short mag

[Karl Blanchard]

Gee, I think you could do everything with the 300 WSM and skip the other two. 

Haha but where is the fun in that ! Currently I'm solid for deer and elk up to 700 yards....but a 7# scoped gun just doesn't make for easy long range shots(400-1000) so that's where a heavy 7 wsm would come in...then what happens if your like BLRman and have your main gun go down and have to resort to s back up ? No 243 for me....358 wsm would be just the ticket...no long range stuff needed just a good old fashion packable rifle with lots of wammy to it if I ever chase moose or grizzly bear

This way is much funner 

don't be knocking the .243 now!  She may look cute and innocent but she can be nasty!

[bobcat]

Isn't knock down power better than speed ? The end result is what would matter most, right ?

No such thing as knock down power, unless you hunt with bowling balls.

[bobcat]

I've been playing with a 110 grain Barnes TTSX in the 270WSM.  Wholly cow is it fun!  Just might become my new varmint/MS deer/bear gun and maybe even MS elk gun.  And recoil deduction is crazy even with the insane speeds.  Wife has plans on steeling it from me so I might have to by a second one

That bullet does intrigue me. I might try some in my standard 270 Win, not even at max speeds, but somewhere in the middle, for the wife and kids to try.

[Curly]

The .243WSSM would be a really sweet little cartridge............if it wasn't already obsolete.  There was a nice rifle in the classifieds a while back that looked like a great deal until I looked around for brass or ammo and basically found nothing.  Frustrating that components are so hard to find these days.  As stated earlier in this thread, the 7wsm is also getting hard to find.

 

[Bob33]

I've been playing with a 110 grain Barnes TTSX in the 270WSM.  Wholly cow is it fun!  Just might become my new varmint/MS deer/bear gun and maybe even MS elk gun.  And recoil deduction is crazy even with the insane speeds.  Wife has plans on steeling it from me so I might have to by a second one

That bullet does intrigue me. I might try some in my standard 270 Win, not even at max speeds, but somewhere in the middle, for the wife and kids to try.

That combination is a screamer. I used it a couple times on antelope with excellent results.

[kentrek]

Gee, I think you could do everything with the 300 WSM and skip the other two. 

Haha but where is the fun in that ! Currently I'm solid for deer and elk up to 700 yards....but a 7# scoped gun just doesn't make for easy long range shots(400-1000) so that's where a heavy 7 wsm would come in...then what happens if your like BLRman and have your main gun go down and have to resort to s back up ? No 243 for me....358 wsm would be just the ticket...no long range stuff needed just a good old fashion packable rifle with lots of wammy to it if I ever chase moose or grizzly bear

This way is much funner 

don't be knocking the .243 now!  She may look cute and innocent but she can be nasty!

We're elk, moose, and grizzly hunting here.....no room for the unethical pee shooters 

[Karl Blanchard]

Come on now, where is your sense of adventure

[bobcat]

243 with a 85 grain tsx I bet would kill an elk or moose just fine. But I wouldn't be brave enough to try it on grizzly. 

[kentrek]

Call me boring but Id like my adventure to stop...or should i say drop in its tracks.. when I pull the trigger....instead of continuing on for a day or two   

[Karl Blanchard]

Call me boring but Id like my adventure to stop...or should i say drop in its tracks.. when I pull the trigger....instead of continuing on for a day or two   

uh hello!!  eye ball shot!!!!! 

[RadSav]

I've been playing with a 110 grain Barnes TTSX in the 270WSM.  Wholly cow is it fun!  Just might become my new varmint/MS deer/bear gun and maybe even MS elk gun.  And recoil deduction is crazy even with the insane speeds.  Wife has plans on steeling it from me so I might have to by a second one

That bullet does intrigue me. I might try some in my standard 270 Win, not even at max speeds, but somewhere in the middle, for the wife and kids to try.

Try it full bore screamer first.  I was shocked at how tame it was.  It was darn near 243ish with the 95 grain at 3600, but I couldn't get it to group better than 1.25".  Think the better seating of the 110 or maybe twist rate better suited to 3500 made the groups snap   I stopped playing after 5 loads all proved to be less than .750" out of the plastic Sako.

[CAMPMEAT]

Isn't knock down power better than speed ? The end result is what would matter most, right ?

No such thing as knock down power, unless you hunt with bowling balls.

That's what I was getting at...kinetic energy then....

[theleo]

I've been playing with a 110 grain Barnes TTSX in the 270WSM.  Wholly cow is it fun!  Just might become my new varmint/MS deer/bear gun and maybe even MS elk gun.  And recoil deduction is crazy even with the insane speeds.  Wife has plans on steeling it from me so I might have to by a second one

That bullet does intrigue me. I might try some in my standard 270 Win, not even at max speeds, but somewhere in the middle, for the wife and kids to try.

Try it full bore screamer first.  I was shocked at how tame it was.  It was darn near 243ish with the 95 grain at 3600, but I couldn't get it to group better than 1.25".  Think the better seating of the 110 or maybe twist rate better suited to 3500 made the groups snap   I stopped playing after 5 loads all proved to be less than .750" out of the plastic Sako.

Use the TTSX's for hunting, use Hornady V-max's in the same weight for varmints. They're a lot cheaper and a whole lot more entertaining on things like rock chuck's.

[cem3434]

The .243WSSM would be a really sweet little cartridge............if it wasn't already obsolete.  There was a nice rifle in the classifieds a while back that looked like a great deal until I looked around for brass or ammo and basically found nothing.  Frustrating that components are so hard to find these days.  As stated earlier in this thread, the 7wsm is also getting hard to find.

This is a great deer and varmint caliber and I don't know why the WSSM's didn't grab hold like their bigger cousins.  My wife hunts with a 243 WSSM and it is an absolute mule deer slayer.  I was lucky enough to find another member that sold me a couple hundred rounds of virgin brass, plus we have a couple hundred once fired brass and she still has about 200 factory rounds, so its just one more caliber I had to buy dies for.  I feel bad for the guys that don't have the ability to reload, brass, etc that ended up buying a WSSM because the guns are not worth much without having ammo, brass, dies, etc to reload.