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02-21-2012, 12:24 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: grew up in Alberta moved to SK, sure miss Alberta
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308 Norma Magnum
was just curious , how many people on this forum have and use this great caliber 308 Norma magnum, and how do you like it
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02-21-2012, 01:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Edmonton Alberta
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For years I had a Schultz and Larsen in 308 Norma
Great gun but nothing that a 300 win mag wont do, and cheaper
Last I checked, 308 Norma ammo was 77 bucks a box.
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02-21-2012, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: East Central AB
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Had a Schultz and Larsen , an Alpine and a Parker Hale. Liked the PH best because it would stabilize the 110 gr for coyotes. Its all in the name, Norma Magnum just sounds so much more powerful.
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02-21-2012, 06:44 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sturgeon County, Ab.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by huntinstuff
For years I had a Schultz and Larsen in 308 Norma
Great gun but nothing that a 300 win mag wont do, and cheaper
Last I checked, 308 Norma ammo was 77 bucks a box.
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X2. Mine was a custom chambered Model 70, I poked 1 bull elk with it and sold it. Too expensive to shoot.
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02-21-2012, 07:17 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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Mine is a n old parker hale, it shoots great
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02-21-2012, 07:24 PM
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Brooks
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Picked up a Safari Super made in 63 awhile back. So far I like it.
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02-21-2012, 09:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: grew up in Alberta moved to SK, sure miss Alberta
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one other caliber i dont here much about is a 300 H&H,
does anyone shoot this caliber???
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02-24-2012, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: St. Albert
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thanks to catnthehat, i have been enjoying the Savage Model 12 --bench gun as they call it, and the joy of hearing 300 plus yard hits....need more ranges to have metal gongs--WTF is the issue? sound?
308 is a caliber that goes way6 back, the new calibers don't mean much to me
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02-25-2012, 09:06 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: BC
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My go to hunting rifle for appr 20 years was a made in Germany Vorre actioned built in Yakima, Wash & chambered in 308 NM loaded 180gr bullets with 75grs Norma MRP powder and I still have it.
2 reasons I finally parked it was groups opened up from 3/4" to 1 1/2" @ 100 yards and I live on the wet coast so I wanted a stainless steel rifle so I now shoot a Rem 700 LSS in 300RUM.
I still have a couple hundred new 308 NM brass on the shelf and I found Norma MRP powder to be the very best powder for this cartridge.
I totally recommend this cartridge it will do anything you will ever need it to do...
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02-25-2012, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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I have a P17 Enfield that used to be chambered in 308 Norma. Shot it for many years - got a lot of deer and even one Moose. Found it to be a perfectly acceptable hunting cartridge. Used to load 150 gr Sierras to what the books said was 3200 fps using H4831. That barrel was somewhat pitted - possibly from using corrosive ammo. She shot well enough that I just kept on using her until 100 yard groups opened up to about 3". When considering what caliber to re-barrel in, I thought about all those hot summer afternoons trying to shoot the old girl in short sleeves over a spare tire or hood of the car and chose something a little lighter in the recoil departmant. She's now a 264 Win Mag. We still walik the hills together. I still shoot over truck hoods and spare tires on hot summer afternoons - only now I don't have to stop after 6 or 8 rounds .
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02-25-2012, 03:05 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
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Here you go......
Prophet River has Ruger #1's in .300H+H as well as .303Brit and .250 Savage.......Harold
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02-27-2012, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
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When i was about 17 I learned about the 308 Norma Mag, and I wanted one in the worst way just bc it was different than the ever so popular 300 WM. Needless to say it wasn't an easy find but I found one when I was 18 built on a P17 action with a Birds Eye Maple Thumbhole stock, 4 boxes of Norma shells and a Cheap Tasco scope. I developed a load for it with 180gr Partitions and 4350 powder, and took it Moose hunting that year. I found a 52 1/2" bull at 425 yards and put him on the ground with one shot through the shoulders. Found the bullet under the skin on the far side, since then I have been in love the with cartridge.
I sold that rifle and found a Model 70 Classic that I had barreled and chambered to 308 Norma Mag, this is my go to gun now, and I have had nothing but great success with it, both in accuracy and in hunting. Worked up a load with 168gr Berger VLDs and 168gr Barnes TTSX that shoot within 1/2" of each other. I have yet to actually use the Barnes for hunting bc the Bergers have done everything i have ever wanted them too. I will have to try them out one of these days just to see how they work.
You get all the benefits of the 300 WM but with a longer neck to give you a little more neck tension and bearing surface which was thought to be a benefit. If you reload they are great, if your shooting factory it can get a bit pricey to shoot a lot of rounds, but spending money on hunting and shooting is never a bad thing!
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03-10-2013, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
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Used one for many years, loved it to death. Sadly, it died.
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