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Lapua® PRODUCT CATALOG 2018 English www.lapua.com > New Biathlon cartridge for the > Featuring: Cathy WInstead-Severin, NEWS upcoming season 2018-2019 Matthew Brousseau and Kim-Andre Lund > New cases: .300 Norma Mag. and .338 > Young Lapua shooters Norma Mag. > Lapua Scenar bullets www.lapua.com- holders of six World Records Cathy wins it all! ® LAPUA PRODUCT CATALOG See page 5 Lapua, or more officially Nammo Lapua Oy and Nammo Schönebeck, is part of the large Nammo Group. Our main products are small CONTENTS caliber cartridges and components for sport, hunting and professional use. NEW PRODUCTS / NEWS 4-5 TACTICAL 30-35 LAPUA TEAM / HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR 6-7 .338 Lapua Magnum 30-31 .308 Winchester 32-33 SPORT SHOOTING 8-29 Tactical Ammunition and bullets 34-35 Rimfire Ammunition 8-13 New! Biathlon Xtreme 9 HUNTING 36-43 World famous quality Rimfire Cartridges 10-11 Naturalis cartriges and bullets 36-41 Lapua Club / Young Lapua shooters 12-13 Mega 42 Lapua’s world famous quality comes Lapua .22 LR Service Centers 14-15 Hunter and shooter 43 partly from decades of experience, Centerfire Ammunition 16-43 top-quality raw material and a Centerfire Cartridges 17-19 CARTRIDGE DATA, METRIC 44-47 PASSION FOR PRECISION well-managed manufacturing process. Top Lapua shooters 20-21 CARTRIDGE DATA, IMPERIAL 48-51 Despite the automation in production Centerfire Components 22-28 COMPONENT DATA 52 and quality assurance, our staff personally Lapua Ballistics App 29 DISTRIBUTORS 54-55 For decades Lapua has strived to inspects every lot and, if necessary, produce the best possible cartridges and even each individual cartridge. components for those who have a passion Certified for precision. The results from various competitions worldwide prove that we are Nammo Lapua Oy’s quality system conforms the preferred partner for the champions, with both ISO 9001 and AQAP everywhere. This has been achieved by 2110. We have also been awarded consistent product development and the ISO 14001 environmental system certificate. cooperation with top shooters. Part of Nammo Group The top quality and superior accuracy that are characteristic to all Lapua cartridges are achieved with precise combining of the components. Reliable and timely ignition, optimal muzzle velocity and excellent ballistic properties are the result of well designed and carefully manufactured components.The ideal cartridge comes from the careful and precise combination of top-notch cases, exceptional bullets, well made primers and good powder selection. Assemble these with our well known passion for precision, and you have simply the finest ammunition in the world; Lapua. 2 3 Coming up! BIATHLON XTREME Joining the notable Polar Biathlon cartridge, the Biathlon Xtreme cartridge is the latest addition Nomen est omen to Lapua’s catalog of high-performance, superior quality ammunition for shooting sports. Read more on page 9 CATHY WINS IT ALL The year 2017 was definitely that of Lapua Team USA’s Cathy Winstead- Severin as she has racked up win after win all season long! NEWS Cathy is no stranger to titles or victories, yet one of her wins in her super season felt especially nice: “I think the Highpower Standard Rifle at Nationals was the most special New cases! title. It was the first time I won it, so it was neat to finally win it.“ Of course, no victory is an easy one, and Cathy says the mental aspect is the most challenging thing of competitive .300 NORMA shooting, especially when it comes to the Nationals. “The Nationals is definitely a marathon with the long days of shooting and several days in a row. To stay on top of the MAG. In spring, she won the Conard Bernhardt Cup in Pe Ell, WA game throughout the matches and let things fall into and the Iron Man Rifle Silhouette in Missoula, MT. After place and not over-analyze each shot or match takes some that, she dominated the Nationals in the US, taking the effort.” title in four NRA National Silhouette Rifle Championships: And it’s not only the mental alertness that is affected; .338 NORMA Smallbore Standard and Hunting Rifle, matching the two at competitors on the national level know how straining the the Silhouette High Power Rifle Championships. And after shooting schedule can be physically, too. “I shot the US that, it was time to excel in Canada at the Canadian NFA Nationals, then I was on the road home for two days, then MAG. National Smallbore Silhouette Championship, which she had one day to repack and the next three days I was on the won. In this interview, Cathy reflects on her amazing year. road to the Canadian Nationals. Looking back, I think I was So what were the things that made everything fall into more fatigued in the last match in Canada than I knew at place? It’s a