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    .300 Win Mag Versus 30/375 & 30/338Norma

    Re: .300 Win Mag Versus 30/375 & 30/338Norma Tom- sounds like the .300 Hulk and the .300 Norma are very similar! Both use shortened ..338 Lapua or .416 rigby brass...Goes to prove there are not many new ideas out there....! Bill- since it looks as though Horniday are tooling up to produce...
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    Does Redding Make Comp Dies for .338 Norma MagYet?

    Re: Does Redding Make Comp Dies for .338 Norma MagYet? Redding made the dies that I used for all the load development on the .338 Norma. New St Marks ball powder giving very good accuracy with 300grn SMK's 91grns giving av 2700fps out of 26" Bartlein Barrel. After that accuracy began to...
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    .300 Win Mag Versus 30/375 & 30/338Norma

    Re: .300 Win Mag Versus 30/375 & 30/338Norma PC3- Have a long, hard look at the .300 Blaser...essentially a factory standard 30-.375 Ruger. Case in my hand has a case head size of .531 and rim of .532. Better neck design than the .300 win. CIP standard chamber is intended for accuracy...
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    .300 Win Mag Versus 30/375 & 30/338Norma

    Re: .300 Win Mag Versus 30/375 & 30/338Norma .300 Norma isn't a wild cat any longer- it is CIP standard and will be available in AI rifles from next year Compared...for what 1500m shooting using the 240grn Sierra MK? The .300 Norma will win hands down - more powder in a shorter, fatter...
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    Rifle Scopes Combat shooting optics

    Re: Combat shooting optics Said it before- go and look at what the guys shooting IPSC open class rifle are using. When their is money on the line you will see what works. Mostly see 1-4 or 1.5-5 illuminated reticule type scopes - or aimpoints with magnifier. Many mount a mini red dot at 45...
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    338 Norma Magnum

    Re: 338 Norma Magnum Need to put in your orders for .338 Norma brass with BHSS, Midway or cabellas. Have 60,000 cases sitting in Sweden but only BHSS have ordered any- they should be delivered by mid september.
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    Gunsmithing Thread pitch on Krieger barrel

    Re: Thread pitch on Krieger barrel Found it- whitworth. Not something we normally use here...bugger in a word, have to order a tap from the UK...
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    Gunsmithing Thread pitch on Krieger barrel

    Re: Thread pitch on Krieger barrel Nope- not metric and not Imperial fine (those being the two we use in Africa) Thought it might be whitworth or AF.
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    Gunsmithing Thread pitch on Krieger barrel

    A friend asked me to fit a moderator to his 30/378. It is a Norwegian A tech mody. I took the muzzle break off the 30/378 but the threads do not match any of the taps I have! What thread pitch would Krieger have used?
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    • barrel krieger pitch thread
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    Steyr SSG shooters..... shot groups? pics?

    Re: Steyr SSG shooters..... shot groups? pics? Have an Elite 08- Gives 2" groups at 300m all day long- with Norma Dimond line ammo. Will not shoot Noslers worth a darn for some reason!
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    High Cap Blaser Mags?

    Re: High Cap Blaser Mags? Blaser?? Just bet they are in Short supply. Almost all the 10rnd mags were going to Aussie Army when I was there last year. If in doubt, phone Blaser in Germany and speak to Hartmut. He is an African like me but his English is Fluent.
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    300 NORMA MAG ?

    Re: 300 NORMA MAG ? BlueJazz - Jimmie Sloans original design of the .300 Norma was indeed slightly shorter. This has since been changed to alow the use of a single set of headspace guages for both .338 and .300 versions and give a perfect fit in a Single AI mag (so they don't have to have...
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    300 NORMA MAG ?

    Re: 300 NORMA MAG ? PC3 If you are looking at a hunting round, you would do better to go with the .300 Blaser magnum. Factory ammo available from both Norma and Blaser, good case life, fits in some actions better etc, mag holds more etc. The .300 Norma is designed to give best accuracy with...
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    300 NORMA MAG ?

    Re: 300 NORMA MAG ? .300 Norma mag is the .338 Norma necked down to .300. same (14,93mm) head size. Slightly more case taper but uses exactly the same headspace guages as the .338 Norma. Bullet of choice...240grn Sierra MK. Once I have some loads, I'll post them. Dafe Kiff makes the...
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    338 Norma Magnum

    Re: 338 Norma Magnum Pacific too & Guage Co
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    338 Norma Magnum

    Re: 338 Norma Magnum load data 250grn Sierra MK RWS primer 26"AI coal 88.8mm 94,5grns Norma MRP 2 for 2985fps (10 shot ave) 300grn Sieera MK, RWS Primer out of 26"AI COAL 91,4 85grns MRP 2 for 2668fps (10 shot ave) Some of the reloader series of powders are made by Norma....so you...
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    Hunting & Fishing Elephant Hunting!! CHEAP!!!

    Re: Elephant Hunting!! CHEAP!!! Gentlemen.. 1) I hold a valid Professional Hunters license for Zimbabwe and have taken many hunters out on such control operations. 2) No, I am not offering to guide you. Speak to me if you want a lion - have some openings there. 3) Going price for PAC ele's...
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    Best way to clean a FN Fal gas tube?

    Re: Best way to clean a FN Fal gas tube? As per Rhodesian Army. Scrub front part of gas tube with chamber brush Use issue pull through (fits in grip along with lube and chamber brush), with 1½" patch (our issue patching came as a roll with red lines to remarkate where to tear it for correct...
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    Gunsmithing .300 Norma -warning two sets of dimentions!

    For those of you who have been tinkering with the .300 Norma mag. Please be aware that there are two sets of dimentions out there. The originals from Jimmy Sloan, and the revised dimentions dictated by CIp (etc). The revised case has slightly more taper and is 1,02mm longer than the original...
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    • 300 dimentions norma sets warning
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    Gunsmithing cleaning the barrell

    Re: cleaning the barrell There is a difference between semi auto and bolt. My bolt action rifles get a wipe through wioth a powder solvent, then a few dry patches and then put away until I notice the groups ain't what they should be. With the Semi Auto's, I clean after every use- primarily...
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