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Ammo cost and availability of cheap surplus crap is 100% irrelevant. Whether it be target or hunting you will be using ammo far and away better than the cheapo stuff you see. Dollar for dollar ammo is gonna be about the same across the board until you get to the magnum stuff.
Being said, I have a large disdain for the .30-06 and any cartridge it is based off of. Even more disdain for people who split hairs over the -06 vs. the .308.
There are 100's of cartridges that will do what you want. Anything from .243/6mm up to the .30's. Some may also toss in some 35's and 45's. Personally I go looking for a short action gun and let the gun talk to you more than the cartridge.
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