6.5 CM for match grade ammo. The powder is the same price, the primers are the same and the 6.5 bullets are actually slightly cheaper. The only edge to .308 is cheap brass as Hornady, Norma and Nosler are not cheap for 6.5 CM bit the brass does perform well.