Berdan primers

I am not sure why you would do that. I am told that RBCS sells a punch to knock the primers out and give you a central hole you need for boxer primer.

When I was about 16, I did a couple just to see. I drilled through the center neck down, then chipped out the primer from the back and opened the pocket a little to fit the boxer primer. It worked, but there is better ways to get 308 brass.
 
carbonrod said:
I am not sure why you would do that. I am told that RBCS sells a punch to knock the primers out and give you a central hole you need for boxer primer.

When I was about 16, I did a couple just to see. I drilled through the center neck down, then chipped out the primer from the back and opened the pocket a little to fit the boxer primer. It worked, but there is better ways to get 308 brass.
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"opened" how? pocket reamer?
 
North Silva in TO distributes RWS Berdan primers. Fired primers can be removed a couple of different ways, seating new ones in straightforeward. But with 7.62x51, why bother?
 
"...told that RBCS sells a punch..." RCBS makes a berdan primer remover tool, but it pries them out and doesn't do anything to the primer hole. Berdan primed brass has two holes. Drilling them out isn't a good idea.
Turn the berdan primed brass into drawer pulls and get boxer primed brass.
 
used to remove berdans with a hardwood dowel, water, and hammer- you fill the case with water, use a dowel that's the same as the neck size, and water pressure forces the primer out- messy, but it works- but like other's have said, why bother- you can get boxer primed for almost every caliber
 
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