Re: .260 cheap/ bulk/ practice ammo
Cheap ammo is penny wisdom and pound foolishness. Never waste bore life on substandard ammo.
Practice or training should be done with a .22LR. It's cheap enough to be able to afford reasonably accurate ammo; while using the centerfire for practice imposes a bore wear penalty that really can't be justified. Save that bore for more serious applications.
I've been shooting for decades, and I've never worn out a bore; absolutely because I do all my practice, training, and fun shooting with the rimfire.
If getting hits is the question, the rimfire is the answer. The centerfire only enters the conversation when terminal performance becomes a mandate.
Don't confuse pure accuracy in a training rifle with benefit. Moderately reasonable accuracy, as long as its performance is truly consistent, is good enough.
The point about practice is to eliminate variables from the performance equation, so the shooter becomes the only truly noticeable variable. Whether that's based on 2MOA or 1/4MOA basic rifle accuracy is not the point. Actually, a .22lr that's shooting 2MOA <span style="font-style: italic">on its own</span> is not a bad trainer, as long as it's only performance variable is shooter ability on the given day.
SWAmmo is not shit ammo. I would buy their ammo with my own impression that it's made as if their customer's life depended on its accuracy. It is what I'd use if I were seriously intending to deliver some effective terminal performance. It's priced well, but price would not be high on my list of priorities when shopping for SWAmmo.
I handload a lot, but for purposes beyond paper shooting in match conditions, I rely on commercially produced ammo. That's where their volume production methods stand out. Away from the shooting bench, my shooting techniques and abilities are dead center in line with the performance and consistency that good commercial ammo affords. I will gladly pay what additional cost may be involved as a tradeoff against my time, and the understanding that whatever the commercial ammo's performance is, I can have reasonable confidence it will be consistent throughout whatever volume of usage my needs will require.
I think SWAmmos's combination of price and performance is superior. I have never bought or fired a round of it so far. I don't believe a need to. I do believe I can confidently base my own personal judgement on the consistent praise of others who have.
Greg
