When plinking at the range with my FN FAL I generally shoot brick-pack Army 7.62 ammo, but for sighting in, etc. I use custom loads. (Have a gunsmith friend, so my dad and I load our own at his smithy.)

I always use custom loads when hunting with my Remington Model 700, (7 mm Remington Magnum).

Good custom ammo > expensive factory > cheapie ammo!
Like Hele, we usually wind up with 2 boxes for each, and they really make a huge difference from generic ammo. The more expensive factory rounds are definitely leaps and bounds over any generic ammo, and I like to think that the custom rounds are even better yet.

- Wildcard / Tiernan