Palma history brass

[kiwijohn]

Wasn't sure where to post this, just a bit of nostalgia for some.

 

[AlNyhus]

Do you have the brass? If so, it should be stamped 92 Palma even though it's Winchester brass. Pretty cool!

 

[1shot]

I met the man that owned that company, Bob Jenson.We were squadded together at the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, during High Power week, and he gave me a box of that ammo.
A more pleasant, knowledgeable man you would be hard pressed to find. Needless to say I did a lot of listening that day.

Lloyd

 

[AlNyhus]

'92 was the year of the ill fated Ruger Palma rifles.

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

Pre beauty contest

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

1976...Ammo supplied by Olin/Winchester...190gr BTHP.

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

1988 Palma...Australia. Have a full box.

 

[6fatrat]

I met the man that owned that company, Bob Jenson.We were squadded together at the National Matches at Camp Perry, Ohio, during High Power week, and he gave me a box of that ammo.
A more pleasant, knowledgeable man you would be hard pressed to find. Needless to say I did a lot of listening that day.

Lloyd

When Bob spoke everyone listened.
Steve Bair

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

Bob was to be the coach on my squad in South Africa, but he fell and broke his hip. Saw him at Ben Avery circa 2013/14 and he wasn't doing well. Lead poisoning got him real bad. Prior to that, I was a Winchester/USRAC sales rep in the Upper Midwest (1993). Well, after winning Salesman of the Year, Winchester fired all reps across the country...and we picked up a line of Chinese-made pre-64 model 70's that Bob was going to bring into the US, dirt cheap. My distributors wrote me some very large orders, but the deal fell through for whatever reason.

 

[41magnut]

'92 was the year of the ill fated Ruger Palma rifles.

I was about to ask if the two items were related.

Is this ammo also from the time period when the host country furnished all the ammo for the competitors?

What year did the practice of provided ammo end?

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

I was about to ask if the two items were related.

Is this ammo also from the time period when the host country furnished all the ammo for the competitors?

What year did the practice of provided ammo end?

1999

 

[jkl]

I had lunch with German Salazar and Bob Jensen several times and all you could do is listen.
Bob was famous for his AK importation. He went in front of congress before the ban was put on them.
While at lunch with Bob and German one of the attendees asked Bob if he had any powder left? Bob sold it in Doctor Pepper plastic bottles he called it BR-3. Well Bob told him he thought it was possible he had a single keg left. A deal was struck and when the keg was picked up from Bob it was a large keg of 50 kilos.

To many Jensen and Salazar stories to type. They were both great men to be friends with.

John

 

[kiwijohn]

Do you have the brass? If so, it should be stamped 92 Palma even though it's Winchester brass. Pretty cool!

Yes, some of the brass is in the tumbler now. It looks to be a lovely shade of brass... real honey hue to it.

 

[Mr. Ten-X]

The Chinese BR-36 powder was rather dirty and made a unique muzzle report. More of a short boom. Nice cloud of burnt propellant in the air too. B West Imports was the name of the biz and they brought in the Win 70 clone also. One thing is for certain, if it comes from China, it is good to steer clear of. Our agency's sample of the Win M70 clone was chambered in 7.62x39 (imagine that) and most of the rifling was washed out after 200rds.

 

[buckhunter62]

I rebarreled one of Bobs China Mod 70 that he shot across the course with. It was as good as any Winchester ever made. Bob shot right hand but aimed with his left eye. I was at his house one time & he showed me a draw full of Regional silver metals. Him & Mid spent the whole summer traveling around to matches. Bob would always win the silver one & Mid would get the gold.

 

[SBS]

Palma didn't always mean .308 and factory Match ammo wasn't always .30-06 or .308 in the old days. The .300 H&H came out of a full case of old new ammo at a gun show many years ago. Looked new when I bought it, but moving around took its toll on the old box (still full).

 

[Matthew Schwartzkopf]

I had lunch with German Salazar and Bob Jensen several times and all you could do is listen.
Bob was famous for his AK importation. He went in front of congress before the ban was put on them.
While at lunch with Bob and German one of the attendees asked Bob if he had any powder left? Bob sold it in Doctor Pepper plastic bottles he called it BR-3. Well Bob told him he thought it was possible he had a single keg left. A deal was struck and when the keg was picked up from Bob it was a large keg of 50 kilos.

To many Jensen and Salazar stories to type. They were both great men to be friends with.

John

Bob coached my first shots at 1000 and my 3rd one was an X.

I always loved listening to German and Bob talk about shooting. I had several of those Dr. Pepper plastic bottles. That is great powder.