A gun dealer over here has them, both guns and ammo, rounds are £18 per 50
But then you are stuck with the lot-to-lot variances in ammunition that again, comes from one maker. I don't know if they have improved the ammo since it's debut (usually it's quite the opposite)but a sneak peek at the chrono data strip at the SHOT Show when they were letting people shoot this showed a 300+ fps extreme spread and velocities that were far short of the 3000 fps they promised. In reality, the gain was about 100 fps over the HMR.OK, so about half the price of .17HH for just over 17.5% less velocity. That's more attractive than I thought, provided real-world performance matches the the quoted figure and accuracy is good enough to do justice to the potential range offered by the flat trajectory.
Winchester had some profound difficulties with brass production at the start. I heard that CCI/Federal/Hornady was making ammo but that might have changed. I don't pay a lot of attendion to the 17WSM.~MuirI don't know if we'll have the choice but Winchester and Federal do 17 WSM loads as well as Hornady. Of course if none of it is fast enough or accurate enough or consistent enough then that's too bad. In any case, though I'm interested in new cartridges, I won't be buying a 17 WSM as my 17 RFB already has all the boxes I need ticked in that calibre.
Don't. You won't be happy with it. Feels like a toy, rough as a cob. Crappy trigger. All it has going for it is a very strong action to handle the added pressure of the 17WSM. I had once considered buying one for the expressed purpose rebarreling it to 5mm Remington Magnum. When I handled the rifle I changed my mind.~MuirMy local dealer has them coming in. Currently at proof. mixed reports from us (bmag) but I am tempted.