Change the primer to cure Corrosive Ammo
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That can work but it can also cause some nasty failures. Be very careful with drilling out the center anvils. There is one heck of a lot of pressure built up when a cartridge is ignited. That weakened base to the primer pocket can be pushed back. I saw some pics of that after the fact.
There is a lot of good brass that is Berdan primed. I still use the GP11 cases I purchased half a dozen years ago that came 480 rounds to a black lacquered box.
Offhand I can personally attest for 6.5x55, 8x57, 7x57, 7,65x53 Argentine, 7.62x51, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R just to name a few. Just about every hard come by European cartridge can be found with Berdan primers with brass cases.
There is a lot of good brass that is Berdan primed. I still use the GP11 cases I purchased half a dozen years ago that came 480 rounds to a black lacquered box.
Offhand I can personally attest for 6.5x55, 8x57, 7x57, 7,65x53 Argentine, 7.62x51, 7.62x39, 7.62x54R just to name a few. Just about every hard come by European cartridge can be found with Berdan primers with brass cases.
Here's the cases I converted.
Like I said in my earlier post it worked fine but it was a ton of work. The flash hole needs to be centered or when you decap the primer after firing it or the decapping rod may not be able to find the flash hole. So this job is best suited to those that own a lathe of some sort.
Other part to note is I had to seal the primers with clear nail polish as they were having some issues with gas leakage. I also never loaded full power rounds in these cases as to be perfectly honest I WAS SACRED TO DEATH!!! I kept my loads all of the cast variety and they worked great.
Biggest reason I decided not to keep reloading these was the copper rings were tending to come out with the spent primer during decapping. After a couple of attempts to keep the rings in the primer pockets I gave up and bought boxer brass as the time and energy needed to shoot the converted brass was way to high for me.
Like I said in my earlier post it worked fine but it was a ton of work. The flash hole needs to be centered or when you decap the primer after firing it or the decapping rod may not be able to find the flash hole. So this job is best suited to those that own a lathe of some sort.
Other part to note is I had to seal the primers with clear nail polish as they were having some issues with gas leakage. I also never loaded full power rounds in these cases as to be perfectly honest I WAS SACRED TO DEATH!!! I kept my loads all of the cast variety and they worked great.
Biggest reason I decided not to keep reloading these was the copper rings were tending to come out with the spent primer during decapping. After a couple of attempts to keep the rings in the primer pockets I gave up and bought boxer brass as the time and energy needed to shoot the converted brass was way to high for me.
Shoot corrosive, boil water at camp, pour boiling water into barrel and action (use a funnel). Spray with WD40. In cool weather the vast majority of the water will evaporate, but WD40 is a good idea anyway.
The best way to remove the live Berdan Primer.........
1. Remove the bullet of 762x54R;
2. Pour out the powder;
3. Put the empty case into a piece of thick wood, which has a blind matching hole re-drilled by the 762x54R rimer.
4. Secure the empty case in the wood, seal any gaps
5. Secure the wood that has the empty case in it
6. Put on your goggle for eye protection
7. Use a sharp metal to pinch the primer, like a firing pin will do when the trigger is pulled
8. Primer ignited, pressure started to build up in the sealed case
9. Once it reaches the point, pressure will pup up the primer off the pocket
10. Remove the case, clean it, re-primer, re-charge and re-install the bullet
Now, you will have a nice and clean installed non-corrosive ammo.....
Anybody would like to try..... LOL.....
1. Remove the bullet of 762x54R;
2. Pour out the powder;
3. Put the empty case into a piece of thick wood, which has a blind matching hole re-drilled by the 762x54R rimer.
4. Secure the empty case in the wood, seal any gaps
5. Secure the wood that has the empty case in it
6. Put on your goggle for eye protection
7. Use a sharp metal to pinch the primer, like a firing pin will do when the trigger is pulled
8. Primer ignited, pressure started to build up in the sealed case
9. Once it reaches the point, pressure will pup up the primer off the pocket
10. Remove the case, clean it, re-primer, re-charge and re-install the bullet
Now, you will have a nice and clean installed non-corrosive ammo.....
Anybody would like to try..... LOL.....
