King of WSM's

In my browning m-1000 eclipse, I can shoot my .300wsm all day in a t-shirt and be perfectly fine. This rifle weighs 9lbs 14 oz before scope, rings, bases, bipod and ammo so it has some weight to it which helps.
 
I have a Savage 16 FCSS in 7mm WSM, and it works just as well as my buddy's 7mm Rem Mag. Is it better? Nope. It's just different. I like different, and the underdogs call to me. That's why I'm looking for moose this year with my 7mm and a 9.3mm Brenneke. The WSMs won't do anything better than a thousand other hunting cartridges. But they are fun!
 
Funny that most compare the 270 wsm to 270 win
But when it comes to the 7mm and 300 they compare it to they're magnum counterparts
instead of the 280 REM and 30-06???
I know it's because the mag already existed, and there' s no reason to change a 300 win for a 300 wsm.
But for the guy that has none I don't see any reason not to buy a wsm either
 
I do agree that the 270 WSM is the one that improve the most the original caliber and no way a 270 will be able to reach 270 WSM, if i was to buy one a WSM 270 would be it... JP.
 
The .270 WSM doesn't do anything that the .270 Weatherby Mag didn't do already. What a useless POS, that WSM....

*grin*


New hunters are getting into the sport every day. The WSM's just give them more options to choose from to accomplish the same thing. Now they can choose 7RM or 7WSM, .270 Weatherby or 270WSM, 8mmRM or .325WSM, .300WM or .300WSM, LA or SA, etc. More options never hurts in this industry. Better than too few.
 
coldmaker said:
Funny that most compare the 270 wsm to 270 win
But when it comes to the 7mm and 300 they compare it to they're magnum counterparts
instead of the 280 REM and 30-06???
I know it's because the mag already existed, and there' s no reason to change a 300 win for a 300 wsm.
But for the guy that has none I don't see any reason not to buy a wsm either
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I think it is because the .270 Win is loaded to higher pressure than the .280 and .30-06 - this is one of the reasons why the .270 compares so favourably to the wsm version.
 
Anyway the real and the first and the King of short magnum is and forever will be the 308 Win..... the best caliber ever develloped... JP.
 
caramel said:
Anyway the real and the first and the King of short magnum is and forever will be the 308 Win..... the best caliber ever develloped... JP.
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308 Winchester Short Magnum................right. :rolleyes:

Since there's no official stipulation on what velocity/energy a caliber needs to achieve to be classified as a magnum,I guess you can call it a "magnum" if you like, though most everyone wouldn't refer to it as such since it's a pretty anemic round compared to the actual 30 cal magnums.
 
The 308 is the result to shorten the 30-06, they wanted a shorther case for short action... ring a bell... JP.
 
coldmaker said:
Funny that most compare the 270 wsm to 270 win
But when it comes to the 7mm and 300 they compare it to they're magnum counterparts
instead of the 280 REM and 30-06???
I know it's because the mag already existed, and there' s no reason to change a 300 win for a 300 wsm.
But for the guy that has none I don't see any reason not to buy a wsm either
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Whats even funnier is people still compare the 325wsm to 338wm. It's like comparing the 7mm wsm to a 300wm. And the fact that the 325 can hold it's own against the 338 up to 220gr bullets, is impressive.

The way I see it is how many 6mm, 7mm, 30cal cartriges are out there? how many 8mm? The only wsm that really offers something new is the 325wsm

ps. When is the 30/06wsm coming out we need more 30cals LOL
 
The real king of the short mags is, without a doubt, 284 winchester. Then the 7mm wsm, you cant beat those 7mm high bc bullets. I cant help it if all my guns are the best thats just how it is. cheers pete
 
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Same way the .243 wssm and .223 wssm were derived... "It'll be the .308 wssm..."
Except those were derived from an actual magnum cartridge, the WSM."

Well, the 348 Win originally, with the rim trimmed off. But you have to improve/change to keep the sales going. This is a business, after all. My personal favorite WSM's are the orphans, the 7mm and 8mm. The one has a much better bullet choice then the 270, and the other just falls into an 8mm fetish I can't shake. - dan
 
mcp1 said:
So with the talk of the wsm's coming up quite a bit which of the short mags is the best? In other words is there one short mag that delivers substantially better performance than standard calibers? And of the WSM's that offer a benefit which one is best?

Up to this point I am skeptical of a benefit but I'm looking for someone to convince me of their merit... If it helps a couple rifles I'm looking at would be 257 bob, 338 win mag and maybe some type of 7mm. Reloading isn't a limiting factor here I'm open to rolling my own.
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The thing I donty understand is the price of shells. You spend more on a box of shells to get less shells. AND you put less shells in your mag.??

With that said I do have a itch to try the .270 wsm in a BLR. Thats why they market new stuff (wsms, wssms,). They want your curioisity and your money. w:h:
 
blargon said:
The best short mag yet is the .350RM...:D
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Although it doesn't 'replace' anything (well, maybe the Whelen for some) it is unquestionably the FIRST short mag ever developed. The Rem .350 magnum could be easily argued the best North American short magnum big game caliber (within it's range limitations naturally) IMO. And now that Nosler is making .350 Rem mag brass we're no longer limited to using the crap Remington produces. And, yes, you will be reloading for this round. Have you seen the price of factory .350...when you can find it?

What was the question? ;)
 
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kman300 said:
Which select loads in .277 are you referring to that sometimes meet the standard loads?

Also the argument that the wsms have less mag capacity is overrated imo. 3 in the mag and one in the spout is 4. I've never had anything stick around long enough for me to shoot it 4 times. If you're shooting AT something more than 4 times you're doing it wrong. One is all it takes. I have no idea why I would ever need more than 4 and like I said one is usually all it takes.
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A bit late to chime back but why not...
1st) I said I had limited exposure to the WSM's and perhaps I should have labeled the caliber I've been exposed to (300WSM). Personally I have never seen a use (personally-flame suit on) for a 270 of any designation; I simply perfer other options (my bad)
2nd) More than a few WSM's offered only hold 2 in the mag. Personally I don't always walk around with one in the chamber so with one of these you would only have one for a back up. Digging in your pockets looking for a third would suck IMO. The rifles that hold three in the mag are OK; too bad you have to spend more to buy them over a regular caliber
3rd) While I agree it usually only takes one; every now and then life throughs a curve at you and it might be nice to have a planned response in the gun. Digging in your pockets looking for a third would suck IMO.
 
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