Norma Whitetail .308 ammo

[Scout21]

A buddy offered me a couple boxes of Norma Whitetail 150 grain in .308 in return for helping him out with his car troubles. He wouldn't take no for an answer, so now I'm 40 rounds richer.

I know Norma is supposed to make great brass, but I don't have experience with their loaded ammo. I know every rifle is an individual, but is this stuff known for good groups? How's the performance on deer?

 

[JFrank]

Aim just behind the shoulder and most any 30.cal will kill deer

 

[WisBorn]

I see PSA has it on sale. For $15.99 a box. I see no reason it wouldn't be a good whitetail/medium size game load.

 

[skfullen]

Based on the reputation of Norma, I would not hesitate to order and use it. That’sa great price!

 

[Scout21]

I see PSA has it on sale. For $15.99 a box. I see no reason it wouldn't be a good whitetail/medium size game load.

You're most likely talking about the Medium Game loading. What I was given is the Whitetail loading. I looked into it a while back and after pretty extensive research I don't believe that they're the same. I emailed Norma multiple times and recieved no response, although when I downloaded the picture of the Medium Game loading on the Norma website the file name was something along the lines of 308-oryx-150.png, which leads me to believe that it's loaded with the bonded Oryx bullet. Here's the thread discussing it.

Either way, I'm getting set up to reload so I don't necessarily need the ammo. I'll likely end up gifting it to a younger family member who recently received their first deer rifle. It'll be more useful to them than me. I may ask for the spent brass, though.

 

[WisBorn]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/nor...-winchester-ammunition-20-rounds-2422029.html

Here is the load I mentioned. I hope someone can take advantage of the sale.

I'm sure either load would work well.

 

[AJC1]

If you watch YouTube who_te_who tested it in almost every caliber and it was accurate stuff. I bought 120 rounds when it was 24 dollars at achedemy. My lat trip yesterday it was up 10 bucks to 34 a box. At that price I'm happy I got while the getting was good.

 

[Scout21]

If you watch YouTube who_te_who tested it in almost every caliber and it was accurate stuff. I bought 120 rounds when it was 24 dollars at achedemy. My lat trip yesterday it was up 10 bucks to 34 a box. At that price I'm happy I got while the getting was good.

Yeah, I watched a few of his videos. Looks like one can expect an inch or so group. He also has a few hunting videos and the stuff seems to perform.

 

[ldlfh7]

I have shot a few boxes of this in 308 and cannot tell the difference between core-lokts, power points or federal blue box. They will serve you fine.

 

[Speedo66]

Just don't tell the deer, if they don't know what it is, they can't complain "that's last years best, I want this years."

I used to use Norma 165g .308 "light magnums". Don't know what bullet was in it, but it was one bullet, one deer stuff with the Browning lever action I had.

 

[EIB0879]

https://palmettostatearmory.com/nor...-winchester-ammunition-20-rounds-2422029.html

Here is the load I mentioned. I hope someone can take advantage of the sale.

I'm sure either load would work well.

They had it on for $14.99 last month I believe. I bought four boxes. I may get a few more at this price.

WT aren't hard to kill so they should work fine.

 

[JmacD]

Buddy of mine has several whitetail in the freezer that fell to these. And he’s happy for the brass now. All within 150-175 yards. All down within 50 yards…

 

[ms6852]

You are shooting a .308 and a 150 grain bullet for white tail. I think you are over thinking it. If you can get a one to one and a half inch group at 200 yards for a zero or 100 yards if you prefer it will adequately do the job on deer. You know you have about a 5 inch vital target span on deer, so you should be good.

Just shoot 3 rounds at 100 or 200 hundred yards with your rifle and see how it groups.