The 7WSM is "DOA" and you will see it go away. Wholesale demand for the 7WSM has basically HALTED across the industry (I shouldn't say halted because it practically never began. But for those of us who DID order them and then sat on them for 3-4 times longer than we did 270-300WSMs you will NEVER see us order another one!) and some makers who initially offered the 7WSM are actually beginning to drop them now. Beretta picked up the 7WSM lastyear for the Sako/Tikka with hopes they would take off in Europe (they already knew it was dead in the U.S.) because the European market is a much larger "metric" market than here stateside. My Beretta rep recently told me that they are going to drop the 7WSM for lack of sales.

Doesn't mean it's a bad caliber, probably the best for the handloader. The 7WSM case is slightly longer than the 270-300WSM case to prevent the 7WSM from being accidentally fired from a 270WSM. That would make it that much more capable to be "STUFFED" by the handloader. But the difference is still splitting hairs. If I owned a 7WSM I wouldn't worry but if I were buying a new WSM for the first time I would stick with either the 270 or the 300 version.


RA