Norma beaten by Winchester!

[VanGogh76]

Never thought I'd see the day I put this in writing.

These Norma 22lr group like a shotgun pattern through my rifles. I may have a "few" boxes if anyone wants a swap.

 

[HonestJohn]

my brno hates the norma as well. RWS Precision line however, WOW!

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

So AFAIK, that Norma .22 is just rebranded RWS Subs. My tikka, shoots sub MOA groups with the Norma stuff and for love nor money, cants group with the RWS stuff

 

[mealiejimmy]

The Normas were terrible in my Tikka T1X, so changed to CCI blue and they work much better.

Cheers

Bruce

 

[HonestJohn]

So AFAIK, that Norma .22 is just rebranded RWS Subs. My tikka, shoots sub MOA groups with the Norma stuff and for love nor money, cants group with the RWS stuff

i'd be damned suprised if two of the worlds largest ammo manufacturers use each other for some lines and just rebrand. just saying.

 

[jall55]

i'd be damned suprised if two of the worlds largest ammo manufacturers use each other for some lines and just rebrand. just saying.

Car manufacturers do it every day of the week - so plausible i would say

 

[Will the chippy]

i'd be damned suprised if two of the worlds largest ammo manufacturers use each other for some lines and just rebrand. just saying.

I use rws subs and my mate uses norma. They both have the same 'r' head stamp

 

[HonestJohn]

I use rws subs and my mate uses norma. They both have the same 'r' head stamp

maybe I'm wrong, but then, why does RWS shoot well in my 22 and Norma pish?

 

[Stalker-of-the-deer]

Most are made in the same factory and re branded.

The best I've enver used are SK sub sonic hollowpoints by lapua.

Maxed out my allocated amount so have 2k to go at, worst part is they don't make them anymore!

 

[Koenig]

Hmmm…I bought 500 of these at the stalking show. Results here seem variable. Anyone shooting them through a 10/22?

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

i'd be damned suprised if two of the worlds largest ammo manufacturers use each other for some lines and just rebrand. just saying.

look at the stamp on the Norma .22. Same stamp, same lead tip, same lube and same velocities

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

maybe I'm wrong, but then, why does RWS shoot well in my 22 and Norma pish?

I'm the same but the other way around

 

[mealiejimmy]

maybe I'm wrong, but then, why does RWS shoot well in my 22 and Norma pish?

Maybe down to quality standards?
All the good stuff from the production line goes into RWS boxes and the stuff that doesn't come up to that standard goes into Norma boxes
Everywhere I've looked, RWS subs are more expensive than Norma subs

Cheers

Bruce

 

[HonestJohn]

easy actually! I've emailed Norma, I've asked the question, let's wait and see what comes back!

 

[Hook'N'Bullet]

easy actually! I've emailed Norma, I've asked the question, let's wait and see what comes back!

Aha! Somebody with a bit of initiative!

 

[Smellydog]

They are made by rws but are not the same as rws loading.
My cz I had shot rws but hated the norma.
And that rifles wasn't ammo fussy as a rule!

 

[Squirrelbasher]

Most are made in the same factory and re branded.

The best I've enver used are SK sub sonic hollowpoints by lapua.

Maxed out my allocated amount so have 2k to go at, worst part is they don't make them anymore!

Same mate, sk subs were brilliant. I still have some sk high velocity hollow points but haven’t seen the subs for ages. Standard plus are also very good, but of course solid not hp.

 

[Border]

Norma and RWS are owned by RUAG as far as I recall.

 

[Foxyboy43]

Hmmm. I covered these and other subsonics in a recent post (50 metres) and yes RWS and Norma have identical headstamps - they also both shot 3ins. lower than the others I tried.

 

[Kentish]

I bought a couple of boxes of the Norma recently to give it a go, on the advice of my local gun store. Not great groups at all through my rifle