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.308 Norma Magnum

Rifle cartridge

Field	Value
name	.308 Norma Magnum
image	308 Norma Magnum.JPG	image_size = 80px
caption	.308 Norma magnum cartridge
origin	Sweden
type	Rifle
designer	Nils Kvale, Norma
design_date	1960
manufacturer	Norma
production_date	1960–present
parent	[.300 H&H Magnum](300-h-h-magnum)
case_type	Rimless, Belted, bottleneck
bullet	.308
neck	.317
base	.513
rim_dia	.532
case_length	2.559
length	3.345
primer	Large rifle magnum
max_pressure	55100
bw1	200
vel1	2903
en1	3744
balsrc	https://www.chuckhawks.com/308Norma.htm

The .308 Norma Magnum (7.62×65mmBR) cartridge was created by Nils Kvale at Norma, Sweden. Like the larger .358 Norma Magnum it is based on a shortened 300 H&H magnum. It very closely resembled the wildcat .30-338 Magnum cartridge.

Kvale designed a wildcat cartridge, the 8mm Kvale, in 1949. This gave a magnum power cartridge by rechambering surplus 8mm Mauser M98 rifles. The lessons learned from this cartridge were put into the .308 and .358 Norma Magnum.

While still popular, the .308 Norma Magnum has been largely supplanted by the .300 Winchester Magnum, mainly due to the availability of rifles chambered in this caliber.

References

(May 16, 2015). ".308 Norma Magnum - Sporting Rifle magazine".
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"8 X 61 KVALE MAGNUM (8x61) | Cartridgecollector.net".
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