Cabelas could have been expensive today.....everything I was looking for was in stodk.

[brutal]

That pricing actually isn't that bad. Greek HXP from the CMP is $136 for 200 rounds and that's mixed lot loose rounds in old cans. The Hornady M2 equivalent is $150 for 100 rounds or $286 for 200 rounds in boxes, not ammo cans. S&B is cheaper of course, $115/120 or $320/400 rds. Federal M80 is $79/100 rds or $150/200 rds.

Whut?

Over .60/rd for 7.62x51mm is whack.

[wctriumph]

Whut?

Over .60/rd for 7.62x51mm is whack.

Yeah but, mil-surp .30-06 for our M1 and Springfields is somewhat in demand by those of us that need to feed these old battle rifles. I prefer to pay around $.50 a round but that is getting harder to find and some guys that have it for sale think it is gold or something. I hate to say it but if I had the spare change, I would have bought that .30-06. I can't have too much ammo for the M1. The best deal I ever got was a trade of 1500 rounds of 9 mm range ammo for 1000 rounds in clips of S. Korean from 1958. I still have some of it, quite good to shoot, accurate but corrosive.

[Aloha_Shooter]

Whut?

Over .60/rd for 7.62x51mm is whack.

So where do you source your Mil Std M80-rated from? We'll leave aside the M2-rated rounds as the HXP is quite old and coming from odd lots. Of course, we may be talking apples and oranges here as much of the CMP ammo (like the Hornady) is designed and produced for match competition.