NORMA DUAL-CORE BULLET?

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May 16, 2014 12:14

I have some vintage yellow plastic tipped "dual-core" Norma ammunition for my .308 Norma Magnum. Is this bullet anything special? Only reference I've seen is that the exposed cannelure "controls" expansion. Is this bullet something indeed special, or just some marketing jive? I.E. Is it just another solid core bullet, or is it "partitioned" as the title "dual-core" would lead One to believe?
Curious,
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  charliemeyer007

  May 16, 2014 13:06

  I don't think it is a partitioned bullet. Tapered jacket and perhaps a duel core hardness along with the cannelure to help control expansion.
  
  I shot a lot of Norma Match bullets in 303 and 8mm for the princely sum of a cent a piece. They were all nice bullets.

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  XXCross

  May 16, 2014 18:05

  Those had two lead cores in the jacket.
  Rear one was fairly hard, front one was much softer.

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  Ray Boone

  May 16, 2014 18:45

  They are made with a soft steel jacket shaped somewhat like a Remington CoreLokt. In my testing of them several years ago they rated similarly to other conventional design bullets. It's a good big game bullet but nothing special.

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