RE: New to the gun world.
 

You'll want to try different brands and see which shoots best in your particular rifle. PMC is a fine place to start. I used PMC 150 grain Full Metal Jacket (FMJ) to sight in two of my .30-06 rifles. One was a brand new Remington 700 BDL, the other was a Remington 742 SemiAuto rifle that I bought new 20 years ago and was re-mounting the scope with better mounts. It did not group particularly well in either rifle, nor did it group all that well in my old Springfield 1903-A3. This doesn't mean that it won't do great in your particular rifle; they're all different.

The best factory load in my 700 BDL is the Remington Express 165 grain CoreLokts. These are pretty cheap at Walmart, under 12 bucks.