Quilly

was looking through the internet and caem up with something about a 7mm STE i guess it is the shooting times easterner. never heard of it before. can anyone tell what is thew diff. between both?

Prairie Boy

7ste

Introduced by Layne Simpson in 1989, the 7mm
Shooting Times Easterner was to take
advantage of then recent advancements in the
design of popular lever action rifles such as the
Winchester 94 and Marlin 336. Design and
metallurgical improvements permitted those
rifles to handle increased pressures such as
that encountered in conventional "high-power"
cartridges like the .308 Winchester.

However, those rifles are also designed to work
with RIMMED cartridges, so new high-power
rimmed equivalents of popular rimless rounds
were developed. One example is the rimmed
.307 Winchester, which duplicates the power of
the .308 Winchester. The .356 Winchester and
.444 Marlin similarly extended the power of
those rifles to new levels.

Accordingly, the 7mm Shooting Times
Easterner was Layne Simpson's attempt to
provide optimum 7mm performance in the
same application. Beginning with the .307
Winchester, Simpson adjusted the dimensions
to "Improved" configuration, meaning minimum
body taper and a shoulder brought forward to
minimize shoulder taper. Both changes
increase case volume, and therefore powder
capacity. Reducing the inside neck diameter to
.284 completes the transformation.

The 7mm Shooting Times Easterner typically
produces approximately 2900 fps with 120 grain
billets in these rifles - impressive performance
for a design that had been limited to .30-30
Winchester performance levels for almost 100
years!

Of course, these lever-action rifles also employ
tubular magazines, imposing the unfortunate
restriction of requiring flat-nose bullets ONLY,
since a pointed bullet can easily act as a firing
pin, igniting the primer of the cartridge
positioned in front of it. As flat nose bullets are
inherently less efficient through the air, losing
speed and falling faster than a pointed design,
such rifles are still limited in their long-range
applications, regardless of cartridge
chambered.


7stw

The 7mm Shooting Times Western was
developed by Layne Simpson in 1989.

This cartridge is simply an 8mm Remington
Magnum case necked down, producing a high
expansion ratio which dictates long barrels for
top performance.

The 7mm STW will shoot as flat at 400 yards as
the .30/06 family of cartridges does at 300
yards. This is a highly accurate cartridge as
well.

The 7mm diameter (.284&quot offers a wide variety
of bullet weights ranging from 140 grains to 175
grains. The 7mm STW has become quite
popular among hunters over the years.


hope that answers your questions

cheers