berden primers

[bshooter]

Anybody know where to get berden primers?

 

[safehunter]

https://www.canadaammo.com/product/...n-corrosive-boxer-berdan-large-rifle-primers/

 

[bshooter]

Thanks safehunter.

 

[sunray]

That'd be Berdan and there's no such thing as large rifle etc Berdan primers. They go by diameter and it has to be right. Reloading Berdan n primed cases is not worth the extra effort and expense.

 

[skneub]

That'd be Berdan and there's no such thing as large rifle etc Berdan primers. They go by diameter and it has to be right. Reloading Berdan n primed cases is not worth the extra effort and expense.

Sometimes it is ...
think swiss

 

[Spawn-Inc]

what calibre are you trying to reload?

 

[michaelsabre]

I have some friends reloading this. They use water pressure to push old primer out.

 

[JR Hartman]

Henry has two sizes of Berdan primers. one fits the GP11 brass. the other is for x39 or something.

 

[howard2]

I bought the correct berdan primers from Rayner Shine gunworks for my Swiss 7.5. haven't reloaded any yet. Plan to try these on the 7.5 Swiss, the 8x 56R and 8 mm Mauser.

 

[JR Hartman]

8mm mauser is boxer primed.

 

[Eaglelord17]

8mm mauser is boxer primed.

Depends on your ammo. Virtually all surplus is Berdan primed.

 

[howard2]

Depends on your ammo. Virtually all surplus is Berdan primed.

Yup, other than my modern soft point hunting ammo, I have quite a bit of 1943 German 8mm on stripper clips , its all Berdan . and 1938 8 x 56 R on clips as well. The brass is too good to throw out.

 

[K-C]

I reload hundreds of Swiss GP11 cases which use Berdan primers. I use a simple hydraulic method for primer removal and reload using these:

http://www.budgetshootersupply.ca/catalog/Large_Rifle_Berdan_Primers_97.cfm

The Berdan primers sold by Canada Ammo are perfect for 7.62x39mm but are not suitable for larger capacity cases like GP11, 7.62x51, 7.62x54R etc.

 

[Fassteel]

I have some Berdan primed sako ammo in 7.62 x 39, happy to part with if anyone is interested. FS

 

[JR Hartman]

K-C, off topic, but how deep do you seat those primers in the GP11 cases? they seem to go about .020 deeper than flush for me. I have read that its ok, but it just looks weird for me. And I am not sure about firing pin protrusion on the K31. Thanks and sorry for the off topic. I have a thread started on it, but I am not sure if you saw it.