Recent content by ganyana

Re: Chronograph Choice Since I use 'Industrial' chronographs at work and to check ammo for CIP/SAAMI...and I need portable ones at times, I have boght and 'calibrated' quite a few different makes. Also checked a wide variety for the IPSC boys so that the chronograph in use at a competition is...

Re: 308 farthest shoots Depends what you call accurate- I fired a 30 round burst from a 7,62 BREN at a range of 1,9 km (by the map) - wounded the main guy we wanted and also got hits on two out of 4 accomplaces. The BREN on gas setting one has a very slow rate of fire and they were standing...

Re: 338 Norma -vs- 338 Lapua (Savage 110BA) One of the important designs criteria for the .338 NM was barrel life, which US military tests have shown as roughly twice that of the .338 Lap. Alot of that has to do with shoulder angle and neck length- are you directing the flame into the case...

Re: What's going on with Jamison International? Norma's new run (Sept 2011) of .505 brass was designed for .408 as well and capable of withstanding Cheytac pressures. Unfortunately you will probably not see it in the US before next year unless Euro opticts precieves that there is sufficient...

Re: 338 Norma is scary accurate... V-Ref I have tried early batched of OBP powder from St Marks. Gave good results up to 100ºF and then pressures began to rise dramatically. May have been significantly improved in the last couple of years (st marks don't sit around) Max safe load I got in...

Re: 338 Norma is scary accurate... As the man submitting proof loads to CIP etc on both these rounds...yesTom is 100% right. The 300NM with 240grn SMK beats the .338NM with 300grn SMK out to 1600m consistently (we have no facilities to test at longer range)- although the difference isn't...

Re: Shoulder Issues Took a 7.62x39 bullet to the right collar bone and dislocated the left shoulder in a car and aircraft crashes. A 'regular' surgeon patched up the right shoulder- good enough job I supose but 17 years on it still gives me trouble. My left Shoulder I waited until I could see...

Re: How Many actual SHTF scenarrios in your lifetime? As a Zimbabwean and lived through the greatest national colapse seen in any country since the great depression... a) you need enough to get through the first month b) the biggest cause of panic is when you cannot buy fuel- the man with 55...

Re: Dupleks shotgun slugs? They work very well as hunting slugs. I wouldn't replace my Breeneke slugs for anti personel use in a hurry though until we see more field data from hunters. The few I have personally tried have made a serious mess of hogs (type Rosa expanding slugs rather than the...

Re: BlackHills 175g velocity not consistant With our best match ammo we typically see 20fps spread- who cares? My personal best with a real rifle in a real match is 2.1 cm ( .83") at 300m (328 yards) for 5 shots. And no, that didn't win. Two other folk also using Norma Diamond line ammo beat me.

Re: 338 Norma Mag barrel length? RUAG Amotech factory ammo gives 2650fps with a 300grn bullet (of their own not a Sierra MK) from a 27" AI rifle. My own top accuracy loads Using MRP powder does 2640fps from a 26" barrel. This is well below maximum load though (400mPa)but the Bullets carry...

Re: 338 Norma Mag barrel length? Big green...If you are going to run an extra large action (Bigger than the AI) so you can use the .338 Lap with 300grn bullets seated right out...then you will need a longer barrel to make best use of the extra case capacity. The .338 Norma was designed to be...

Re: 338 Norma Mag barrel length? All our development was done here in Sweden with 26" barrels. I suspect Jimmy Sloan used 28" in original design. The bulk orders have specified either 26" or 27" barrels....

Re: Gas Piston Battle Rifle F.N. FAL...but they don't work well if you try to be too cleaver on an extra short barrel...also, alot of ammo is made for longer barrels and uses much slower powder than 7,62 military ball. EG...Norma hunting and target ammo is designed arround 22-24" rifles and...

Re: Benelli shotgun question My M2 cycles just fine with most 24g trap loads steel or lead