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Not to sound stupid but can you fire form 243 WSSM to work in a 243 Winchester?
Not to sound stupid but can you fire form 243 WSSM to work in a 243 Winchester?
.243 W brass is a dime a dozen, .243 WSSM is unobtainium. You could probably trade that 10:1.
No, not really.Shame with the WSSM family being such unobtanium.
Seems like with the micro/mini actions gaining popularity in the market and the continued growth of the AR platform the WSSM's should be gaining traction.
A super lightweight bolt gun in a WSSM seems like it'd be popular in theory.
Have they tried making a 6.5 WSSM? Maybe a 6.5 Creedmoor Super Short Magnum re-branding would turn it around!
Edited to add:
Actually, looking into it... I'd bet a 6.5 WSSM with decent factory support would take off. It has pretty similar ballistics to the 6.5Creed and fits in an AR15. If brass was available (and affordable) I'd be interested in one more than I'm already interested in either a 6.5 Creed or a 6.5 Grendel. If they could get factory ammo as prevalent as 6.5Creed was at its roll-out they'd sell all they could make.
If you load 'em hot or fire factory ammo only, yes, they are.I really like my 25, but the whole family is hard on barrels.
I bought several hundred of these back around 2012. More then I think my 243 WSSM barrel could burn through. The story back then was Federal was going to develop a load for the 243 WSSM and decided not to complete the project. The pic even states Federal head stamp made by Winchester.