i see that Norma has finally put together a hard cover manual. has anyone bought one yet? is it as good as their other products?

Bill,

I have real doubts about how good a Norma manual would be. The powders aren't real easy to come by in my part of the world. The only dealer, that I know of, is Graf's and they didn't have any MRP the last time I checked.

Several years ago, I bought Weiderladen from Old Western Scrounger. In the order was included a letter from Hercules that said that the particular RL powders corresponded directly to certain Norma powders. It basically stated that both were made in the same factory. That apparently being the case, the Norma should be useful. I don't have the letter in front of me and don't remember which ones matched up.

I bought theNorma book recently and have only glanced at it.

If you need loading data, check Norma load data

The matching powders are:

RL15 - Norma 203-B
RL19 - Norma 204
RL22 - Norma MRP

I use loaddata for RL powders when i can�t find any for Norma. Here in Sweden Norma powders are sold in any hardwarestore, that sell any powder at all. I think both Norma and RL are made at the Bofors factory. They deliver powder for RWS as well, but i don�t know which numbers are matching.

RL 15 - Norma 203 - RWS R903
RL 22 - Norma MRP - RWS R905

Not 100% sure, but I believe:
RL 19 - Norma 204 - RWS R904

- mike