Cheapest round for the buck is probably 7.62x54 Russian for someone getting into the sport of hunting. Cheap ammo and it was made to last. I thought it was a 7.62X56??? can't really remember.I'm sure thats what mine is Nope your right 7.62X54 M91/30 Got the receipt right here from 2004.
This is the Russian Made 308 basically,I have to say I love my 7mm Mag,It traveled 4000 miles with out shooting it,went through some of the Roughest terrain me and rich had ever 4X4 rd,I had him pull over run a piece of paper out about 60 yards or so just to see if it's zero had held true after all of these mile of bumpy driving,and you couldn't have hit a more centered part of the paper,I would have thought for sure the Bushnell 3X9X40 would of been off a tad,but I didn't even bother with another shot,Then,I like the 308 Cal,have one of those and I have the Moisen Nontan 7.62X56 I think it is..could be 54 but thats the Russian 308 basically and I like that to,with out the scope thank you,with 20-15 vision the scope isn't all ways what I want to be looking through,I may have my 308 set up with some nice sites also this year.