Brenneke GmbH is a German manufacturer of

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and

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s, based in Langenhagen,

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. The company was founded by Wilhelm Brenneke in 1895 and is currently owned and run by his great-grandson, Dr. Peter Mank. Brenneke makes shotgun shells for target shooting and hunting, special slugs for law enforcement, and hunting rounds as well as projectiles for handloading. Its best-known products are the

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for

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s and a line of rifle

Langenhagen standard

In 1990 under the sponsorship of Brenneke, the Langenhagen standard (german: Langenhagener Norm) was created. Essentially it means that for hunting, the deviation of the

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must not on a distance of exceed a circle with diameter. On a

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, the total deviation of all three barrels must not exceed a circle of diameter.

Rifle bullets

All Brenneke rifle bullets have a so-called ''

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-tail'' (german: Torpedo-Heck), a special form of boat-tail. The best-known are * TIG (german: Torpedo Ideal Geschoß), mainly a fragmentation bullet with a soft core for smaller game, developed in 1917-1927. * TUG (german: Torpedo Universal-Geschoß), mainly a deformation bullet with a hard core for bigger game, developed 1935. From 1935 to 2003, Brenneke concentrated on improving the

. since 2003, the firm developed the * TOG (german: Torpedo Optimal-Geschoß) (2003), a deformation-bullet for big game * TAG (german: Torpedo Alternativ-Geschoß) (2007), a lead-free deformation bullet. Lead-free versions of TIG and TUG are built as "TIG nature" and "TUG nature".

Brenneke TIG and TUG against RWS ID and UNI

From 1972 until 2006, those were manufactured and developed in license by RWS; in 2006, the license was not renewed, and RWS began marketing the bullets as ''ID-Classic'' resp. ''UNI-Classic'' from 1 July 2006 onward. In February 2009, Brenneke declared it saw ID-Classic and UNI-classic as counterfeit consumer goods and launched a lawsuit against RUAG Amotec.https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article3288425/Am-deutschen-Patronenmarkt-tobt-ein-Kleinkrieg.html Brenneke markets the bullets, as well as ammunition, from a different manufacturer under its own name now.

Calibers

Wilhelm Brenneke developed some rifle cartridges. Normally, those have a brass length of rimless resp. {{convert, 65, mm, in flanged for combination guns and other break-action-rifles that are still popular with European hunters. Those calibers are in exclusive civil use; thus, they are tremendously popular in countries that ban military calibers like

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. Those are: * 7×64mm / 7x65mm R (1917–1927) *

8×64mm S The 8×64mm S (also unofficially known as the 8×64mm S Brenneke) (the S means it is intended for 8.2 mm (.323 in) groove diameter bullets) is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire cartridge developed as a military service round for the German Ar ...

(1912) / 8x65mm RS *

9.3×64mm Brenneke The 9.3×64mm Brenneke (designated as the 9,3 x 64 Brenneke by the C.I.P.) is a rimless bottlenecked centerfire rifle cartridge designed in 1927 by German gunmaker Wilhelm Brenneke. It is suitable for hunting medium to large game animals in Afr ...

(1927)

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Manufacturing companies established in 1895 Ammunition manufacturers Manufacturing companies of Germany Companies based in Lower Saxony 1895 establishments in Germany