firearms fate acquired predecessor norma projektilfabrik a s founded 1895 1895 in oslo founder enger brothers defunct 2002 2002 headquarters motfors v rmland sweden key people nils kvale roy weatherby products ammunition parent ruag website www.norma.cc norma precision is a swedish manufacturer of ammunition located in motfors in the province of v rmland just 20 km off the norwegian border . it is commonly referred to as simply norma . history edit norma was started in 1902 by the enger brothers from oslo who a few years earlier started norma projektilfabrik a s . the name norma has contrary to what someone would think nothing to do with norwegian or normandy . the name was chosen because one of the enger brothers was very fond of the opera norma by bellini . the swedish shooting movement needed a swedish supplier and norma projektilfabrik a s was asked to establish in sweden . at this time sweden and norway were in a union . the enger brothers took the 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 they found the town council took no interest in their plans and therefore decided to try their luck further into sweden . next stop was motfors where the brothers were better welcomed and decided to establish their company . from the start until the middle of the century the production was dominated by military ammunition standards . after a while though hunting ammunition seemed to be more interesting . norma began to make international connections by this time . this combined with military interest forced more modern thinking and new products which the company pursued with impressive precision . nils kvale and roy weatherby were invaluable for norma s success in the latter half of the 20th century . nils kvale was a visionary and competent product developer . in the 1960s a couple of new calibers like the .308 norma magnum and .358 norma magnum were introduced on the market . nils kvale s cooperation with american colleagues made norma well known as a producer of high quality rifle ammunition . today norma has a yearly production of about 30 million rounds in 110 calibers . 1 as such norma has one of the largest assortments of rifle ammunition in the world . references edit history of norma . norma official web site . retrieved 10 march 2016 . this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit norma ruag retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title norma precision & oldid 709419663 categories ammunition manufacturersfirearm manufacturers of swedendefence companies of swedenprivately held companies of swedenhidden categories articles lacking sources from november 2007all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschnorsk bokm l svenska edit links this page was last modified on 10 march 2016 at 20 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view