The 17 HMR costs about 10 bucks for 50, 223's are a buck more per 50
Ridge runner what 223 ammo are you talking about??, for any decent 223 ammo that will produce decent groups, you're lookin at 13 or 14 dollars for 20 rounds. Yeah you could get some brown bear soft points that run 3 dollars for 20 rounds but the stuff is laquered steel cased cr@p Id never run that dirty junk through any of my fine firearms.......