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Book series reviews. YouTube Gallery. History Following the introduction of the. In Winchester released the. After three years waiting, Winchester had yet to introduce a medium bore WSM. By this time many wildcatters were already exploring the possibilities of the. Elk Hunting Colorado. Any general advice about the unit would be appreciated!
Idaho Elk Hunting. Is there anyone that has hunted in any of these units and can give me some friendly advice? Mitchell, Moscow Idaho. I'm a student at ISU and I'm looking for somewhere around here to hunt next season. How is the elk hunting in unit 30A in Idaho? What can you tell me about the area? Elk Hunting In Montana. I did not draw a tag for Missouri breaks where I have hunted in the past.
Having to start over and try western Montana. New Mexico Elk Hunting. I finally got drawn for a late elk hunt in Unit 28, north of Road and south of the boundary line of the Lincoln National Forest Elk Hunting Nevada. Questions from Novice Hunters. Big Game Recipes. Corned Elk Recipe You can easily make corned venison and elk, moose or corned beef from these instructions Where to Hunt?
Now What? Contact Us. I have 4 different powders I use and all my loads are dialed in accurate on targets from to yards. Every thing drops when shot. Love the gun especially the quick release clip. I have taken 11 black bears and a cow moose with it. I love how it shoots and love the gun. It has hardly any recoil my daughter shot a black bear with it a year ago.
Too bad there isn't more ammo produced for it. I have contacted Winchester a number of times to at least do a run of grain power points which my shoots great! Am glad I have it and will continue to use it. Jan 12, Great cartridge! Nov 10, wsm ammo by: Anonymous Update: You can still get wsm ammo. Nosler and Winchester have it once in a while.
I had Double Tap make me rounds that were excellent. You can still get brass. Bertram Brass also makes up wsm cases aside from Nosler and Winchester. Happy Hunting!!! Aug 01, great caliber by: Anonymous I own two wsm rifles. I still find a few places to buy ammo. It forced me to take up reloading because I saw it is not surviving. It's too bad this caliber hasn't become more popular. Folks that use it love it. And I will never tape over the muzzle again to keep out debris.
Joined: Apr Helena, MT. A former coworker swore by the WSM for the elk hunting he did - I know he's shot quite a few elk with it. I have shot it some with mixed results - likely more a Kimber roulette thing than the cartridge. I do like the rifle so have been toying with the idea of rebarreling to something else in either a 6.
I just dropped it off with a gunsmith yesterday to have a 7mm SAUM barrel installed and am going to have a lot of 8mm bullets to sell in the near future or acquire an 8x57 of some flavor. Joined: Sep The 8mm Mauser has always been a good cartridge, equal to the. The should do everything it does, but the WSM's never caught on because they don't do anything meaningful that the old cartridges do not. The PRC's take a better shot at doing more things better, but I still think they don't make much difference for most people in most situations.
If I still had my 8mm 7. The flat out bests it. Hail the 8mm bore, overlooked because it was "German". Loved my.
Shoots good, feels good. Bought it when it came out, because I didn't have one, not because ballistics couldn't be matched by something else. It's now one of my go to rifles, my 14 yo is currently pulling the trigger on it for off range oryx. He was apprehensive on range day, but after the first shot, "Not bad" and sent several more. My aspect to reloading is a bit different, I pick a bullet for a caliber and don't generally change up.
I run 's in the. Joined: Mar I bought one right after they came out with it. It's what launched me into reloading. As far as it's performance goes I have no complaints. I shot a nice bull at yards who took 2 steps and dropped. The deer I've shot with it just flop. It kicks like hell though 9 lb gun. It really could use a brake. My Win Mag with brake is tame compared to the Yes there is Winchester,Nosler and Bertram brass. It is not all that hard to get.
A little pricey but attainable. Winchester is the easiest to come by. I know a lot of hunters and shooters across the country and I only personally know 1 person that owns a WSM and I don't think that he hunts with the I got banned on another web site for a debate that happened on this site. That's a first. Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode. Key: Admin , Global Mod , Mod. All Rights Reserved. Powered by UBB.
PHP: 7. Previous Thread. That said, the. Winchester factory loads for the. In their standard Super-X line they offer a grain Power Point bullet. These Winchester velocity figures are averages taken from a 24" test barrel.
The trajectory of a. The grain Accu-Bond bullet, a bonded core design, will probably prove to be the most popular factory load for hunting large game. Chronographed from the 23" barrel of a Browning A-Bolt II rifle, the actual MV of the Winchester grain factory load proved to be about fps slower than claimed.
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