I had the same thoughts on the 7 MM WSM, thought it and the 7 mm SUAM where the bst of the bunch, but I must have been wrong, and yet the 280 AI is a home run!
In my opinion, "timing" is the answer. I really agree with the above. Notwithstanding all the moronic statements such as "answer to a question never asked" the 7MM Remington Magnum just had too great of a head start timewise. In my opinion, that is THE reason both the 7 SAUM and 7MM WSM never became more popular. I speculate that had the 7MM WSM been introduced in 1961 the 7MM Remington magnum would never have been invented/introduced.
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