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Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 5:18 pm
by R.G.C
ovenpaa wrote:The Aussie way is exactly the way I do it, choose a nice sunny day and prepare to get a bit wet and you can very quickly rattle through a few hundred.
David,
There were 2 Berden hydraulic deprimes made in UK time ago; The rustic Wamadet and the Prime.
The second was apure marvel, acting like an injection pump. I still have one here; but the O-rings are worn out
Wprked marvelously and I used it tp deprime the strongly crimped Lebels who resisted the Wamadet.
As an information: Berdan cases withstand much more pressure than the Boxer ones. Life is only reduced by anvil erosion.
R.G.C
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 6:02 pm
by snayperskaya
So who sells Berdan primers?, I've got loads of 54r steel cases!.
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 6:57 pm
by ukrifleman
I have a pile of Swiss GP11 brass and would love to reload it but, where do I find berdan primers in the UK at a reasonable cost?
I made up a de-capping tool, using a shank from a broken drill bit, inserted off-set into a coach bolt and it worked well. it just locates in one of the flash holes and you punch the primer out, no water, no mess!
I used a Lee chamfer tool with the end ground back to accept the case anvil, to remove any primer crimp.
All I am short of, is some berdan primers!
ukrifleman.
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 11:06 pm
by Dellboy
can you convert the cases?
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 6:00 am
by dodgyrog
snayperskaya wrote:So who sells Berdan primers?, I've got loads of 54r steel cases!.
DantheMan wants these to make up inert ammo. Otherwise, put them in the bin!
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 6:48 am
by R.G.C
ukrifleman wrote:I have a pile of Swiss GP11 brass and would love to reload it but, where do I find berdan primers in the UK at a reasonable cost?
I made up a de-capping tool, using a shank from a broken drill bit, inserted off-set into a coach bolt and it worked well. it just locates in one of the flash holes and you punch the primer out, no water, no mess!
Boxer LR are 5,33mm diameter. Berdan are 5,5mm.
The Lee tool should not have removed much of the Berdan case crimp?
R.G.C
I used a Lee chamfer tool with the end ground back to accept the case anvil, to remove any primer crimp.
All I am short of, is some berdan primers!
ukrifleman.
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 8:18 am
by DanTheMan
dodgyrog wrote:snayperskaya wrote:So who sells Berdan primers?, I've got loads of 54r steel cases!.
DantheMan wants these to make up inert ammo. Otherwise, put them in the bin!
Thanks Rog, please don't bin them, plus you will have fun trying to size steel cases.
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 8:19 am
by ovenpaa
Yes, you can convert the cases to boxer by crushing the anvil and drilling a new flash hole.
Robert, I know of the Prime however I have not even seen one let alone seen one in action.
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 9:45 am
by StanDeasy
The Prime is an awesome tool, it will decap a lot of cases using just a few ml of water. I still use mine to decap those boxer-primed .308 cases with the small flash-hole.
Re: Removing Berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 17, 2015 10:08 am
by ovenpaa
Sadly it looks like the Prime Hydro Punch is no longer made.