Who owns one and are they a lot different than the HMR?
Walmart has a pile of WSM ammo and I get the sudden urge to have one.

I have one and love it. From what I hear the rifles are very hit and miss. I got a good one. Savage BMag blue heavy fluted barrel. Also the ammo can vary. Where 17HMR is built as a rifle round, WSM starts life as a nail gun blank. There is no “ higher quality” or match ammo. There is Winchester, Hornady, and Federal all made by the same company with the same 20 or 25 grain bullets.
All that being said Mine I have had no issues. Very accurate. Hits very hard but very fur friendly. Truly Coyote unfriendly. Most chest shots drop instantly, no exit with a .17 caliber entrance.
At 100 yards it will turn a tomato into a mist. It’s quite fun.

I have one, but don't have much time on it, it is loud. The early Bmags had some accuracy issues, bedding the actions and free floating the barrel makes a difference.

Thanks guys. I guess I'll stick with the HMRs. I have a cheap Savage, and a SS Ruger that will get me by.

More range and a good round and a good shooter I wanted one in volquartzen Good luck finding any

I have a Ruger and it is very accurate and fun to shoot.

I have an early bmag and honestly idk if its accurate. I sighted in around 25 yds and have used it calling coon. It kills them quicker than a 22 mag if ur off a little bit.

I have a thin barrel early model with a Cableas BDC scope.
As said above, did the bedding and use a bipod.
Without the bipod it's shooting 2-3" at 100 yards, with it on it tightens up to 3/4".
Must be barrel harmonics.
Also it likes 20 grain Federal, tried everything else with no luck.
Works great for coyotes to 150 yards

My BMag is a later version. It will easily shoot 1 Moa from a bench and rest on paper. I don’t honestly know if I have experienced the flier phenomenon that is talked about. I figure I just miss at those times. That is typically at small targets at longer range. I have tried hitting coons at 275-300 yards from my porch. They wander around the harvested cornfield across the road at dusk. Some I hit, some I don’t. It’s stretching it out there quite a ways and my porch railing isn’t the best rest. But it’s fun.
I does fold up a Coyote reliably under 100 yards. Like a rock.

I have the B-mag. On a bench rest I can stay within a 1" circle at 100 yards, maybe a 3/4" circle. But after 4 or 5 shots, the pattern opens up to 2-3". I'm guessing that once the barrel warms up it's just not shooting as tight as when it's cold.

But for taking animals, I'm never going to get 5 shots with a bolt anyway. It's a good varmint gun. Faster and flatter than a .17HMR. It's a surprisingly loud gun for such a small caliber. I think it's louder than my .223.

I find that strange. I think it’s pretty quiet myself. For the velocity.