Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Pros and cons of the 325 wsm What’s your take ?

Quoting IDmay375

“ If one likes 8mm's and short action combinations, they will like the 325. Otherwise not. But on its own merit, it is not a shabby cartridge. Certainly not lack of comparisons for it to large and smaller diameter cartridges. ”

Pretty much sums it up. I like the 8mm / .323 bullets which are in fact .015 “ larger than the .308.

I’ve killed more game with the .325 WSM than any other cartridge. Largest was an eland. I found it an easy cartridge to load for. In my experience I would stick to Nosler, Barnes and Swift for hunting bullets. The sierra and Hornady did not thrill me.

If you want one, go wild it’s a capable cartridge.

It has always sounded like a great cartridge, but seldom see ammo for it

I had a hunting buddy who loved the .325 WSM, his rifle was a Browing A-Bolt. He used it for damn near everything, I know mountain goat, moose, elk, mule deer, and wolf all fell to that rifle. He also used the .270 WSM a lot in another A-Bolt rifle.

He passed on a few years ago, his nephews got the rifles. I hope I get to see one of them use it someday on a hunt for, Uncle Rick's rifles deserve to be used.

Great cartridge! Good for elk and moose out to 600yards. A 220 grain 8mm projectile moving
2700 fps. from the muzzle is a thumper.

The differences are extremely negligible due to the fact they virtually have the same performance-lol.
I got say, I’m a gun guy, but reading some comments on these forums sometimes makes one think they don’t want to be bundled in with some of these knuckleheads. Who knows, maybe they are just trying to sound smart. Or maybe get a life. Lol

I have 2 friends that have them and have done a fair amount of handloading for their rifles. Pretty effective round. Better than some others? Maybe not but works well for big game. One friend took a large brown bear in Russia and the other a couple of dandy bull elk. Pretty much a handloading deal though.

No doubt about it.

I like mine the only cons I can think of is it's a bit much for tiny game and is a handloading proposition. Other than that my limited experience is that it has been great for anything I want to get steaks from. As boons permit I intend to acquire a few more rifles in the chambering while they are still available.

Projectile support is adequate though haven't seen Nosler accubonds much. Apparently Midway has the accubonds for $1.50 each so that's a pass for me, makes me wonder if that is old stock. Hornady has pushed out SST's which should be great for medium game when loaded to hot-mauser power. Then there are the good ol' standby C&Cs.

It looks good on paper. I know a guy who deer hunts with one and loves it. I would imagine ammo and components aren't plentiful. Seems like an answer to a question nobody asked.