STW

[jwbguns]

some where in here a user by the name FAST SHOOTING CARTS wanted to know if they still made the 7mm stw. remington custom shop has one listed in model 700 custom KS stainless mountain . dealer price is $1321.95. this sight is brand new to me . so i hope some one will see this and post it in the proper place or let him know
thanks

[Swampdog]

I want to hear more about the .25 STW

[statjunk]

What does the STW extension mean?

Tom

[eldeguello]

ORIGINAL: statjunk

What does the STW extension mean?

Tom

STW = "Shooting Times Westerner", or something like that. I beliweve the 7mm STW was a Layne Simpson creation. There is also a .358 STA, in which the "A" stands for Alaskan. Now, THAT is a very impressive cartridge indeed!

[Ridge Runner]

eldeguello has it pegged, Layne and some other staff members of shooting times I think it was 1991, took a rem 8mm Rem Mag and necked it down to .284, dubbed it the 7mm STW. It caught on so well that 6 years later the cartridge was factory produced, it started a magnum craze that goes on to this day. I had one built in 1996 by mark Bansner and boy is it an impressive cartridge, sighted in 2.6" high at 100 yds with a nosler 140 BT at 3550 fps,it drops 19.2" at 500. I've recently worked up a load with a nosler 160 gr accubond at 3340 fps, probably one of the better factory choices for LR shooting.
RR