Berdan Primers
- Thread starter HK41
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bladerogers
CGN Regular
- Location
- South Saskatchewan
I've never bothered as removal of berdan primers is a royal pain. Do let us know when you give you up and by brass ready prepped for boxer though! 
K-C
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Grey County, ON
DO NOT USE THOSE PRIMERS! (no offence intended to Canada Ammo!)
The Dominion Berdan primers are much shallower than the Standard NATO Berdan primers. They are intended for reloading 7.62x39 only!
I bought 2,000 from Canada Ammo thinking that they would work. They are the right diameter but much too shallow. They are also very thin brass. I tried a few to see what would happen and the charge was blowing a hole right through the primer where the firing pin had struck.
So, I started researching Berdan primers and discovered that the GP11 cartridge uses Berdan 7.62 Standard NATO primers.
Others both make these. The other are more readily available and cost $31 less per thousand...
I am now using the other primers which I purchased from another supplier
The other are a double-walled design (hard military type primer) and they work great with GP11 reloads.
Now, if I could only get the PRVI B-345 bullets...
The Dominion Berdan primers are much shallower than the Standard NATO Berdan primers. They are intended for reloading 7.62x39 only!
I bought 2,000 from Canada Ammo thinking that they would work. They are the right diameter but much too shallow. They are also very thin brass. I tried a few to see what would happen and the charge was blowing a hole right through the primer where the firing pin had struck.
So, I started researching Berdan primers and discovered that the GP11 cartridge uses Berdan 7.62 Standard NATO primers.
Others both make these. The other are more readily available and cost $31 less per thousand...
I am now using the other primers which I purchased from another supplier
The other are a double-walled design (hard military type primer) and they work great with GP11 reloads.
Now, if I could only get the PRVI B-345 bullets...
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volkov956
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- British Columbia
I have the said brass and primers
midnightpossum
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- East Kootneys
I have 100 primers that I bought from budget a few years back.. not going to use them.. you can have them.. pm me with your addy and I will send them your way
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