Norma is a Swedish Company, Finland is our neighbor and make Lapua but both from Skandinavia😉 Bondstrike is a nice bullet!
@frontlinerejects8029 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for letting us know! We're big fans of both Norma and Lapua!
@fedup35822 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for including impact velocities at the different ranges. I hope you continue to do so in all your future videos.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Sure thing! Our plan is to continue doing it!
@nickb8618 Жыл бұрын
Bondstrike is quickly becoming my favorite bullet. It’s some good 💩and paid 50 bucks less a box vs nosler accubond long range in my 300wsm it’s hard to beat
@English_Speaking_Fox2 жыл бұрын
You’re opening up a whole new level of understanding with these tests, for guys like me who for years have suspected bonded bullets are too hard for lighter framed game at longer ranges. I guess this comes from using old school bonded designs that didn’t open up sufficiently for clean killing, and tended to blow straight through longer range game and leave a narrow wound, same as swaged monolithics do. The expansion at range with this design is fantastic and I’d be very keen on trying these on our red deer in .30 cal. If only we could get them!
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
It's crazy what some of the modern bullet designs can do, and unfortunate that Norma isn't selling these everywhere!
@martinfernandez5005 Жыл бұрын
Speer Gold Dot is a high BC bonded VLD style with a rebated Boat tail that's plated not jacketed. This bullet is designed for tactical use but if you test the velocity impacts in the lower ranges, you might be surprised how well they expand and still hold together at low velocities.
@bobd85532 жыл бұрын
Thanks you for listing velocity ranges!!!! Awesome work.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
No problem! Thanks for your support!
@joeparker75086 ай бұрын
Thanks for going over a variety of loads
@asdfghjk2933 Жыл бұрын
Yeesh...that is some absolutely wicked expansion for a .30 cal bullet.
@caseroj6020 Жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of Norma ammunition. I have factory Norma ammo in 243 Win, 308 Win, 7 mm Rem Mag and 300 Win Mag and I have to say the Norma ammo always shoots the best in my guns. Muzzle velocity isn't always the highest but I can consistently get sub-moa performance from Norma ammo in nearly all my rifles. I couldn't get my hands on bondstrike ammo during the great ammo shortage of 2020 but I did manage to buy lots of .308 caliber bondstrike bullets from Norma at that time. I also managed to get an RCBS reloading kit and I figured I would eventually get around to loading Norma bondstrike bullets in my 308 Win and 300 Win Mag cases. I just wish Norma would bring their 7 mm bondstrike bullets to the North American market.
@veteranironoutdoors8320 Жыл бұрын
I used this in its factory 30-06 loading on a an adult whitetail doe at 50 yards. Hard quartering to shot, bullet went in just in front of the shoulder blade, jellifying the lungs, (heart untouched) and the liver had many tears in it from the hydraulic shock, and left a fist size hole in the back of the opposite ribcage. I found damage along the skirt meat and traced that to the rear ham, where the bullet jacket was found lodged just inside the rear quarter. It shed its core and the jacket retained enough momentum to ride the meat just under the skin until it contacted a solid muscle group. Deer ended up running about 100 yards before expiring. You can see on the jacket where the bonding on that particular bullet took unevenly. Lead still adheared in some places and bare copper in others.
@markknox1823 ай бұрын
Great video !
@EdAb2 жыл бұрын
'Hennifer' would be pleased with the performance of this bullet! Interestingly, the velocity of your load at 500 yards is the same as my 308 Winchester at 35 yards! I would really love to see how this bullet would perform at around 1850 fps. Which would be about 400 yards out of my rifle. Thank you for your work!
@phild9813 Жыл бұрын
I agree. I think it might hold together and penetrate better out of the 308 due to less expansion and material loss. I think the “Bondstrike” name is a bit misleading, as this bullet seems to act like a traditional cup and core. Would probably work well at longer ranges too.
@donnieswafford2285 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for doing these expansion tests! Glad I found this channel. Would definitely like to see Norma's Evo and ecostrike bullets tested as well.
@clintwalker22312 жыл бұрын
By no means am I a sharp shooter. But out of my T3 with meopta scope with 30-o6 Norma 150gr. whitetail. I feel like one. I can get quarter size, 4 shot groups at 150 yards. This was done when the barrel was the hottest. Core-lok federal power-shock and Winchester w black plastic tips 1 1/2” groups. About same. Military surplus grande ammo 3” groups. Shot with the barrel cold. Norma is well worth the money. Took the box back to the supplier. Got a full case plus a few boxes all same lot number. Couldn’t be happier.
@jamesmooney5348 Жыл бұрын
Very good video guys Thanks
@chrisjarvis3031 Жыл бұрын
Great job guys. Very informative
@denisleblanc4506 Жыл бұрын
Will have to look for them next time.
