The rifle was such a pleasure to shoot that I had to reel myself in because otherwise, I wouldn’t have had enough ammo to shoot groups for record and get velocity readings. At 480 yards I was able to stack rounds on the various steel plates and surprisingly my elevation data wasn’t that far off from my dope for the 140gr ELD-M bullets I normally shoot. Normally, I start out shooting at 100 yards for groups and all that but I couldn’t help myself and felt like ringing some steel. I sort of put the cart before the horse compared to how I usually do testing and instead went straight out to the mid-distance range at Peacemaker National Training Center. There didn’t seem to be an imperfection anywhere on any of the cartridges, even the meplat looked clean and consistent. 548 (G1), perfectly suited to long-range target shooting and competition. They call it Golden Target and it shoots a 130gr BTHP bullet at about 2850 fps with a ballistic coefficient of. Norma may best be known for their hunting ammunition but they also produce match grade rifle ammunition in a number of calibers, including the ever-popular 6.5 Creedmoor. 45 ACP.Ĭost is $19.99/50rd Box 6.5 Creedmoor Golden Target For those interested, the Hexagon line is also available in. That’s not saying the Hexagon ammunition is junk, it’s just an example that you need to try different types and brands because sometimes a gun just doesn’t like a particular bullet. Where the G34 could consistently drop the plate racks and falling plates, the G19 really struggled, sending rounds just off the edge that felt like they should’ve hit. Just how little the G19 liked the Hexagon ammunition became apparent when I was shooting some steel on the range. From the G34 the average velocity was 1,119 fps with the G19 being a little slower at 1,058 fps but that’s to be expected. According to Norma, the 124 gr 9mm Hexagon ammo should be going about 1,181 fps but again they don’t say what barrel length they’re using to get that velocity. The G34 averaged 2.92” for five 5-shot groups and the G19 absolutely did not like the Hexagon ammunition and yielded a huge average group size of 3.82”. Just under 2″ was the best that I could do from both pistols shooting standing offhand. Now, I certainly did not get those kinds of groups but then again I’m not a world-class pistol shooter either using a rather stock pistol. The bullet features six stabilizing groves that lead to a wide-open tip, which Norma claims contributes to its accuracy potential of yielding 1” or less groups at 25 yards. The Hexagon bullet looks rather unique and at first glance, it would appear to be a jacketed hollow point but that’s not the case here. I was still excited to try out this match-grade pistol ammo though, to see what it was made of. Years ago GECO released the Hexagon line and now that Norma and GECO are under the same RUAG Ammotec umbrella I suppose they felt the need to rebrand for the American market. For whatever reason, though the G34 absolutely did not like the Envy and averaged out at about 3.54” with the best group being 2.25”.Īt SHOT Show 2019 Norma released their “new” Hexagon match ammunition line and I mentioned “new” like that because it isn’t really new. The 9mm Envy shot the best out of the G19 with the best group above.įrom the G19 the Envy was an absolute hammer, the average accuracy five 5-shot groups shot offhand at 10 yards was 2.64”. Unfortunately, I didn’t have a PCC to use but I had two Glock pistols, a stock G19, and a finessed G34 that I use in multi-gun competition. Now, Norma has claimed that Envy can provide accuracy as good as 1” at 50 yards from a PCC so I was pretty excited to try it out. According to the box, the 9mm Envy is slinging a 124gr FMJ bullet at approximately 1,345 fps, although they don’t say what barrel length they used to achieve that velocity. Now, this isn’t specifically for PCC’s, it was designed around that platform but it’s obviously also perfectly safe to shoot from pistols as well. With the rise in popularity of pistol caliber carbines for range and competition use, Norma released the Envy line in 9mm Luger.
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