Removing berdan primers

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Here's a little something for you guys who want to reload your GP11 brass for your K31. Red rifle guys can also benefit ;)

UPDATE: sorry guys, I didn't realize I posted the wrong video. My bad

 
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I am ok with removing Berdan primers and do so on my GP11 brass. Yeah it takes a bit more time but it's very good brass and IMHO worth the effort. There are some other very hard to find cases that I do it with as well.

I really don't like the idea of drilling out the center. The two openings on the Berdan system are all that should be there. That extra huge hole may just allow ignition that is to aggressive and raise pressures. On the other hand, it may all be fine. Anyone here done this??? Any pressure signs after the reload is fired???
 
bearhunter said:
I am ok with removing Berdan primers and do so on my GP11 brass. Yeah it takes a bit more time but it's very good brass and IMHO worth the effort. There are some other very hard to find cases that I do it with as well.

I really don't like the idea of drilling out the center. The two openings on the Berdan system are all that should be there. That extra huge hole may just allow ignition that is to aggressive and raise pressures. On the other hand, it may all be fine. Anyone here done this??? Any pressure signs after the reload is fired???
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It's shown in the video how to do it without drilling
 
mrbeil said:
It's shown in the video how to do it without drilling
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I've removed thousands of Berdan Primers. The process in the video works but it is arduous and tedious. It works when nothing else is available. Canada Ammo has some Berdan primers. They don't work with everything but they work with some that I reload. Berdan primers at exorbitant prices are available out of Montreal but they are almost as expensive as new Privi brass.

I was referring to the fellow drilling out the anvil to make an access hole and in doing so, creating a new flash hole. The amount of flame going into the powder column is effectively quadrupled from the size of that new hole. Maybe there was a good reason he was loading up cast projectiles.
 
bearhunter said:
I've removed thousands of Berdan Primers. The process in the video works but it is arduous and tedious. It works when nothing else is available. Canada Ammo has some Berdan primers. They don't work with everything but they work with some that I reload. Berdan primers at exorbitant prices are available out of Montreal but they are almost as expensive as new Privi brass.

I was referring to the fellow drilling out the anvil to make an access hole and in doing so, creating a new flash hole. The amount of flame going into the powder column is effectively quadrupled from the size of that new hole. Maybe there was a good reason he was loading up cast projectiles.
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There's a small anvil that he removed with a small pin in the boxer primer essentially turning it into a berdan primer so he didn't have to make any changes to the brass itself
 
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