Thread: Norma 8x57 ammo

Yeah I have a box or two of those.. also thier better looking 198gr hollow point cousins..

Jackets are too hard and thick for any nz game IMO.. couple this with a very slow MV especially from a carbine length barrel and I'd be willing to bet you'd get a lot of penciling pass throughs.
Do yourself a favour and shoot them off and load some modern lighter 150gr projectiles into the good brass.

Originally Posted by Wingman

Yeah I have a box or two of those.. also thier better looking 198gr hollow point cousins..

Jackets are too hard and thick for any nz game IMO.. couple this with a very slow MV especially from a carbine length barrel and I'd be willing to bet you'd get a lot of penciling pass throughs.
Do yourself a favour and shoot them off and load some modern lighter 150gr projectiles into the good brass.

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Cheers for that. The lightest I'm considering are the 170sst.
It's either that or nudging 200.
Interesting the conflicting experiences.
I've heard the old 165gr vulkans were nasty pieces of kit that did heaps of damage and if the packet is right up just past 2800.
My barrel is 21 3/4 I think from memory.
It's seemed to be a standard size when I looked it up