@valpairaviacionvalpair8162 жыл бұрын
Great video,….a big hug from Spain,
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support! Spain is a beautiful country!
@AlaskanBallistics2 жыл бұрын
Ooh I've been wanting to test these
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
They're pretty darn great bullets. A couple of our friends have just switched to them for their Elk hunting ammunition.
@FC2ESWS2 жыл бұрын
This was a great video. It would be really cool to see how far (or minimum velocity) you can go where it would still expand. If you can't shoot much further, maybe you could load down so that the bullet comes out of the barrel at like 1600 fps. This would give us an idea of the absolute max hunting range. Thanks and keep up the good work.
@The_Huntmaster2 жыл бұрын
Nicely done FR.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@guardianminifarm80052 жыл бұрын
Great results. Well done. Thank you.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support!
@martinfernandez50052 жыл бұрын
It would be great if you could incorporate bullet length in your charts which would help some hunters to determine stability in their own rifles. I really appreciate all your realistic videos to help us make the right choices in choosing ammo for hunting.
@nathanadams82072 жыл бұрын
Norma is so accurate in my Sako rifle's. I buy it by the case.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
We love Norma - and we love Sako!
@pbisceglie12 жыл бұрын
Another great video, thanks!
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your support!
@boonefdky10 ай бұрын
I bought several boxes of this and selliers blue bullets xrgy to try. I watch a lot of ammo test and Norma always has great deviation even sometime single digit in velocity. Sellier/blazer is tops for me in for low deviation in pistol ammos . I also got some of the federal copper. It’s loaded with Speer hot cor. I’m afraid we are heading towards decreasing ammo number’s steadily with what’s going on in Israel and soon to be Iran.
@lawrenceebare4794 Жыл бұрын
👍🏻 Thank you!
@nathanadams82072 жыл бұрын
Norma is great ammo at a very fair price. I am leaning towards Norma alot. I spent a shit load on Nosler ammo last year and was very disappointed in accuracy.
@linklesstennessee20782 жыл бұрын
Good test
@geoffholmes70062 жыл бұрын
Would also like to see these tested out of a .308 or 30-06 down to around 1800fps impact velocity.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
At some point we'll be running them in a 30-06 for sure!
@Trigg69782 жыл бұрын
Glad to see you testing more Norma stuff. With that 100 yard bullet performance, it does make me wonder how it would hold up closer in at those velocities. Not that you would intend to use that particular load at say 50 yards, but if the need came up while hunting.
@gear101. Жыл бұрын
Terribly. Shot a small doe at 40 yards with 30-06. Looks like it blew up as soon as it touched skin. Not even an entrance hole
@Trigg6978 Жыл бұрын
@@gear101. I was worried about that. Thanks for confirming
@travismckenney4072 жыл бұрын
Love the vids . Want to see some 270 win
@Legitonion Жыл бұрын
Would love to see you use a wider range of velocity. 3000/2500/2000/1500 fps for example would give a person a good idea of performance of the same bullet even if they are shooting a 308 vs your 300wm so it wouldn't matter which cartridge.
@tbirdracer4602 жыл бұрын
I’ve been trying to find a quality .30 caliper hunting bullet for over a year. (Accubond, Partition, Game king). It seems as these are readily available. I will be picking up some of these for load development for my 300 win mag. I’m planning a fall 2023 Elk hunt. Thanks for the video and all the data. They look like an impressive bullet!
@nickb8618 Жыл бұрын
I picked up 300wsm 180gr norma bondstrike for elk for my model 70 to sling. Punch It in to ballistic calc It’s comparable to the nosler accubond long range
@tbirdracer460 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info Nick. I found a few different brands of loaded ammo that I’m going to try. I also found 200 180 grain Sierra Game kings on a local auction that I bought. I’m going to load them with some H1000 and see what my rifle like the best. I will pick up some bond strike and load them as well.
@Chase-hh3ve2 жыл бұрын
I love 180gr bondstike, I would like to see you test 155gr Sierra tmk in a 308. With nosler data you should be able to get close to 3000fps. Thanks again for the great content.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
We'll add the 155 tmk to our list! Thanks for commenting!
@matrix51752 жыл бұрын
Good results but that much expansion could definitely hinder penetration. I think this would be excellent for deer sized same around 300lbs or less but for heavier game I would rather have less expansion to ensure adequate penetration.
@adrianlagrange45712 жыл бұрын
Or just load that bullet in a 308win then enjoy expansion and penetration. Best of both worlds 🔥
@danielschauer33411 ай бұрын
Any idea how these would compare to the older winchester ballistic silvertip ?
@Timberdam2 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed! Great work!! My new favorite bullet... BOND STRIKE does it all except come in 7 mm projectiles...So i just read there making 7 mm since 2019.. OUT OF STOCK !!!. What about old school with a tip?? Rem Tipped COR LOKT .. Cor lokt have pbly killed more deer than any bullet, I have personally witnessed a few. would like to see the test will supply ammo if I can find? What caliber ?
