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Yet his "Legend" line of rifles are all magnums?
The concept was done far before Jamison came around. He just patented it, which makes good business sense, but the patent maybe shouldnt' have even ben issued, since he certianly wasn't the first to make a "short fat magnum"
So going from 6mm to 7mm or 7.62 makes the concept invalid? Hmmm. *bullshcit* AN increase in 1mm in diameter shoudl have no affect on the concept. Wieland agrees with it for a 6BR but disagrees with it in a 7WSM or 300WSM because it is convenient for his article, and offers NO supporting information to back up his claim that it doens't translate to a larger bore size.
Put the same amount of powder in a 300WM and a 300WSM and the 300WSM will go faster, since the case is smaller and pressure will be higher. That's pretty basic stuff, and I'm surprised Terry doesn't know that.
But the 6BR is more accurate. Hmm.
Sure the pressure is higher. It's why the WSM brass is so damn thick. Again, pretty basic stuff. It's not so high that it's going to blow up your gun though, or we woudl be hearing about it for the last dozen years.
I've had cartridges of every description fail to feed well. Yes, the WSM's were a bit of a challenge at first, but everyone seems to have figured it out now. Every WSM or SAUM I've worked with in the last 5 or 6 years feeds fine. Ironically, one rifle that gave me feeding issues was a 375 H&H! If it wont' feed, look at what is wrong with the rifle. More basic stuff...
(My 300WSM, built by Bill Leeper feeds as smooth as any other rifle.)
I'd have no reservation taking my 300WSM on a grizzly or leopard hunt. But most of us have little knowledge of leopard hunting, so Wieland can get away with throwing that bit in there and accept it as fact.
Sorry guys....The 300 Winchester Long Magnum is out. Too short a neck...
Only if we are going ot agree that ANY time a bullet is seated slightly into the case, in ANY cartridge, the pressures will increase to dangerous levels and all hell will break loose.
PS Jarrets proprietary 300 Jarret has a 35 degree shoulder. Same as the WSM. And it's a "blown out" case with little taper. Same as the WSM...Why no feeding issues with the 300 Jarret?
Winchester should have got it right the first time before introducing the rifles and cartridges at SHOT, but it probably isn't fair to judge all short magnums by the performance of the first rifles/ammo off the production line. Through the years, PLENTY of new cartridges have ben introduced with "hot" velocities and then reworked later when pressure signs have shown up. A memorable one was the 7RM.
Yet the 300 and 270WSM are more and more popular, and many different companies chamber rifles for them.
Lots of great cartridges out there. Some people only like old stuff. Others like to try new stuff too. Some folks dont' like stainless or synthetic. Others don't liek wood and blue.
SOme folks use computers and email, others still hand write letters and attach sufficient postage.
Wieland strikes me as a double rifle/Mauser/wood-blue "traditional" rifle and cartridge type of guy. I wonder what he would say if it was mentioned that the WSM's are really .348 rimless Gradle Express cartridges with sharp instead of rounded shoulders, introduced 60 years ago, and often built on Mauser or Enfield actions?
Probably most important to use whatever works for you and makes you happy. There are millions of WSM rifles being used by happy hunters, that is probably a more important statement than a gun writer with an agenda.
