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What is your $ bullet limit?
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<blockquote data-quote="yorke-1" data-source="post: 2635939" data-attributes="member: 11960"><p>I've spent enough time playing with large bore rifles that my idea of an "affordable" bullet is pretty high. Lathe turned, match solids for a .375 or 50 BMG have been a few dollars each for a long time. Good quality target bullets for the .338s have always been more expensive than the majority of hunting bullets. Paying $1-2 each for hunting bullets just doesn't seem that unreasonable. Buy a box of 50 to work up a load, then buy another box of 50 if you find a load your gun likes. You should end up with at least 50 rounds of ammo to practice and hunt with. </p><p></p><p>Nobody needs to shoot an expensive bullet. The cheapest cup and core bullet you can find will still kill animals just fine, you just might need to adjust your approach to hunting to get satisfactory results. I wouldn't shoot Winchester Power Points if my primary gun was a 300 RUM, but I wouldn't be shooting a 300 RUM if I was worried about the cost per shot. I also wouldn't feel the need to shoot a $1-2 bullet out of a Rem 7600 in 30-06.</p><p></p><p>If shooting is really a high priority for me, I'll just be sure that I build that into my budget. If an expensive scope, custom rifle, or boutique bullets are important to me, I'll just build those into the budget as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yorke-1, post: 2635939, member: 11960"] I've spent enough time playing with large bore rifles that my idea of an "affordable" bullet is pretty high. Lathe turned, match solids for a .375 or 50 BMG have been a few dollars each for a long time. Good quality target bullets for the .338s have always been more expensive than the majority of hunting bullets. Paying $1-2 each for hunting bullets just doesn't seem that unreasonable. Buy a box of 50 to work up a load, then buy another box of 50 if you find a load your gun likes. You should end up with at least 50 rounds of ammo to practice and hunt with. Nobody needs to shoot an expensive bullet. The cheapest cup and core bullet you can find will still kill animals just fine, you just might need to adjust your approach to hunting to get satisfactory results. I wouldn't shoot Winchester Power Points if my primary gun was a 300 RUM, but I wouldn't be shooting a 300 RUM if I was worried about the cost per shot. I also wouldn't feel the need to shoot a $1-2 bullet out of a Rem 7600 in 30-06. If shooting is really a high priority for me, I'll just be sure that I build that into my budget. If an expensive scope, custom rifle, or boutique bullets are important to me, I'll just build those into the budget as well. [/QUOTE]
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