combination of several factors, says Cathy. “I the time.” did train more than I had the last couple years. We also Still, Cathy brought her A-game to each match, making had some new equipment, which helped! I also planned us wonder; are her nerves made of steel? No pressure, out the weeks before Nationals better this year, so it wasn’t then? “I do think the match pressure is there a bit more on so stressful and busy right before, which was an issue last the last day of the Nationals, but on the first day it is too. I year. And Lapua shoots great! I think everything from rifles just always try to keep my normal shot routine to help stay working, me feeling well and the extra work, it all just lined focused on one shot at a time.” And focused she stayed. Lapua couldn’t be more proud! Read more on page 22 up to an amazing season. It is still surreal.” 4 5 Lapua supports the world’s best shooters as members of the Lapua Team. The members are a valuable information channel for product development. A close interaction with the world´s best shooters ensures the highest quality ammunition. LAPUA TEAM HIGHLIGHTS OF 2017 Tony Boyer – Benchrest (Centerfire) Jeff Lindblom – High Power Rifle IPSC World Championships 2017 • East-West NBRSA Championships (Centerfire) Semi-Auto Rifle Open, HALL OF FAME – 1st Place • NRA Mid-Range National • 1st Place Teemu Rintala, FIN • IBS National Championship – 1st Championship – 2nd Civilian Place 200 Yd • NRA National Service Rifle IMSSU European Championships FILLED WITH GOLD Championship – 2nd Civilian 2017 Matthew Brousseau – Precision Rifle • NRA Scott Trophy Championship • Marko Nikko, FIN, 5 Gold and 2 Since 1930, Lapua cartridges have been used Series (Centerfire) – 1st Place • Long Range Shooters Experience bronze medals to win more than a hundred gold medals in Match – 1st Place Kevin Nevius – Prone Rifle (Rimfire) Bigbore Pistol Aggregate the Olympics and World Championships, as • TX PRC North Match – 1st Place • USA Roberts Team Match – 1st • 1st Place Rauno Ärväs, FIN • CORE Fall Classic – 1st Place Place Field Pistol well as to break numerous world records. • NRA Smallbore Metric Prone • 1st Place Petri Savinainen, FIN Shooters who trust Lapua´s cartridges are Wayne Campbell – Benchrest National Championship – 5th Smallbore Standard Pistol also at the top in demanding military (Centerfire) Place • 1st Place Rauno Ärväs, FIN • NBRSA National Championship – Smallbore revolver shooting disciplines. Lapua cooperates 1st Place Mark Pharr – Rifle Silhouette • 1st Place Esko Lempola, FIN with competitors in shooting (Rimfire and Centerfire) Erik Cortina – F-Class (Centerfire) • NRA Smallbore Rifle Silhouette Lapua EC 300 m Final disciplines, both at the cutting edge • F-Class World Championship – National Championship – 1st and at junior level. F-Open – 5th Place Place team 300 m Standard Rifle Men • F-Class National Championship – • Canadian National High Power • 1st Place Peter Sidi, HUN F-Open – 3rd Place Rifle Silhouette Championship – 300 m Rifle 3P omenW • F-Class National Mid-Range Team 1st Master • 1st Place Eva Rösken, GER Championship – 1st Place • Canadian National Smallbore • F-Class National Long-Range Rifle Silhouette Championship ISSF World Cup Final Team Championship – 1st Place –3rd Master 50 m Rifle Prone Men • IronMan Competition – 2nd • 1st Place Torben Grimmel, DEN Stephen ‘Kid’ Culpepper – High Place Power Rifle (Centerfire) ISSF World Junior Championships • NRA High Power Rifle Steve Reiter – Pistol Silhouette USA 2017 Championship – 1st Civilian/3rd (Rimfire) F-Class – Erik Cortina, Derek Rodgers Overall • NRA National Pistol 50 m Rifle Prone Men Junior HP Long Range – Kent Reeve • Talladega Regional High Power Championship – 1st Super Senior • 1st Place Christian Friman, FIN HP XTC – Stephen Culpepper, Jeff Lindblom Rifle Championship – 1st Place Benchrest – Jack Neary Cathy Winstead-Severin – Rifle ESC European Championships 2017 Rimfire Benchrest – Joe Besche, Brian Brandt Evil Roy – Cowboy Action Shooting Silhouette (Rimfire and Centerfire) 25 m Pistol Women Rifle Silhouette – Mark Pharr, Cathy Winstead- (Centerfire-VV) • NRA Smallbore Rifle Silhouette • 1st Place Monika Karsch, GER Severin, Mallory Nichols • SASS National Championship – Championship – 1st Place 1st Senior • NRA High Power Rifle Silhouette PRS – Matthew Brousseau (centerfire), Ian Kelbly ISSF WC Delhi • End of Trail National Championship – 1st Place (rimfire) 25 m RF Pistol Men Championship – 1st Senior • Canadian Smallbore Rifle Rimfire Prone – Kevin Nevius, Nancy Tompkins • 1st Place Jiajie Lao, CHN Silhouette Championship – 1st International 300 meter – Lisette Grunwell Philip Hemphill – Bullseye Pistol Place KO2M – Derek Rodgers (Rimfire and Centerfire) • Canadian High Power Rifle ISSF WC Gabala Bullseye Pistol – Philip Hemphill,