#1bcshooter
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Anyone know of a dealer who has stock on CCI NATO small & large rifle primers ?
Guys,
on this topic: I have plenty of military brass that I have taken the primer out and are waiting to go, but they are the Berden (sp) type. Can one use ordinary large rifle primers in it's place. The brass has this tiny little nipple in the center that I'm wondering if I should shave off to make room for the standard primer?
Did a search, but came up zero.
I swear to any god, if you find out, please pm me .. i've been wanting to try out these primers for as long as I've been reloading but cannot find anyone selling 'em.
I know I know, just use regular large rifle primers or large rifle magnum primers ... but I WANT to try these![]()
Guys,
on this topic: I have plenty of military brass that I have taken the primer out and are waiting to go, but they are the Berden (sp) type. Can one use ordinary large rifle primers in it's place. The brass has this tiny little nipple in the center that I'm wondering if I should shave off to make room for the standard primer?
Did a search, but came up zero.
Winchester primers are an equivilant to these - they are on the harder cup side as well.
Cheers, Carl
"...You can use boxer large rifle primer in the place of berdan large rifle..." No you can't. Berdan primed brass has the anvil in the primer pocket. Boxer primers have the anvil in the primer. They're not the same size either. In any case, even if you could find berdan primers, reloading berdan primed brass is more trouble than it's worth.
"...my gunsmith was the one who told me..." Your smithy is confused. Boxer primed 7.62 x 39 uses small rifle primers in the first place. Mind you, there are some brands, American commercial, as I recall, that use large rifle though. Trying to seal the primer with nail polish is asking for trouble.
CCI "milspec" primers are nothing but a marketing gimmick for magnum primers. You don't need them for any rifle.
& this info comes from where ?
"...You can use boxer large rifle primer in the place of berdan large rifle..." No you can't. Berdan primed brass has the anvil in the primer pocket. Boxer primers have the anvil in the primer. They're not the same size either. In any case, even if you could find berdan primers, reloading berdan primed brass is more trouble than it's worth.
"...my gunsmith was the one who told me..." Your smithy is confused. Boxer primed 7.62 x 39 uses small rifle primers in the first place. Mind you, there are some brands, American commercial, as I recall, that use large rifle though. Trying to seal the primer with nail polish is asking for trouble.
CCI "milspec" primers are nothing but a marketing gimmick for magnum primers. You don't need them for any rifle.