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German manufacturer of ammunition and bullets Not to be confused with Brennecke.
Wilhelm Brenneke GmbH & Co. KG.
Company typeGmbH & Co. KG (Companies register: Hannover local court, no.: HRB 9000)
Founded1895
FounderWilhelm Brenneke
HeadquartersLangenhagen, Lower Saxony, Germany
Key peopleDr. Peter Mank, Managing Director and owner; Agnes Mank († 25 october 2010), managing director
ProductsAmmunition for hunting, marksmanship and law enforcement; Bullets for Handloading
SubsidiariesBrenneke of America, L.P. in Clinton, Iowa, United States
Websitebrenneke.com (International)
brennekeusa.com (Brenneke of America)

Brenneke GmbH is a German manufacturer of ammunition and bullets, based in Langenhagen, Lower Saxony.

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 Brenneke slug for shotguns and a line of rifle bullets.

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 shotgun slug must not on a distance of 50 metres (55 yd) exceed a circle with 10 centimetres (3.9 in) diameter. On a drilling, the total deviation of all three barrels must not exceed a circle of 15 centimetres (5.9 in) diameter.

Rifle bullets

All Brenneke rifle bullets have a so-called torpedo-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 Brenneke slug. 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.

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 64 millimetres (2.5 in) rimless resp. 65 millimetres (2.6 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 France. Those are:

External links

References

  1. http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/frauagnesmanknachruf.html Archived 2010-12-23 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  2. "Contact". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  3. http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/07_01_Jaegernachrichten.pdf Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  4. "Products". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  5. http://www.brenneke-munition.de/cms/geschichte.html?&L=0 Archived 2010-11-02 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
  6. "Wissenswertes zu FLG" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  7. "TIG® – Torpedo Ideal Bullet | Brenneke - Munition". www.brenneke-ammunition.de. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
  8. TUG
  9. ^ "History". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  10. "TOG". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  11. "TAG". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  12. "TIG nature". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  13. "TUG nature". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  14. "Namenssuche abgeschlossen | St. Hubertus/Jagd-Ausrüstung" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  15. "Produktpiraterie: Am deutschen Patronenmarkt tobt ein Kleinkrieg - WELT". DIE WELT (in German). 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
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