Sort of funny...my father-in-law hasn't gotten a deer in over 10 years but still goes out every year. Last fall, he happened to stop by my house on the way home to talk about his lack of success. 50 feet from where he parked to me at my garage, I could hear a super high pitch sound. He walks...
Different size Sistema bins for most clean calibers, 5 gallon pails for large quantities of clean 9mm, 45, and 233. Dirty, I sort out and they go into 1 gallon milk jugs.
I got a really cheap (maybe $35) Yuanzimoo 25-75x60 spotting scope from Temu and it's really not bad. I only have 200 yards at my range and it works fine.
Not from a store but a relative...my score today.
2000 rounds of 1952 linked 30-06
1000 rounds 1941 boxed 8mm
940 rounds of 1952 Greek 8mm Mauser
600 round tin of 30 carbine
I have all of them plus others. Nothing beats American firepower. Get what you can afford and afford to shoot right now. Mosin is probably the cheapest ammo when you can find it.