25 wssm?
 

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

RE: 25 wssm?
 

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.

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The 25 WSSM is DOA.
If you want a fast 25 with easy to find ammo, get a 25-06.

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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.

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Or a .243 Win., if you're interested in a short-actioned rifle...

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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.

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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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i have an idea why. i think because the case was too fat and the magazine was a p.o.s. and thus the sharp shoulder of the case got jammed so bad it rendered the gun to be a single shot. if i wanted a tried and true single shot, i'll go with a Ruger #1. Now a wssm in a Ruger #1 would be really hot. you could have a 26" barrel on it and still have a nice handy gun. i wont argue the ballistic potential with ya cuz i can see the advantages. but a 25-06 or 30-06 or 270 or 308 or 243 takes a lot to get them to jam.

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http://wssmzone.com/main/default.aspx<this is a site with different wssm shooters, if you want to talk wsm or wssm with anyone talk to someone there

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Well i hate to say this but i know a guy that just got back from Canada and took hi 25WSSM there for Caribou. He dropped 2 of them with it. 1 at 65 yards and 1 at 90 yards. The one at 90 yards dropped in its tracks and the 1 at 65 yards ran about 100 yards before falling.

RE: 25 wssm?
 

thanks for the replies. im sure interested in the gun and the price is right. i dont do any reloading or gunsmith work but i know a few that do.
thanks again
brian

RE: 25 wssm?
 

I won one (.25 wssm) a couple of years ago. Have been hunting with it for the last 2 years. Nice little gun, I've taken 3 bucks with it and all 3 dropped in their tracks. Ammo is the only hang-up that I have found, everytime I go to Cabelas I buy a box. (Pretty well stocked in that dept) The guys I hunt with rib me about shooting such a small cal., I just don't know yet how dead they have to be, is usually my response.

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One of my customers, who happens to be one of the best gunsmiths I know as well, built a .25 WSSM just so to show it could be an accurate cartridge. He loves it, routinely prints .2's and .3's with what he calls "throw together" handloads (strait up book loads with precious little tweaking and done with $30 dies).

--Ridge, you'd love this guy, he specializes in the Ultra Mags, if I didn't know better your nasty 7mm could very easily have come from his shop. He does wonderous things with the RUM's. Got my eye on a 338 Ultra from him probably 2 yrs down the road, my own personal shoulder-fired ICBM ;-)