Calibers for fun shooting....

I have a Remington 700 in the .223 and I have a blast with it. I'm picking up a CZ 527 carbine this weekend in 7.69X39...looking for others I may never have read about.
 
Lever action carbines in 30-30 and 44 Magnum are a lot of fun, and ammo is on the cheaper side.

Jimro
 
My choices:
Pellet rifle
.22s, of course.
Pistol caliber carbines.
.223, although I don't have one. :o
(Donations will be appreciated).
Whatever the choice, reactive targets provide the most fun.
 
Well, now that .22lr is pretty much "back on shelves", that is clearly the best answer.

But .17 HMR, .17 Hornet, and .223 rem come to mind, yes. .22 mag is still hard to find, the last time I checked.
 
My most invigorating blast to shoot gun is my 50BMG shorty, 18"BBL and titanium brake. All bark and little recoil. Cost about $2.50 a round but it puts a big smile on ones face. The feeling of power. I have never had a problem finding rounds.

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Ain't it kind of lonesome, though, shooting that .50?
The last time a guy unpacked a .50 at the range, everyone within ear shot ran for the hills.
 
Short of .22 LR and steel cased ammo, nothing is what I'd consider cheap to shoot. Fun to shoot? Anything really. The bigger the more fun usually.
 
Cheap, fun and easy to find? 7.62x39, .223, the handgun caliber's, .44, .357, etc.. and of course the .22's, which are still hard to beat.
 
Anything in .45 Colt is pretty fun, but it may not be inexpensive or readily obtainable. It makes a good round for a carbine, and even in a revolver, it's capable of surprising accuracy out past 100 yards.

It's pretty fun to shoot at an 8" diameter gong and hear it "sound off" when a .45 Colt projectile hits it.
 
Anything shooting cast bullets

Anymore I find myself purchasing cast bullet friendly firearms. I have been able to obtain quite a bit of free lead, and have a pretty good assortment of moulds on hand. One can have a lot of fun at the range for not a whole lot of money shooting them. Figuring 3 cents apiece for primers, and assuming one gets all of his brass back, the cost in expendable components for any of the cartridges I shoot is something like 4 to 8 cents per round.

Last I looked that was less than 22 long rifle -- if you can find it.

Cartridges presently under use include 45 ACP, 357 magnum, 32-20, and 32-40.
 
I know you said 'rifle' rounds, but my most fun rifle is my Beretta CX4 in 9mm. It's so fun in fact I have to pace myself so my reloads last longer than a few minutes.:eek:

Given the parameters though, I vote for the 223.
 
The 30 cal carbine is a kick in the butt for plinking.

Another of my favorites, not good for much and hard to find ammo for is my little Rem. Model 25 in 25-20.

Want cheap, and fun, try an inline muzzle loader. By pass the fancy sabot rounds. I got a 300 gr. 50 cal Lee Mold for mine and its cheap and I've found as accurate as the sabots.

Casting bullets for just about any rifle is cheap and fun. Check out IMR 5744, its great for cast bullet loads. Check out Lyman's #49 manual for loads to almost all rifles.

Another is the 30-40 Krag. I can shoot cast bullets at near factory velocities.

5744 w/cast bullets gives you 30-30 factory velocities in 308s and '06s

Cast bullets in rifle is underappreciated. Cheap and fun, and with care accurate.
 
Most "fun"..is easy for me and would be the .22 Hornet… It is inexpensive [relative] for me as I handload exclusively for mine.
 
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