If it’s just for plinking and practice and you can live with 223, SGAmmo still has ‘purple’ Winchester 62 gr hollow point DHS training rounds for 43 cents/rd in 1,000 cases. That’s still reasonable for US made brass.
Tactical ammo for home defense is another kettle of fish. Occasionally, Federal 223A TRU pops up at 48-50 cents/rd. But LE223T1 rounds are $1/rd at Bone Frog.
Depends on what you want it for.
If it’s just for plinking and practice and you can live with 223, SGAmmo still has ‘purple’ Winchester 62 gr hollow point DHS training rounds for 43 cents/rd in 1,000 cases. That’s still reasonable for US made brass.
Tactical ammo for home defense is another kettle of fish. Occasionally, Federal 223A TRU pops up at 48-50 cents/rd. But LE223T1 rounds are $1/rd at Bone Frog.