@jmgates0911 ай бұрын
This the one bullet i cant find anywhere got a email saying they was in stock go online and by the time i filled out all my CC info n shiping press process and get a message saying sorry out of stock
@stevenboggs50762 жыл бұрын
I kind of like the Oryx better. Still, superb performance for the design type.
@jstraus34 Жыл бұрын
Just placing my order for a few boxes. Only x factor is will my Xbolt HC 300 WSM like it, its a federal snob with ammo as far as grouping. Anything Federal even the blue box stuff shoots well. Since this performed so well, any plans to run Bondstrikes on sub magnum calibers such as 6.5cm or 308 win? Thanks guys and another well done, informative video
@goatfamily2 Жыл бұрын
What are you using for your ballistic coefficient for this bullet? It shoots well for me, but haven’t found a good Bc yet
@frontlinerejects8029 Жыл бұрын
Upper right hand corner of the graphs - we use the manufacturers posted BC for all our testing
@howardwhite71936 ай бұрын
is the norma bondstrike 300 win mag really this good?
@leonardogarcia25062 жыл бұрын
I love the construction as I’m a huge fan of bonded bullets, but that bc on the 180’s in my opinion has to be exaggerated. I haven’t gotten to verify, but it’s claimed bc is higher than vlds in the 200 grain weight class. I’m planning on using the bondstrike in 6.5 through .308 cal but I’m definitely going to have to do the work to verify bc.
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Ya it's kind of an interesting figure, we found the 180 Bondstrikes to be extremely accurate, but maybe our powder charge just happened to be the magic paring for the round in our gun. Who knows maybe they have some proprietary Scandinavian method of calculating G1's over on that side of the pond. Give us a holler if you can verify that BC!
@FC2ESWS2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's probably that BC at 3000 fps. They probably don't do the average at different distances like Sierra or Hornady does.
@leonardogarcia25062 жыл бұрын
@@frontlinerejects8029 so take this with a grain of salt, but I got to shoot some 300 wsm bondstrikes and I chronographed the pills at 3080 out of my buddies 24” barrel. At 1000 yards I had the scope at 7.3 mils and was all around but inside a 8” circle. I was at about 3000 ft. Above sea level. From my data, according to my ballistics app, at 7.3 mills with a 1.5” from center bore to center scope and the bullet traveling at 3080 fps and weighing 180 grains, the g1 bc is just shy of .500. Which would make sense since that’s almost exactly what the nosler accubond is supposed to have. The accubond 180 claims a g1 of .507
@mrV698 ай бұрын
Do you guys do factory animal?
@ReloadingQuest2 жыл бұрын
Oh nice video guys. I am huge fan of anything Norma! Have you guys tested any Barnes bullets?
@veteranironoutdoors83202 жыл бұрын
Do you not know how to work the search function?
@nenadvukojevic4195 Жыл бұрын
@@veteranironoutdoors8320Did he asked you anything???
@isakpersson75559 ай бұрын
You mean our Swedish friends right?
@tomlarue6542 жыл бұрын
Do you think this bullet out performs the Nosler Partition
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
I think it does, in terms of expansion, weight retention, accuracy, and cost. I do love the Partition - I think it set the standard back in the day but this would be my pick out of the two now.
@Jesco284110 ай бұрын
I don't buy that .615 G1 BC.. That seems WAY too high. Look at 200gr ELDX (.597 g1) and 178gr ELDX (.552 g1)...
@scottscheuerman6170 Жыл бұрын
Can you buy there bullets for reloading I presume that this was Norma loaded ammunition
@frontlinerejects8029 Жыл бұрын
Yes you can, I've only seen them advertised in sample or 100 packs which can be a little pricey however. All the bullets we test on the channel are handloaded.
@scottscheuerman6170 Жыл бұрын
@@frontlinerejects8029 what got me to watching your videos was on what the 270wsm was doing with the bullets being I found and bought a un fired model 70 super grade in a 270wsm and would like to find a load and a bullet that would perform on elk and deer and maybe a antelope I just got some mag pro powder and I been wondering what is wrong with the Speer 150 grain hot core bullets for holding together and penetration
@jonathanwatson1243 Жыл бұрын
Wonder if the 300wsm is just as good?
@asdfghjk2933 Жыл бұрын
More or less yeah
@eriklarson842 жыл бұрын
What powder did you use for these rounds?
@frontlinerejects80292 жыл бұрын
Ramshot Magnum!
@adamshaw82142 жыл бұрын
Accubond is better.
@jstraus34 Жыл бұрын
Based on this expansion test, I'd say comparable. I love accubonds and they have always been my go to round when hunting elk or deer when I'm paying an outfitter but this is pretty solid performance out of a 30 cal. bullet.