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• Zee Senior Member Posts: 27,567 Senior Member

  October 2021 #2

  No experience. The Varmint carrridge market has been flooded for awhile. Some come and go. Some stay. Just what happens. 

  Buy ammo while you can and you’ll not have a problem if it falls from Grace. 

  
  

  Especially if you reload. 

  "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 3,239 Senior Member

  October 2021 #3

  Well I learned something new.  I had NO ideas there was a .17 WSM.  I don’t do much varmint hunting so not my wheel house.  It must have the trajectory of a laser beam.

  I’m baaaaaaaaack… 😬

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• ds10speed Posts: 22 New Member

  October 2021 #4

  The .17 WSM is a rim-fire round, not for reloading. The ammo box says "The worlds fasted rim-fire".

  
  

  I got this from Wikipedia:

  
  

  .17 Winchester Super Magnum, is a rimfire rifle cartridge developed by the ammunition company Winchester in 2012. It descended from the .27 caliber nail-gun blank by necking down the blank case to take a .17 caliber (4.5 mm) bullet. Initial loadings were with a 20-grain bullet, delivering muzzle velocities around 3,000 ft/s

  
  

  Several options from Winchester are available, including Varmint HV 17 Winchester Super Magnum with a 20-grain polymer-tipped projectile rated at 3,000 FPS, Varmint HE 17 Winchester Super Magnum with a 25-grain polymer-tipped projectile rated at 2,600 fps, and Varmint-X 17 Winchester Super Magnum which is available with a lead-free 15-grain polymer tipped projectile, rated at 3,300 FPS.

  
  Also my buddy has an old .25 cal rim-fire rifle from the early 1900's and I measured the brass of an old .25 round and it is the same as the WSM (.270").
  

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• Wambli Ska Posts: 3,239 Senior Member

  October 2021 #5

  Ohhhh, THAT round!  I thought we were talking about a Winchester Short Magnum round I was not aware off.  Thanks for clarifying that for me.

  I’m baaaaaaaaack… 😬

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• ds10speed Posts: 22 New Member

  October 2021 #6

  Wambli Ska said:

  Ohhhh, THAT round!  I thought we were talking about a Winchester Short Magnum round I was not aware off.  Thanks for clarifying that for me.

  
  That would be something!! Sounds dangerous!
  

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