7 wsm

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I am fan of WSM cals. and recently hardly ever heard of 7WSM.
Gunwerks,MOA rifles and other custom design rifles mostly for long rang and mountain hunting terrain use this cal.as one of their long range offerings.
How come there is almost no market in local stores and cant find any new guns chambered in this cal.
Is it just dying out or just not popluar with Eastern Canada hunters that hold 300WM's so tightly for last couple of decades.
 
I've got a rifle on order in 7wsm. Finding brass has been a challenge but with some searching I bought several boxes of ammo at two different stores so I'm ready when it arrives. I was able to get Redding 3 die set with a short wait. Its not popular that's for damn sure but agreed, possibly a little resurgence right now with long range crowd.
 
metric calibers were never really popular and the caliber it directly competes with it shows zero ballistic gain. I've owned one and was a great caliber but no reason to pay more for ammo and find no brass when the 7mm REM is everywhere. Kind of surprised the .300wsm is doing so well when it has nothing on the .300win. Funny story from my LGS, A guy asked the store owner what the difference was between the two .300's was and the owner proceeded to tell the customer about how much more powerful the WSM was. I couldn't take it anymore and told him if you don't know the answer don't lie to sell the only caliber you have. Owner was not real happy with me but I can't stand lying to sell a rifle because you don't have a caliber or don't know the answer.
 
The 270 WSM caught on because .277 has always been a popular caliber in NA, and the 270WSM was the first new .270 in a long time, and it offered a step up over the 270Win. The 300WSM caught on becuase it essentially replicates factory 300WM ballistics, in a short action. ANd it's a .308 caliber, and the case looks cool.

The 7WSM wasn't a 30 cal and it wasn't the first 270 to come out in ages, so guys that wanted short action magnum performance went with the more popular ones. It's a good cartridge if you want a 7mm magnum in a short action, and if a guy hanbdloads, there is no reason not to own one if you want.
 
I had one years ago in a laminate Model 70 with blue action and stainless barrel. It shot very well.

I've had a reamer, dies and some factory ammo sitting here for a couple years now, one day when the right donor shows up I'll put one together.

The key is the donor...seems they are either too short or too long or won't feed the WSM case.

One of the best actions might be the Model 70 short action push feed with it's 3.0" mag box.

Seems that controlled feed actions have to be "just right" to feed the WSM's without hiccups.

I do have a long action push feed M70 that might work OK, a 3.4" box wouldn't be too long, but then again a 7 Rem Mag will fit a 3.4" box......barely.
 
The 7mm Rem Mag is the most popular magnum on the planet (according to world wide sales numbers) so it would be tough to muscle in on it in the first place.

I have also read, that particularly in the US there is an aversion (real or perceived) for "metric" calibers that shows trends in sales.

So while the THE 7 mil mag (Rem) is well accepted I have never even had anyone ask about availability for either the 7 mm WSM or a 7 mm Wby magnum - just not a caliber that "comes to mind" when guys/gals are looking for something new/different.
 
7mm WSM is an accurate nice to shoot all round chambering.

Nice to load for also, I find it is easy to get to shoot, have a BLR that is an MOA rifle.

TBH I really like it.Would be nice to see more rifles in it but that is how it goes.
 
I have a Sako 75 sent out right now to be built into a 7 WSM. For brass I have Norma 270 WSM brass that I will use. Looking forward to getting it back for load development.
 
Doing load development on my 7wsm and loving it.
Have groups under 1/2 inch, but think it will do better if I do my part.
 
I have 270wsm and 300wsm...
Few years down the road when i "burn" the bores, i am planning to rechamber them to 7wsm and 325 wsm.
Also i have lots of brass from both so neck them up would probably work.
 
Never know that,i was convinced it is mostly used in custom design mountain rifles.
Almost all websites i cheked they have chamberings in 7WSM but in stores and between hunters rarely ever and when think better never met anyone using or having 7WSM
 
daka said:
Never know that,i was convinced it is mostly used in custom design mountain rifles.
Almost all websites i cheked they have chamberings in 7WSM but in stores and between hunters rarely ever and when think better never met anyone using or having 7WSM
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The 7wsm seems to be going the way of the 284 win. Both great cartridges, both used in F-class and both chambered in light weight mountain rifles. I also have both. lol.
 
I run a 284 winchester, just chrony'd some loads yesterday with a 180 Lapua Scenar over H4831SC and got an average of 2970fps with a 28" barrel, my son's 284 with a 23.75" barrel got exactly 100 fps less at 2870 fps. I can't see needing to push a 180 any faster, for targets or for game.

I too really like the design of the 7WSM, but with the performance I am currently getting from the 284, I see no reason to switch. Both rifles are chambered in long actions and are loaded well beyond normal lengths, but this was determined by careful load work up and good testing methods.
 
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