308 Norma magnum

338magnut

Anyone tell me all of the companies who chambered a rifle in the 308 Norma magnum. As always any info is appreciated.

Hangfire

Schultz & Larsen is the only factory offering I can recall- and that was in the 1960's.. It was an extremely popular chambering for custom rifles..

Ambrose

I cant recall either, any other factory chambering than S&L. I have a S&L in that chambering. IIRC, Norma sold chambering reamers to the trade. Many 1903 and 03A3 rifles were re-chambered for that cartridge.

charliemeyer007

I think Norma loaned/rented the reamer to stimulate re-chambering.

nononsense

338magnut,

quote:tell me all of the companies who chambered a rifle in the 308 Norma magnum.

Companies or factories? There's a difference.

I am a company and chamber for the .308 Norma Magnum and there are dozens of other companies with the reamer that have produced rifles with this chamber. But the difference is that these rifles will fall into the category of 'custom'.

As far as factories are concerned, Schultz & Larson are the only ones that did and still will provide rifles with this chamber.

Here is a synopsis of the time frame:

"Immediately after the .338 Win was released, target shooters necked the case down to .30 caliber to produce the highly regarded .30-338 Wildcat. A year later, Winchester was still showing no signs of producing a .30 caliber cartridge based on the .338. In the same years, 1959, the Swedish ammunition company Norma, released the .308 Norma Magnum and .358 Norma Magnum cartridges, essentially utilizing the basic 338 Winchester Magnum case design.

Initially only available as unprimed brass, the .308 Norma Magnum was soon picked up as a chambering by rifle manufacturers Shultz & Larson. As rifles became available, Norma produced a single loading which featured a 180 grain bullet at an advertised 3100fps from the 26" barreled Shultz & Larson rifle. With a case length of just 64mm (2.52") the .308 Norma also fitted and worked extremely well in rifles having .30-06 length actions and became popular as a custom chambering. The popularity of the .308 Norma remained steady through the mid 1960's however it was eventually superseded by the .300 Winchester magnum released in 1963. The fact that a major American arms and ammunition manufacturer was producing economical rifles, brass and a variety of factory ammunition for the .300 Win mag ensured the long term survival and availability of the new cartridge, resulting in the gradual decline in popularity of the .308 Norma.

Today, the .308 Norma Magnum is a rare chambering, retaining a small following but with a great deal of respect. The .308 Norma continues to see use in custom rifles from time to time."

Best.