NEWS & NOTES OPENING SHOT White Glove Treatment A worker at the Norma ammunition manufacturing plant in Amotfors, Sweden, makes the final quality inspection of completed cartridges immediately before they are packaged and shipped. Quality control is continuous throughout Norma's production process, which likely explains why the company's components, particularly its cases, are sought after by handloaders. The Amotfors facility has been in operation since 1911, just nine years after the company was formed by two brothers surnamed 26 D ECEMBER 2013 AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG Enger-one of whom was so taken with the Bellini opera "Norma" that he named the company after it. In the past century its ammunition has won countless competitive matches, defended freedom and taken game all over the globe. Today it manufactures more than 30 million rounds annually in more than 100 chamberings and is available to American shooters through the Norma-USA label. norma-usa.com -BRIAN C. SHEETZ, SENIOR EXECUTIVE EDITOR Photo by authorhttp://www.norma-usa.com http://www.AMERICANRIFLEMAN.ORG