Lapua Ammo

[Jim Beckley]

Any one know how to read the lot numbers on Lapua ammo. I don't know if their high end stuff reads the same as their SK and Wolf, trying to find out about the Wolf, the Match Extra to be exact. I know a long time ago someone posted about the Eley, but haven't seen anything about Lapua, unless I was in my usual fog and missed it.

[abraverman]

Normally it is a 10 or 11 digit number followed by a slash (/) followed by 2 numbers. If all the 10 or 11 numbers to the left of the / are the same, it is the same lot of ammo. These 10 or 11 digits are used for internal record keeping and have no expternal meaning.

The numbers to the right of the / indicate the case number out of the total number of cases in that particular lot. i.e. /11 means case #1 out of 1 total cases in that lot. /12 means case #2 out of 2 totals cases in that lot. /45 means case #4 out of 5 total cases in that lot.

I hope this helps.

Adam Braverman
Lapua USA

[Jim Beckley]

Thanks, I picked up a couple of bricks that had the lot# of 047 45/1 124 1 and a couple of weeks later I picked up two more with the 047 45/2 124 3. Both pretty much shot the same. This was the Wolf Match Extra that shoots really good in my 1712.