Not much to expound upon with Joes post, but in shorter words, if it were me, I would go with with a decent bolt action in .308 with a good scope, and get a AR 15 for CQB. You could do both for that price range. The only reason I suggest that is .308 ammo is nearly double the price of .223 ammo and more difficult to find in bulk quantities. Even reloading .308 versus .223 is not much in savings by comparison. Pretty sure I have my .223 rounds down to 15 cents a round. My buddy just got the SA -M1a cqb. It is a cool piece, however a second hi-cap mag is 40 bucks each if you can even find it..but I started doing some math on ammo prices and store bought stuff versus reloading for him..New stuff is hitting about 46 cents a round in .308..Reloading that round at current prices can be done for about 38 cents a round in my estimated math. Maybe Joe can elaborate on that figure if I am off
.In comparison. 223 sells bulk for about 35 cents a round and as stated can be reloaded for half that cost. I only bring that up because at some point I feel reloading is going to be the only affordable or even only way to be able to shoot those rounds if we continue on this political climate..
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