.25 wssm

wvparker · 12-06-2006, 01:38 PM

Who here has one or has any 1st hand info on this cal.. Looking to buy one just wondering. Would be using for Whitetail's

Chantecler111 · 12-06-2006, 01:44 PM

I have seen a few at the range in the past, doesn't seem to be a bad caliber, all the ones I ever seen were pretty accurate.

BareBack Jack · 12-06-2006, 02:19 PM

It's almost the balistic twin to the tried and true 25-06 Rem.I have used the 25-06 for deer for 15 years and it is devastating on white-tail.So I would geuss the 25 wssm will be the same in a short action.
BBJ

Chantecler111 · 12-06-2006, 04:38 PM

When it gets right down to it, I would go with the 25-06 over the .25 WSSM, ammo is cheaper and more plentiful.

mello_collins · 12-06-2006, 06:22 PM

The 25-06 can be reloaded much hotter and handles 120gr bullets better. The 243wssm is an improvement in speed but the 25wssm is not when compared to the 25-06, especially to the reloader. Ammo is more expensive and harder to find for the 25wssm. The 25wssm has not really caught on and may not since the 25-06 does the same or better. The 25"™s are awesome deer calibers though. Now a factory 25wsm would be the ticket.

Roskoe · 12-06-2006, 06:37 PM

I thought so as well. But after building one and watching a customer try to develop some loads for it, I'm convinced the .25 WSM is a caliber that maybe needs a powder that is not yet available to get it to run properly. It has a lot of variation inshot-to-shot velocity. Accuracy suffers as well. And the .257 Weatherby, with about the same case capacity, is pretty good in this regard. Not sure what the problem is here, but the .25 WSM appears to be too much of a good thing.

Ridge Runner · 12-06-2006, 06:49 PM

I have a 25 wssm in an AR-15, for the guys who wanna hunt with their EBR's the 25 is awesome, its a bit behind the 25/06 but the velocity it developes goes well with most 25 cal bullets, I shoot a nosler 115 gr bt at 3000 fps from mine and it performs great.
RR