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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: Huntlots on February 23, 2014, 07:29:48 PM
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Anyone have any experience or know about savages and winchester's new 17 WSM (Winchester super mag). Looking into getting something like this. I know the 17 HMR is a pretty sweet round just wanting something a little different.
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Use the search function. Been discussed a few times. Also you may want to Google savage rifles on the subject.
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Haven't seen the WSM or shot one.I do know I wouldn't trade my savage .17 for anything.It's a tack driver within reasonable range.
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If someone made a decent gun, and somebody else but Winchester made the ammo, it might turn into a good choice. Otherwise, I think it will follow the 5mm Remington into oblivion... :twocents:
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If someone made a decent gun, and somebody else but Winchester made the ammo, it might turn into a good choice. Otherwise, I think it will follow the 5mm Remington into oblivion... :twocents:
:yeah:
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Looks like a nice round. I only recently learned about the round from a friend after I purchased my Ruger American.
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I bought a Boyds stock for mine, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully that will appeal to me better.............. :chuckle:
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I bought a Boyds stock for mine, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully that will appeal to me better.............. :chuckle:
Putting the Boyds stock on it should make it better. That Savage stock is a joke. You shouldn't have to spend a bunch of money to restock a new gun. A shooter told me that he bought a WSM when they first came out, and his exact words were: "I couldn't sell that thing fast enough!" :twocents:
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I bought a Boyds stock for mine, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully that will appeal to me better.............. :chuckle:
Putting the Boyds stock on it should make it better. That Savage stock is a joke. You shouldn't have to spend a bunch of money to restock a new gun. A shooter told me that he bought a WSM when they first came out, and his exact words were: "I couldn't sell that thing fast enough!" :twocents:
They should of made it a bull barrel with a nicer stock and sold it for $350 with a scope package....
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I bought a Boyds stock for mine, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully that will appeal to me better.............. :chuckle:
Putting the Boyds stock on it should make it better. That Savage stock is a joke. You shouldn't have to spend a bunch of money to restock a new gun. A shooter told me that he bought a WSM when they first came out, and his exact words were: "I couldn't sell that thing fast enough!" :twocents:
They should of made it a bull barrel with a nicer stock and sold it for $350 with a scope package....
Just putting a better stock on it would have made it a better gun. You put a .17 caliber hole in a regular barrel, and it almost IS a bull barrel! :chuckle:
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I bought a Boyds stock for mine, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully that will appeal to me better.............. :chuckle:
Putting the Boyds stock on it should make it better. That Savage stock is a joke. You shouldn't have to spend a bunch of money to restock a new gun. A shooter told me that he bought a WSM when they first came out, and his exact words were: "I couldn't sell that thing fast enough!" :twocents:
They should of made it a bull barrel with a nicer stock and sold it for $350 with a scope package....
Just putting a better stock on it would have made it a better gun. You put a .17 caliber hole in a regular barrel, and it almost IS a bull barrel! :chuckle:
Close, but the barrel isn't any bigger than a yellow pencil with a hole in the end.
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I bought a Boyds stock for mine, but haven't installed it yet. Hopefully that will appeal to me better.............. :chuckle:
Putting the Boyds stock on it should make it better. That Savage stock is a joke. You shouldn't have to spend a bunch of money to restock a new gun. A shooter told me that he bought a WSM when they first came out, and his exact words were: "I couldn't sell that thing fast enough!" :twocents:
They should of made it a bull barrel with a nicer stock and sold it for $350 with a scope package....
Just putting a better stock on it would have made it a better gun. You put a .17 caliber hole in a regular barrel, and it almost IS a bull barrel! :chuckle:
Close, but the barrel isn't any bigger than a yellow pencil with a hole in the end.
Wow--that is small. Never seen one myself, so I'm just guessing. From what I was told, the main complaint was the flimsy stock. :dunno:
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The forend of the stock seems flimsy and cheap. Thin feeling. Kinda hard to 'splain unless you hold it.
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I love my wsm,so light and dead on..
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I'll have to love mine, I've got 1100 rounds to shoot !!!! It will be ready for ground rat season for sure. :tup:
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New Boyds Stock installed today. Looks and fells a lot better. Now I like this gun. Can't wait for ground squirrel season...... :tup:
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:tup:
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That Boyds stock will make it a better gun for sure. I bought a Boyds stock for my 10-22 build. The Ground Squirrels are gonna catch heck now! :tup:
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That Boyds stock will make it a better gun for sure. I bought a Boyds stock for my 10-22 build. The Ground Squirrels are gonna catch heck now! :tup:
Indeed. Mine feels like a real gun now............... :tup:
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Campmeat. Did your groups get better with the boyds stock?
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Campmeat. Did your groups get better with the boyds stock?
I haven't really dialed it in yet. The weather over here has been cold, snowing and raining. It does feel better when I hold it and try and hit small rocks around the compound...... :tup: