norma bullets

[david12601]

has anyone reloaded using 22 caliber 55 grain norma bullets I uncovered about a thousand and if it was worth reloading them or selling them I guess they are nor made anymore...thanks

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

has anyone reloaded using 22 caliber 55 grain norma bullets I uncovered about a thousand and if it was worth reloading them or selling them I guess they are nor made anymore...thanks

Norma bullet's are excellent, double excellent!

 

[david12601]

I acquired these at a yard sale they are probably 20 years old I will try them out

 

[Stepsjframe]

Used the Norma Soft Point and Plastic Point very good performance in thge 308 and 30-06.

 

[dc.fireman]

I used their 139 gr. 6.5 bullets in my CG 63 with great results.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

I bought some norma 308 orx ammo on sale for $9.99 a box. 180 grain. Shot a five shot group out of my 788 rem. The group was in the black so i couldn't see it till i walked down, wow ! All five cutting a ragged hole. Most accurate factory ammo I've ever seen.

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

I acquired these at a yard sale they are probably 20 years old I will try them out

Sell them to me !

 

[david12601]

Going to shoot them.....over the weekend I stumbled across a one of a kind 223 it was made by. Seely. Masker almost 40 years ago ....he built several guns for a doctor who doesn't shoot anymore .....I was invited to his house for a cookout and the topic got around to firearms and he showed me his collection. This was new never fired rifle beautiful so I think the 40 year old bullets should be paired with a 40 year old gun

 

[Rdlningcltchdmpr]

Going to shoot them.....over the weekend I stumbled across a one of a kind 223 it was made by. Seely. Masker almost 40 years ago ....he built several guns for a doctor who doesn't shoot anymore .....I was invited to his house for a cookout and the topic got around to firearms and he showed me his collection. This was new never fired rifle beautiful so I think the 40 year old bullets should be paired with a 40 year old gun

You lucky dog !

 

[Laurie]

40 year old Normas are likely to be what the company called 'tri-metal' bullets. back in the 70s and 80s all of this company's designs used a lead core, mild steel jacket, and a copper surface wash of some sort. A magnet would pick them up showing they used steel not gilding metal. This worries some people, but they shot well (at least in the context of the period as standards have risen a lot in 40 years) and there was no evidence of their being hard on barrels. I remember reading that recovered examples from the GB NRA's Bisley ranges' sand backstops had retained the copper coating and showed no rust despite our damp climate and long exposure to it.

In the UK, the Norma 0.308 146gn FMJBT was a very popular handloader's choice for 7.62 'Target Rifle' (prone sling shooting) in the 1 turn in 14" pitch barrels of the era. In an era of cardboard bullet cartons they (and other Norma models) came in a nice robust bright red plastic box oftentimes kept to hold screws, shellholders, press accessories or other small parts. They are longlived too it seems as they (the boxes not the bullets) still regularly turn up today.

At some point late last century, Norma changed to the more common gilding metal copper-zinc alloy for its bullet jackets, but I don't know when. For some reason Norma bullets (but not its brass) largely disappeared off the UK scene many years ago, but they have seen a minor revival here recently.

 

[Tommie]

I bought some norma 308 orx ammo on sale for $9.99 a box. 180 grain. Shot a five shot group out of my 788 rem. The group was in the black so i couldn't see it till i walked down, wow ! All five cutting a ragged hole. Most accurate factory ammo I've ever seen.

I think that 788 deserves some of the credit!