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What are your thoughts on this projectiles?
Both projectiles are aerodynamic bullets without a lead core that are externally very similar, as they practically only differ in the color of the polymer insert at their tip. However, internally they are very different projectiles and have different applications, so they should not be confused.
Norma Ecostrike
At IWA 2015, Norma expanded its range of Dedicated Hunting ammunition with a new series of Premium cartridges: the Strike, which was initially presented with two types of aerodynamic projectiles that have sharp polymer inserts in the tip to promote expansion: Tipstrike and Ecostrike .
However, the Tipstrike has a lead core, an orange polymer tip and a copper-plated jacket, while the Ecostrike is a solid copper bullet with a nickel-plated coating to protect the barrel and its polymer tip is green. The Ecostrike is, therefore, the second lead-free bullet designed by Norma. It can be considered an improvement on the Kalahari because it has a patented nickel-plated coating to prevent the barrel's rifling from becoming filled with copper and ending in a boat tail, but when it hits it does not fragment, but rather expands in a mushroom shape and collapses. It deforms and slows down as it penetrates, so not only does it give up more energy since it does not lose mass, but its polymer tip also ensures that expansion begins quickly. As a consequence, in addition to expanding better in stalking hunting of tough and large animals, such as African ones, it also does better in medium-sized species.
Norma Evostrike
All the Norma projectiles mentioned so far and, in general, all similar copper bullets are less expansive than conventional projectiles that have a lead core because they are “harder” and as a consequence are less effective, especially if used for stalking. small or medium-sized large game animals, because, unless the projectile hits at a very high speed (with very fast calibers or at short distances) they pass through the pieces and give them little energy.
Well, Norma solved this problem in 2021 by introducing a new lead-free cartridge from the Strike series – designed in collaboration with RWS – that is not made of copper: the Evostrike. It is a bullet with a double tin core wrapped in a very fine and polished nickel-plated jacket that has cuts near the polymer tip to facilitate its opening upon impact.
The rear core is solid and ends in the shape of a boat tail, while the front has numerous micro-perforations in order to make it less consistent and to make the “work” of the polymer tip, which is brown, easier. -bronze, so that when it impacts its front part it deforms or even separates from the rear core, which, since it is harder, because it is solid, continues to penetrate.
In addition, unlike the Ecostrike, its polymer tip is hollow so that, together with the action of the base finished in the shape of a boat tail, it loses the least initial speed as it advances and has the least possible fall. It is a very technical and well-designed bullet that is capable of delivering more energy at greater distances and expands better in small and medium-sized species than the Evostrike, as long as the hunter uses calibers appropriate for the size of the piece.
Finally, comment that, from the above, it can be deduced that Ecostrike and Evostrike, which are the two most modern lead-free projectiles manufactured by the Swedish company and for which more calibers are available in our country, complement each other in the sense of that using one or the other in an appropriate caliber can kill all the thin-skinned species in the world. And, particularly in Spanish fauna, which is small or medium in size, the most effective is the Evostrike, although at short distances and in our largest species, the Ecostrike also provides good results.
Both projectiles are aerodynamic bullets without a lead core that are externally very similar, as they practically only differ in the color of the polymer insert at their tip. However, internally they are very different projectiles and have different applications, so they should not be confused.
Norma Ecostrike
At IWA 2015, Norma expanded its range of Dedicated Hunting ammunition with a new series of Premium cartridges: the Strike, which was initially presented with two types of aerodynamic projectiles that have sharp polymer inserts in the tip to promote expansion: Tipstrike and Ecostrike .
However, the Tipstrike has a lead core, an orange polymer tip and a copper-plated jacket, while the Ecostrike is a solid copper bullet with a nickel-plated coating to protect the barrel and its polymer tip is green. The Ecostrike is, therefore, the second lead-free bullet designed by Norma. It can be considered an improvement on the Kalahari because it has a patented nickel-plated coating to prevent the barrel's rifling from becoming filled with copper and ending in a boat tail, but when it hits it does not fragment, but rather expands in a mushroom shape and collapses. It deforms and slows down as it penetrates, so not only does it give up more energy since it does not lose mass, but its polymer tip also ensures that expansion begins quickly. As a consequence, in addition to expanding better in stalking hunting of tough and large animals, such as African ones, it also does better in medium-sized species.
Norma Evostrike
All the Norma projectiles mentioned so far and, in general, all similar copper bullets are less expansive than conventional projectiles that have a lead core because they are “harder” and as a consequence are less effective, especially if used for stalking. small or medium-sized large game animals, because, unless the projectile hits at a very high speed (with very fast calibers or at short distances) they pass through the pieces and give them little energy.
Well, Norma solved this problem in 2021 by introducing a new lead-free cartridge from the Strike series – designed in collaboration with RWS – that is not made of copper: the Evostrike. It is a bullet with a double tin core wrapped in a very fine and polished nickel-plated jacket that has cuts near the polymer tip to facilitate its opening upon impact.
The rear core is solid and ends in the shape of a boat tail, while the front has numerous micro-perforations in order to make it less consistent and to make the “work” of the polymer tip, which is brown, easier. -bronze, so that when it impacts its front part it deforms or even separates from the rear core, which, since it is harder, because it is solid, continues to penetrate.
In addition, unlike the Ecostrike, its polymer tip is hollow so that, together with the action of the base finished in the shape of a boat tail, it loses the least initial speed as it advances and has the least possible fall. It is a very technical and well-designed bullet that is capable of delivering more energy at greater distances and expands better in small and medium-sized species than the Evostrike, as long as the hunter uses calibers appropriate for the size of the piece.
Finally, comment that, from the above, it can be deduced that Ecostrike and Evostrike, which are the two most modern lead-free projectiles manufactured by the Swedish company and for which more calibers are available in our country, complement each other in the sense of that using one or the other in an appropriate caliber can kill all the thin-skinned species in the world. And, particularly in Spanish fauna, which is small or medium in size, the most effective is the Evostrike, although at short distances and in our largest species, the Ecostrike also provides good results.
