Cheapest Milsurp Caliber that isn't 7.62x54r?

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hey guys, first time poster! hey!

Most any firearm enthusiast knows that 7.62x54 is often cheap to find, but are there any other calibers that are similarly cheap, even by 2016 standards?

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Makes me wonder if the depletion of cheap surplus ammo will lead to a change in recreational shooting habits and informal training tactics..... Perhaps a little less, " Da, Da, Da, Dow!", will be heard echoing in the distance as a return to basic marksmanship fundamentals finds a renaissance.
 
I've come to realize there is NOTHING cheap to shoot anymore. Thanks to internet false stupid gun panics and overall Political fear ammo is at an all time high and will stay there as long as panic stricken shooters keep buying. At least I can say I'm deeply vested into handloading and am for the most part independent of ammo panics.
 
As pointed out for steel cased stuff cheapest is Russian calibers, maybe .223 and some .308. Otherwise most factory ammo isn't really cheap nowdays. Even the surplus ammo for 7.62x54 has seemed to dry up for the most part haven't seen any for a good deal like there was handful of months or so ago.

Guess 7mm Mauser can be somewhat decent price wise, surplus about it really. Most any surplus other than 7.62x39 or 5.45x39 is dried up or not very available.
 
When it was available out there on the market {about a year ago}, 303 Greek & British corrosive surplus. I bought like 2,300 rounds of the 303 {mostly British stock}... though I'm encountering some with hang fires. The Greek surplus was the better of the two --- But by the time I ordered --- they were sold out on the Greek 303.
 
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How is .22LR and .22 short milsurp?
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If you assume that the OP was asking about only surplus ammunition, .22 LR and .22 Short has been available as surplus many times over the years. (Surplus training ammo.)

If you address the original question specifically:
Cheapest Milsurp Caliber that isn't 7.62x54r?
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...Then it isn't about a rifle or ammunition.
It's simply about the 'caliber' (cartridge).

And, right now, the cheapest mil-surp 'caliber' is .22 LR. Next would be .22 Short or 7.62x39mm.


There have been many surplus .22 LR training rifles and a small number of .22 Short training rifles available over the last 60+ years; as well as surplus .22 LR from various sources (including the U.S.).
Since the original question was pretty ambiguous, a couple of us chose to be pedantic and pull out references to the often-overlooked rimfire military arms.
 
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