Travis - I don't really have any experience with the round yet, but I am excited about the possibilities. What I think I like most about the concept of the "short magnum" is that it allows a 24" barrel on a magnum gun that is only 1" longer than a .30-06 with a 22" barrel and 1" shorter than a comparable .300 RUM with the same 24" barrel.

I hear, but I don't know for sure, that the recoil generated by the .300 WSM is somewhat less than either the .300 Win Mag or the .300 Wby Mag in guns of the same weight. It is also supposed to be very accurate, and factory ammunition is readily available.

If these things prove to be true, the .300 WSM could prove to be an outstanding all-around North American big-game cartridge. Maybe even better than the predecessors it tries to emulate.

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