looking at buying one and dont really know alot about the round. anyone have any info. i live in florida so i would think it would make a good deer round for down here. the rifle is a winchester m 70 coyote?
thanks
brian
I think thewhole wssm thing was kid of a flop. They really didn't catch on and the only company I see producing the 25wssm still in a bolt action is Browning. You can find you Winchester on gunbroker.com used most likely. The 25-06 would be a great round for any deer in FL and ammo is easier to find. The wssm ammo is rare and getting rarer.
the .25 wssm is named a magnum but its slower then most 25-06's and really only on par with a 257 rob. i have been havinf problems with my wsm gun and i thik the wssm would be even worse. if you got the money go for the 257 weatherby
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I once bought a 243 wssm in a browning A-bolt. loved how the gun shot. but the short fat, factory cartridges would not feed through the magazine. The gun shot wonderfully but i couldnt have a gun that wouldnt function properly everytime. so im kinda biased against the wssm series. Id have to agree with everyone else above, get a 25-06.
go for it, my money is on the bet that there will be ammo and cases available for a long, long time.
DOA??? Get real, there are 3 companies producing the wssm's in no other forearm than the AR-15. federal is making brass also. The wssm's will last because they fill a niche, there are over 2 million shooting enthusiasts that like the AR-15's, the wssm's give you the same or more power in those supberbly accurate black rifles, than you get from your 243's and 25/06's.
My 25 wssm, mildly loaded runs a 115 gr NBT out of a 22" barrel at 3000 fps, about equal to a 25/06 within 100-150 fps, and kills deer like no tomorrow, and shoots 3/8's inch groups to top it off.
as far as feeding goes, the AR's run flawless with good mags, and any rifle should also, the short fat case stays in the feed rails till after the bullet starts into the chamber, any smith that can't get a wssm to feed isn't much of a smith.
RR
yea but the point being that from the factory, brand spanking new, the gun did not feed properly! i mean come on why make a gun for a short fat cartridge if the gun wont feed 100% of the time.
so for all ya knowthere wasa bad part put in your rifleand youdidn't attempt to have the maker look at it, or a qualified smith? but you formed an opinion on the wssm's cause yours wouldn't feed 100% and you have no idea why? anything mass produced has a certain percentage rate of flawed parts, very low rate today but its there.
The wssm was a sales gimmick no doubt, but to a certain extent everything is, but this one works and works well, especialy in the AR platform. There is a company called dedicated technologies, its a one man show, he builds AR's in the wssm's, and several wildcats based on the wssm case, he makes a good living doing it and is extremely busy at it. to quote him "I'd starve to death building custom bolt actions in the wssm line, as they are too close in performance to other calibers, but they are ideal for the AR-15, and I can't build them fast enough"
he's built around 1K AR's in the wssm's, accuracy systems has built more, and olypic arms has built many thousands, so ammo will be around for a long time, if win discontiues it, the laws of supply and demand will win out and someone will produce it.
remember the 5mm rem mag?
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My 25 wssm, mildly loaded runs a 115 gr NBT out of a 22" barrel at 3000 fps, about equal to a 25/06 within 100-150 fps, and kills deer like no tomorrow,
And does it with a lot less powder. Somehow that case design makes for a very efficient powder burn. Compared to the 25-06 case you can get the same velocity with 10-15% less powder in the 25WSSM using the same powder and the same bullet.
Any decent 100-120gr bullet in .257 is plenty for a deer. If you like the rifle platform and especially if you reload, go for it.
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25 wssm?
