New WSM

[smitty1972]

a guy at work told me Winchester came out with a new short mag it's called 324 WSM anyone know if this is true?

[North Texan]

I know they have a 243 WSSM, so I would assume this is what he meant.

[North Texan]

I am mistaken. It is a .325 WSM. Here is a link.
325 WSM

[ELKampMaster]

.325, eh
.323 is 8mm
Remington came out with the 8mmRemMag and it failed miserably (sales wise) largely due to a poor selection of bullets for 8mm and its close competition to the 338WinMag (.338 [and .308] has a w-i-d-e abundance of bullet offerings).

I'd venture to say that the 325WSM's fate will also be largely tied to bullet selection/availability.

EKM

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[frizzellr]

Just something else I have no interest in. I wonder why they did 8mm instead of 338? Doesn't sound that logical.

[James B]

I would be suprised if that one gets off the ground. Another perfect answer to a problem that does not exist. But the I have been wrong before. I quess I don't see a nich that needs to be filled in that range. Maybe the short mag concept will carry it through. More power to them. Anything that sells more guns is good for our side.

[Donavan Daniel]

Winchester tried the .338 WSM, but found that it could not reach the potential on the .338 Win. Mag. Craig Boddington had a rifle built for the .338 WSM and found the same thing. That is why they went with the .323/8mm (.325 WSM)

I know that if they release it in a left handed model, I will get one. I'm very interested in trying it.

Cheers,
Donavan

[NVMIKE]

sounds interesting. the 8mm rem mag is a great round, it would be nice to see another 8mm on the scene to help out the old 8 rem mag.

[TerryM]

This one does not sound like a winner but I will reserve judgement when I see some actual ballistics on it. I have a custom shop model 7 in .350 rem mag that pounds out 225 partitions at 2690 fps. Doubt if I will replace it with this new WSM.