Page 1 of 1
Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 7:07 am
by dromia
Not finding your case prep challenging enough? Then these tools are just what you need to while away the long winter nights converting your berdan brass to boxer. Now where did I put that sack of GP11 cases?
On second thoughts life is too short.
http://www.russianreloads.com/
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:18 am
by ovenpaa
It is a well thought out conversion process however I would be inclined to take a lot of care of that rotating end mill, I have cut myself on the things when they are stationary, let alone rotating.
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 12:27 pm
by redcat
Brass will have to get VERY expensive before I could be bothered with that!
Redcat
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 12:40 pm
by snayperskaya
redcat wrote:Brass will have to get VERY expensive before I could be bothered with that!
Redcat
But to be fair how much would you save in brass?, I can get steel cases by the sackful for nothing so I'd consider it for a bit of effort modifying the primer pocket if 54r milsurp ever started to dry up.
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:01 pm
by dodgyrog
Reloading Berdan is too easy to bother doing the conversion!
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:14 pm
by snayperskaya
dodgyrog wrote:Reloading Berdan is too easy to bother doing the conversion!
Source for Berdan primers?.
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2015 2:41 pm
by dodgyrog
snayperskaya wrote:dodgyrog wrote:Reloading Berdan is too easy to bother doing the conversion!
Source for Berdan primers?.
I have a fair few and they pop up here and there on occasion.
The Russian TULA armoury makes them as do RWS, I believe, but they have no cash advantage except in cheap/free brass
Re: Convert steel/brass berdan cases to boxer.
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 10:41 am
by 450 Martini
A few years ago I got given about 1000 fired Berdan primed Belgian FN blank and I noticed the primer they used was very close to the standard boxer primer size. I decapped them one hot summer evening with a mates wamadet hydraulic decapper (great way to cool off) and cut them down below the crimp. I flattened the anvil with a punch and a bolt then cut out the anvil and bored a flash hole with a drill press. I them primed as normal and loaded them as blanks.