As I bought 6 boxes of Federal Blue Box 170 grain at Wheeling Cabela's after the season on closeout for $5.99 a box in about 2003, I think. I am still using the first box as I generally use a 308 Marlin Express or a 308 Winchester these days. So, the factory 170 is good for me.
I used to love the close outs as Federal Blue box was $5.99 for 30-30, $6.99 for .308 Win and 30-06 and $7.99 for 7mm Rem Mag and 300 Win Mag. The only thing was that you were limited to 6 boxes per person per visit. So, I brought a friend and cash to get 12 boxes. They ran this every year for about 5 years back then so, I generally have 100 rounds of blue box on the shelf for my popular rounds. I have not been back after the Bass Pro buyout, but I found Bass Pro pricing so high I only went in a couple times.