Brenneke

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

For other uses, see Brenneke slug.
Wilhelm Brenneke GmbH & Co. KG.
TypeGmbH & Co. KG (Companies register: Hannover local court, no.: HRB 9000)
Founded1895
FounderWilhelm Brenneke
Headquarters
Langenhagen, Lower Saxony
,
Germany
Key people
Dr. Peter Mank, Managing Director and owner; Agnes Mank († 25 october 2010), managing director[1]
ProductsAmmunition for hunting, marksmanship and law enforcement; Bullets for Handloading
SubsidiariesBrenneke of America, L.P. in Clinton, Iowa, United States[2]
Websitebrenneke.com (International)
brennekeusa.com (Brenneke of America)

The company was founded by Wilhelm Brenneke in 1895 and is currently owned and run by his great-grandson,[3] Dr. Peter Mank.

Brenneke makes shotgun shells for target shooting and hunting, special slugs for law enforcement,[4] 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[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]
  • TUG (German: Torpedo Universal-Geschoß), mainly a deformation bullet with a hard core for bigger game, developed 1935.[8]

From 1935 to 2003, Brenneke concentrated on improving the Brenneke slug.[9] since 2003, the firm developed the

  • TOG (German: Torpedo Optimal-Geschoß) (2003), a deformation-bullet for big game[10]
  • TAG (German: Torpedo Alternativ-Geschoß) (2007), a lead-free deformation bullet.[11]

Lead-free versions of TIG and TUG are built as "TIG nature"[12] and "TUG nature".[13]

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.[14] In February 2009, Brenneke declared it saw ID-Classic and UNI-classic as counterfeit consumer goods and launched a lawsuit against RUAG Amotec.[15]

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:[9]

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. "Archived copy" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-12-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. TIG
  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. "Archived copy" (in German). Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-12-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. https://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article3288425/Am-deutschen-Patronenmarkt-tobt-ein-Kleinkrieg.html (in German)
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