Editing Norma Precision

{{Short description|Swedish ammunition manufacturer}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Norma Precision AB
| logo = Norma Precision logo.svg
| type = ''[[Aktiebolag]]''
| predecessor = Norma Projektilfabrik
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| foundation = 1895 in [[Kristiania]], Norway
| hq_location = [[Åmotfors]], Sweden
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| industry = [[Arms industry|Arms]]
| products = [[Ammunition]]
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| num_employees = 240<ref>{{cite web |title=About Norma |url=https://www.norma-ammunition.com/en-gb/about-norma |website=Norma Precision |access-date=14 September 2024}}</ref>
| parent = [[Beretta Holding]]
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'''Norma Precision AB''', commonly referred to simply as '''Norma''', is a [[Sweden|Swedish]] manufacturer of [[firearm]] [[ammunition]] based in [[Åmotfors]], [[Värmland]].

== History ==
Norma was started in 1902 by three [[Norwegian people|Norwegian]] brothers from [[Nordre Land]], Lars Enger (1850-1917), Johan Enger (1852-1925) and Ivar Enger (1863-1942), whose company '''L.A.Enger & Co''' acquired an ammunition factory in [[Raufoss]] and later moved to [[Kristiania]] (modern day [[Oslo]]) as '''Norma Projektilfabrik [[Aksjeselskap|A/S]]''' (Norma [[projectile]] factory [[joint-stock company|stock company]]) a few years earlier in 1895. The name "Norma" has often been confused as a [[shorthand]] for [[Normandy]] or "Norge" ([[Norway]] in [[North Germanic|Nordic]]), however the name was actually chosen because Lars, the eldest of the three brothers, was very fond of the [[Italian opera]] ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'' by [[Vincenzo Bellini]].<ref name="Norma tour">{{cite web|url=https://www.gunmart.net/shooting-advice/getting-started/gun-shops/norma-factory-visit|title=Norma factory visit|last=Moore|first=Pete|date=2016-12-09|publisher=Gun Mart|accessdate=2021-10-01}}</ref>

The [[Swedish shooting movement]] needed a supplier and Norma Projektilfabrik A/S was asked to establish a local presence in Sweden. At this time, [[Sweden]] and [[Norway]] were in a [[Union between Sweden and Norway|union]].  The youngest of three Enger brothers, Ivar (father of polar explorer [[Lillemor Rachlew]]), took a train to Sweden and simply got off at the first stop on the other side of the border, [[Charlottenberg]], and made inquiries about a suitable factory building. However he found the town council took no interest in their plans and the only available site had already been taken by a [[tobacco]] factory,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gunsmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/G0759.pdf|title=Bullets by the Billions|last=Kvale|first=Nils|date=July 1959|publisher=[[Guns (magazine)|Guns]]|accessdate=2021-10-01}}</ref> so he decided to try his luck farther into Sweden. The next train stop was Åmotfors, where the Enger brothers were better welcomed and decided to establish their company.

Just before 1900, the father of the Enger brothers, Asmund Enger, obtained a handful of the secretive French [[8×50mmR Lebel|''Balle'' D]] projectiles through a friend during a [[shooting sport|shooting competition]] in [[Paris]], and with the help of their foreman and ballistic engineer Karl Wang (1881-1951), the Enger brothers developed a process whereby a [[External ballistics#General trends in drag or ballistic coefficient|boat tail]] could be applied to a [[spitzer bullet]] in a very consistent manner, giving Norma an edge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://finborud-net.translate.goog/trond/Hagen%20Wang.htm?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-GB&_x_tr_pto=nui|title=The Wang family and the Norma ammunition factory|accessdate=2021-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/a-century-of-brass-and-bullets/|title=A Century of Brass and Bullets|date=2012-03-21|publisher=American Rifleman|accessdate=2021-10-01}}</ref>  From the start until the middle of the century, production was dominated by military ammunition standards. After some time, however, the company perceived a market for hunting ammunition. Norma was also beginning to make international connections which, combined with military interest, forced more modern thinking and necessitated new products.<ref name="Norma tour"/>

Nils Kvale and [[Roy Weatherby]] were invaluable for Norma's success in the latter half of the 20th century. Kvale was a product developer for the company in the 1960s and introduced a number of new calibers such as the [[.308 Norma Magnum]] and [[.358 Norma Magnum]] to the market.

Today, Norma has a yearly production of 100 million rounds in 110 calibers.<ref>[http://www.norma-ammunition.com/en-gb/about-norma/history]. Norma official web site. Retrieved 5 June 2021.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}
* [https://normausa.com/ Norma USA website]

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[[Category:Ammunition manufacturers]]
[[Category:Defence companies of Sweden]]
[[Category:Privately held companies of Sweden]]
[[Category:Companies based in Värmland County]]