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Calum said:
I was just having this conversation the other day with someone who runs a gunstore.

Your lucking in your part of BC as over here on Van Island 300 WSM is not as common as 7mm rem mag.
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of course my observations are from the interior of BC and alberta. maybe the difference in availability is due to differenct hunting conditions and species availability? i am even seeing quite a bit of 270 and 7mm WSM's in small shops.... maybe this is because nobody is buying it.... i have yet to see any of the new remington or ruger short mags.
 
MiG25 said:
whenever i go into a mom and pop place or small town store, i always check out their ammo selection. at present i think you have a better chance of finding 300WSM ammo than you do 7mm rem mag. if you want ammo that everybody has, you are pretty much limited to 30WCF, 303 british, and 30-06.
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Gee, in northern Alberta most folks that sell ammo don't stock any of the short mags. They say there isn't enough market to justify stocking it.
As for 7mm Rem Mag. That is found in every small store with ammo up here.
Along with 30-30, 30/06, 35 Remington, 308, and 300 Savage.
THe only stores that stock the short mags are the stores that sell the guns.
And even they don't have big stocks of WSM ammo because few folks have the guns.
 
Around here, any Canadian Tire that sells ammo, sells 270 WSM and 300WSM.

I see more and more WSM brass showing up at the range than ever, and the gun companies are pleased with their 270WSM and 300WSM sales numbers, so somebody is buying these rifles!:)
 
Gatehouse said:
I just did.;)

However, if we look at the last 20 years (that is 1989) what other cartridge has been so well received?:)

The 300WSM is 8 years old now and going strong....
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What are the volume of ammo sales for the 300 WSM in the U.S. and Canada compared to the 300 Win mag and the 7 mm Mag.
That would be the deciding factor.
Not to mention there is very little 300WSM brass in the brass bucket at our local range according to the brass scavengers.
 
10x said:
What are the volume of ammo sales for the 300 WSM in the U.S. and Canada compared to the 300 Win mag and the 7 mm Mag.
That would be the deciding factor.
Not to mention there is very little 300WSM brass in the brass bucket at our local range according to the brass scavengers.
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Neither the 300WM or the 7mmRM were developed in the last 20 years, so they certianly aren't contenders in the "most sucessful new cartridges" category.

I am sure that 300WM and 7RM ammo sales are well above the 300WSM, but they had a bit more of a head start. (1962 for 7RM and 1958 for 300WM) ;)

If we look at rifle sales in recent years, the WSM has been selling quite well, often selling better than the 300WM.

Brass buckets only tell us who doesn't reload. I've shot about 1000 rounds of 300WSM and about 100 300RSAUM over the last couple of years, and not one piece of brass was left at the range.:)
 
Gatehouse said:
Brass buckets only tell us who doesn't reload. I've shot about 1000 rounds of 300WSM and about 100 300RSAUM over the last couple of years, and not one piece of brass was left at the range.:)
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That's because you know how hard it is to find factory ammo in that caliber. :D
 
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