What happend to the 7mm SAUM & WSM?
02-25-2010, 05:58 PM
#6
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
The SAUM's are all but gone because Winchester had/has the short magnum market locked up tight. I bet the new RCM's will also go the way of the SAUM's.
Metric cartridges have never been incredibly popular in America. The only two that have ever really made it have been the 7mm Rem mag and very recently the 7mm-08. The .280 has never been all that popular either. Most all metric designated cartridges have had lack luster sales compared to other "American" cartridges.
And early on Jack O'Connor helped solidify the .277 bullet diameter in American history. So much so that the .280 just couldn't catch up.
Metric cartridges have never been incredibly popular in America. The only two that have ever really made it have been the 7mm Rem mag and very recently the 7mm-08. The .280 has never been all that popular either. Most all metric designated cartridges have had lack luster sales compared to other "American" cartridges.
And early on Jack O'Connor helped solidify the .277 bullet diameter in American history. So much so that the .280 just couldn't catch up.
02-26-2010, 02:21 AM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Audubon & Red Rock, Penna.
Posts: 4,472
I think the 7mm Remington Magnum is such a perfect round that it's hard to beat it. There's also the 270 Win and 280 Rem. The 7mm short mags were just not needed, I guess.
They were the answer to the question nobody asked.
They were the answer to the question nobody asked.
02-26-2010, 03:03 PM
#9
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2004
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Posts: 215
The economy dealt the final blow to just about all the short mags, boy you don't even hear of anyone buying one these days, I haven't even heard the word mentioned at all of our local sportsmens clubs..maybe everyone found out the in the end they didn't offer that much difference from the old standby 7mmRM and 300 WM...plus all the problems feeding that the little guys caused..I have a model 7 in 300 saum, I think it's the ultimate mountain rifle, short, fast, powerful and super accurate...