Unusual find

This is a collectors item.
It is from the early days af Norma, the company was located in Norway.
Do not touch it.
Find the right collector and sell it for a good price.
Or keep it .... and become a collector!

HWL
 
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The more modern incarnation - Norma Oryx. Less roundnosed but still 156gr. I use them as a bushveld round in my 6.5 Swede. Superbly accurate at 2500 ft/s.

I wonder if those old bullets are bonded?
 
Lots of good leads/suspects here.

I'd definitely shortlist the finalists to:

6.5 Mannlicher
6.5x55 swede
6.5 Dutch (is that 6.5x53mm?) the one for M95 rifles that require a clip
256 Gibbs (the British dude, not the American)
256 Rimless (the British one)
Wasn't there a 256 / 6.5 that ended in "Hungarian"?

***Take note, I'm foggy on whether any of the two above are the same thing in Metric versus Anglo speak as its been awhile since I've owned them.
 
I used to shoot a similar or identical bullet in my 6.5 X 55 Swedish Mauser. I probably have a box or two of old Norma ammo with 156 gr. round nose bullets.
 
Oryx is the first bonded bullet by Norma , and in some calibers they are good,.,6,5 , and so . But in some calibers and speeds they are not so good sadly .
 
.318 diameter bullets of similar vintage

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Oryx is the first bonded bullet by Norma , and in some calibers they are good,.,6,5 , and so . But in some calibers and speeds they are not so good sadly .

Can you enlighten us a bit on your experience with Norma Oryx for these other calibers? 300 WM?
 
Can you enlighten us a bit on your experience with Norma Oryx for these other calibers? 300 WM?
.358 Norma Mag 250 grain. Downloaded to 750 ms first batch bullets shot good,and ruined little . For roe deer and such it was.,only rifle i had then.

Then newer ammo fl 250 loaded on roe deer, moose on 50 meters looked like detonated ,splintered,brittle not good . Lot of ruin. Not tried it in .300 Win Mag .
 

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