Norma Rifle
Norma 201
Suited to small-capacity cases and to light-bullet or reduced loads in medium and large-bore cartridges, including the big straight-wall and dangerous-game cases at reduced levels.
A step slower than 200, spanning small cases and light-bullet or reduced loads in the big bores - .45-70, .458 Winchester Magnum, 9.3x57mm. That reduced-load role in dangerous-game cases is the genuinely interesting part of it. Same caveat as the rest of the line: US supply is import-dependent and unreliable, so do not design a load around it without a can already in hand.
- 223 Remington
- reduced 45-70 Government loads
- light-bullet 458 Winchester Magnum
- 9.3x57mm
Who has Norma 201 today
Checked October 10Out of stock at every store we track
| Store | Size | Shelf | In hand /lb | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lohman ArmsHazmat charged, amount not published | 1 lb | $39.99 | $71.43 est. | Out |
“In hand” is the shelf price plus that store’s hazmat fee and shipping, spread over one container. Stock is checked once a day — confirm on the store’s page before ordering. Compare all powders →
Limited US availability. Catalogued by the maker but hard to obtain through normal US retail channels.
Specifications
| Manufacturer | Norma |
|---|---|
| Product family | Norma Rifle |
| Status | Limited US availability |
| Application | rifle |
| Grain form | extruded |
| Lee VMD (bulk density) | 0.0728 cc per grain · 0.89 g/cc |
| Burn-rate position | 94 of 198 (fastest = 1) — what this means |
| Typical cartridges | 223 Remington, 30-06 Springfield, 45-70 Government, 458 Winchester Magnum, 9.3x57mm |
Grain shape
Extruded stick by convention rather than by Norma's statement; expect stick metering, with grains bridging in a rotary measure and getting cut at the drop tube. Its web is marginally thicker than 200's, and that wall is the whole difference between them.
Why geometry decides burn rate more than chemistry does: Shape Is the Product.
Norma's page describes application only; grain geometry and base are not stated. Norma canister powder is not stocked by the mainstream US reloading distributors and reaches US shelves only through occasional imports - treat availability as unreliable. Many web shops that appear to list Norma powder in the US are not legitimate retailers. Norma publishes data through its own reloading portal rather than a printed US manual.
Burn rate
Fast rifle range, a step slower than Norma 200.
Chart agreement: consistent across the three charts that list it Ranked by: Hodgdon, Vihtavuori, Wolfe/LoadData.
Powders charted near it — neighbours on the chart are not substitutes, and adjacency tells you nothing about what charge either one takes:
- Shooters World SOCOM (position 91)
- Vihtavuori N120 (position 92)
- Alliant Reloder TS 11 (position 93)
- Alliant Power Pro 1200-R (position 95)
- Vihtavuori N130 (position 96)
- Hodgdon H322 (position 97)
This powder is obscure enough in the US that its practical character is thinly documented. The note above is deliberately short rather than padded.
Sources
The specifications above come from Norma's own published documentation, linked below. The two “RCM's read” sections are ours, not theirs — our assessment of what this powder is like to load, drawn from its published characteristics and from what handloaders consistently report. No manufacturer endorses them and no source below backs them. If you think we have one wrong, tell us — we would rather fix it.