cheaper ammo for practice?

[carsonsig]

ok, I just got my stevens 200 in 30-06, a scope, mounted it etc... got 2 boxes of good ammo (hornady light magnum, and some fusion) for sight in and some break in.

but at 1-1.50$ per shell, there isnt much practice in my budget!

what is a good lower cost ammo brand?

I was looking at sportsmans guide Sportsmans guide ammo in 30-06

and have seen the old, military ammo can of -06 for x$ stuff before.  I know not to ever get anything that is corrosive primed...  but is there a brand of lower priced ammo that shoots clean and relatively well?  

thanks in advance!
Carson

[mjbgalt]

yeah, i have heard good things about wolf.

maybe look into that?

-Matt

[nasem]

wolf / silver bear is not good for the modern rifles..... those bullets use "steel" jacketed bullets (not copper), they WILL FAIL the magnet test (which means you can not shoot them inside in-door ranges) plus....... why would anyone want to spit steel slugs out of their nice barrels ? that would just wear out your barrel so much faster.....

If you want cheap '06 ammo, you have couple choices......

--buy military surplus FMJ NON-CORROSSIVE ammo from websites like cabels, cheaperthandirt.com, etc

--buy a 308 converter, 308 ammo is cheaper than '06 (here in michigan, we have gander mountain stores selling 308 147 gr FMR for $70, 400 rounds...You can place the converter inside your gun that way you can shoot 308 rounds in a 30-06 gun (which is belive it be pretty safe)

--3rd choice, and this is not one that I personally do, is reload (but if your not into that, I totally underestand)

--walmart sells a box of 180 gr soft-points remingtons for about $12.50

--Gun shows (I never been to them but I heard that bulk ammo is pretty cheap there)

[Redhawk1]

nasem already recommended it, but reloading is the best way to shoot more.  

[Slamfire]

Sellier & Belloit make pretty inexpensive ammo.
Corrosive primers don't hurt nothin', you just need some GI surplus bore cleaner to disolve the salts. Actually any water based cleaner will do.  :wink:

[nasem]

I take what I said back about wolf (and only wolf ammo), their new ammo is actually very good, copper jacketed, none of that laquire non-sence, and its very accurate for plinking and "target practise".... I use it in my bushmaster and I'll say that the new wolf ammo is very good....

Esspecially they have the new brand "gold wolf", thats the closest ammo to american made ammo, very accurate, and decent price..... I bought a box of 180 gr SP gold wolf 30-06 NON-STEEL cases(only $8.99 from dicksporting goods), I got my typical 1/2" to 1" groups @ 100 yards with my winchester 70......that stuff rocks.

[Gregory]

65 cents per round:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/item-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20712&id=0024236215344a&navCount=1&podId=0024236&parentId=cat20839&navAction=push&catalogCode=XF&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat20839&hasJS=true

[lilabner]

Have you checked out Lee Precision? They sell a package of all the reloading tools needed for about $69 bucks. Their stuff works fine. If you are going to shoot often, reloading saves money. Lee has a website where you can check out their stuff. They are carried by Cabela's, Midway USA and Midsouth Shooters supply among others.

[myarmor]

For what it's worth, I bought 2 cans of the Korean -06 ammo at the Sportsmansguide. It's dirty, but what I got is not corrosive. I was worried about that too. It's fun to plink with and at what $35 for almost 200rounds, it's a very cheap alternative.
Though learning to reload would last you the life of the gun not to mention other calibers you might have that you want to practice with more as well.
-Aaron