stagpanther
New member
This cartridge and barrel came up recently in conversation--and since I've bought one and put a rifle together using it; I recently "revived" my development efforts and have a few suggestions to make for anyone contemplating getting one.
The barrel comes in 1:8 twist which theoretically gets you in the ballpark for bullets approaching 110 gr--berger's stabilizer ap says 108 gr for velocities you're likely to get.
My barrel appears to have a fairly short freebore for a norma--the practical consequence of this is that it "cuts the legs off" of being able to seat bigger bullets longer, I can't get even close to the recommended COLs of bullets in the 103+ gr so I'm concentrating on smaller 95 gr bullets.
The barrel comes in 1:8 twist which theoretically gets you in the ballpark for bullets approaching 110 gr--berger's stabilizer ap says 108 gr for velocities you're likely to get.
My barrel appears to have a fairly short freebore for a norma--the practical consequence of this is that it "cuts the legs off" of being able to seat bigger bullets longer, I can't get even close to the recommended COLs of bullets in the 103+ gr so I'm concentrating on smaller 95 gr bullets.