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Offline 5.56er

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257 stw
« on: June 23, 2006, 06:37:32 AM »
I just bought a remington 700 BDL in a 257 STW with a hart barrel and a 3-10 swift scope for 400 dollars. can somebody tell me something about this cartridge
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257 stw
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2006, 06:57:09 AM »
It's simply a 7MM STW necked to .25 with no other changes. The first one I heard of was done by Lex Webernick of Rifles Inc. for Layne Simpson. A friend of mine had a 25-06 Sendero blueprinted and rechambered by Webernick. This rifle shoots 0.4 with 100 gr. Bal Tips & 0.6 with 100gr. Partitions, loaded to 3800 +.  Now the downside, cases are only good for 4-5 loadings with a lot of RL22, and Webernick dosen't do these conversions anymore so he can devote his time to building his own rifles.
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Re: 257 stw
« Reply #2 on: July 09, 2006, 04:47:58 AM »
  How long is the barrel , you need a long barrel to make this caliber work to it's potential. Sounds like you have a good deal on your hands. If you don't like it I will take it off your hands. Go to Longrangehunting.com   ask a guy named Fifty Driver  real name is Kirby Allen  of Montana  he has built alot of them also shoots one his self. He going to build me one soon.
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