I too am on a tight budget. I have been shooting the Precision moly coated 147, 3000 bullets for $213. Lighter weights are obviously cheaper yet. For the time being I will probably stick with this combo, I don't or haven't gotten any build up in the barrel. Accuracy is plenty good enough for me at this point. It allows me to shoot more for the same cash outlay and that is one thing I need, more practice.