Non-American ammo manufacturers that produce big bore ammo?

[Northern Shooter]

Canadian here.

Which European / International ammo
manufacturers still produce big bore ammo today? I’m aware of Norma and they’ve been a godsend for affordable dangerous game rounds.

Who else??

 

[DieJager]

Sax, Sologne, Skadi, Kynoch to name a few

 

[Northern Shooter]

Sax, Sologne, Skadi, Kynoch to name a few

Thanks! Haven’t heard of the first 3 and thought Kynock was a distant memory.

They’re back up and running?

 

[DieJager]

They’re back up and running

You can visit their website. You can see where their current dealers are. Yes the are running for a while now but not cheap.

 

[rookhawk]

Canadian here.

Which European / International ammo
manufacturers still produce big bore ammo today? I’m aware of Norma and they’ve been a godsend for affordable dangerous game rounds.

Who else??

Norma, RWS, GECO, Hirtenberger

 

[PerH]

LFB in Germany

 

[PerH]

Sako

Brenneke ( up to .375 )

 

[BeeMaa]

Federal is owned by The Czechoslovakia Group. Does that count?

 

[grand veneur]

 

[DieJager]

RWS, GECO

Big bore ammo?

 

[Northern Shooter]

Norma, RWS, GECO, Hirtenberger

I'll check out the last 3, thanks. I'm looking for 375 and up. I know Norma has me covered and that Sako used to produce this ammo (discontinued).

 

[503]

Weather we like it or not, right now is the "good ol days." I buy some ammo every month no matter what, like contributing to my roth ira. I basically have a standing order with Midway for shotgun shells.

If they stopped making ammo tomorrow I could hunt as usual for the next 25 years. A little bit at a time adds up fast.

Cheers

503

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Norma
Sologne
Labor Fur Ballistik
RWS (up to .375 and only soft points)
PPU (up to .375 but ammunition is extremely unreliable for dangerous game hunting)

Norma and Sologne use American bullets (Norma uses Barnes Banded Solids and Sologne uses a lot of Hornady & Sierra & Nosler bullets). So I think that these two companies might not be able to source bullets if there’s any sort of falling out with the US.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Norma
Sologne
Labor Fur Ballistik
RWS (up to .375 and only soft points)
PPU (up to .375 but ammunition is extremely unreliable for dangerous game hunting)

Norma and Sologne use American bullets (Norma uses Barnes Banded Solids and Sologne uses a lot of Hornady & Sierra & Nosler bullets). So I think that these two companies might not be able to source bullets if there’s any sort of falling out with the US.

Of those, Norma and PPU seem to be the only two that are readily available here.

Surprisingly Norma’s big bore ammo is cheaper here than Federal, Hornady, Barnes etc and it’s supposed to be quality stuff.

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Federal is owned by The Czechoslovakia Group. Does that count?

@BeeMaa

I knew that the Czech group was planning to buy Remington and Federal. But did the deal end up going through ?

 

[Pondoro]

Sologne is entirely new to me.. Did any of you try out this ammo..?

 

[Hunter-Habib]

Sologne is entirely new to me.. Did any of you try out this ammo..?

Why, Yes @Pondoro

In .300 Weatherby Magnum loaded with 200Gr Nosler Partitions.

I really liked what I saw.

 

[Northern Shooter]

Sax is new to me, looks like they produce everything up to 600NE.

Not seeing any stock in country unfortunately.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Sax is new to me, looks like they produce everything up to 600NE.

Not seeing any stock in country unfortunately.

Hopefully, some of these European manufacturers will jump on the opportunity to fill ammo orders in Canada.

 

[rookhawk]

Big bore ammo?

RWS definitely. GECO used to do at least medium bore. I haven’t seen any interesting GECO in North America in ten years, they now focus on 308/40/45/9/223.

Necg was an RWS dealer and they still have some on their website I think. Have a look at what calibers remain.