When I can afford this Rifle and the necessary bling that must accompany it, I don’t think that the ammo cost will be a concern.
I suspect a ‘sniper quality’ round for this would run around 8-10 dollars a shot. Might be able to reload for a little less.
My largest caliber at present is .338 Lapua. I can get a decent round (on sale) for about 2.50 each. But I don’t shoot it much and I have enough brass that when I run out of my current stash, I can reload the brass with a better bullet.
I also currently do not have access to a range longer than 300 yards, so lacking ‘sniper quality’ ammo has not been an issue. If I can keep it inside 1 MOA, I am pretty happy.
I have some smaller caliber’s that I am able to push down to almost 1/2 MOA with decent store bough ammo. I just haven’t tried to get the 338 there yet.
Magnum, hand load for that Lapua! I have mine shooting a7” group at 1500 yards. It’s sub 1/8 MOA at 100 yards when working up ammo. Truly an impressive caliber.
Thanks for the reply.
I don’t have anything over .308 at the present, but have thought about trying some long-range shooting some day. We are fortunate to have a range that goes out to 800 yards nearby. At least for now. The locals have been trying to close it down for years.
There was a guy with a Barrett out there one day doing 50BMG from prone. I had to put my hearing protection on before I got out of the car! Wow, that thing packed a punch. He was hitting a metal gong consistently out at 600 yards. Looked like fun. Every time he fired a circle of dirt around him leapt up in the air. Impressive!