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Your favorite Quarter Bore and why
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<blockquote data-quote="sable tireur" data-source="post: 2561745" data-attributes="member: 27307"><p>Maybe as far as commercial rifle makers are concerned but the WSSMs are certainly NOT short lived.</p><p></p><p>Winchester still manufacturers the 223, 243 and 25 WSSM brass currently. I maintain an inventory of all three since I shoot all three, especially the 25 WSSM for hunting and some competitions. Blackjack Bullets started a renewal of all things .25 caliber by designing and releasing their 131 Blackjack ACE bullets. This provided the stimulus for Berger to design the 133 and 135 bullets which are equally excellent in performance along with the Hammer Hunter solids.</p><p></p><p>Obviously the .223 and .243 WSSM cartridges have lots of longer range bullets to choose from. Commercially manufactured ammunition can be found as well.</p><p></p><p>Winchester was castigated repeatedly for their first attempt at making rifles to shoot these short cartridges. Their second try was to introduce a 'short-short' action complete with magazine, engineered to feed and fire these shorter cartridges. These cartridge specific actions failed to capture the love of the general public so the WSSM rifles were sold off at a fairly significant reduction in price through CDNN. The lack of proper engineering through the Winchester organization was at fault. The history behind the company and all their successes could not fix stupid.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p>Many rifles and pistols are currently being built and chambered for the WSSM line of cartridges by professional gunsmiths.</p><p></p><p>Best.</p><p></p><p><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sable tireur, post: 2561745, member: 27307"] Maybe as far as commercial rifle makers are concerned but the WSSMs are certainly NOT short lived. Winchester still manufacturers the 223, 243 and 25 WSSM brass currently. I maintain an inventory of all three since I shoot all three, especially the 25 WSSM for hunting and some competitions. Blackjack Bullets started a renewal of all things .25 caliber by designing and releasing their 131 Blackjack ACE bullets. This provided the stimulus for Berger to design the 133 and 135 bullets which are equally excellent in performance along with the Hammer Hunter solids. Obviously the .223 and .243 WSSM cartridges have lots of longer range bullets to choose from. Commercially manufactured ammunition can be found as well. Winchester was castigated repeatedly for their first attempt at making rifles to shoot these short cartridges. Their second try was to introduce a 'short-short' action complete with magazine, engineered to feed and fire these shorter cartridges. These cartridge specific actions failed to capture the love of the general public so the WSSM rifles were sold off at a fairly significant reduction in price through CDNN. The lack of proper engineering through the Winchester organization was at fault. The history behind the company and all their successes could not fix stupid.:mad: Many rifles and pistols are currently being built and chambered for the WSSM line of cartridges by professional gunsmiths. Best. :) [/QUOTE]
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