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To: ChildOfThe60s

Not me, but I cannot see how you could decap and reprime a burdan primer. The anvil is part of the primer pocket. A boxer-style decapper would destroy the anvil and make the case useless. Also, the steel case is less malleable than brass and would likely split when resized. Just my $.02


10 posted on 06/04/2015 6:48:04 PM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: Afterguard

There are several methods for decaping Berdan cases. They all are slower and more cumbersome than Boxer decapping.

Of course, you also wish to use the proper Berdan primers to reprime the cases.

Russians developed improvised methods to refill used Berdan primers with ground up match heads and to reprime Berdan cases with those. They are said to work most of the time.

Strickly done on a must have basis, or under carefully controlled experimental conditions, of course.

I have also heard of Berdan cases being converted to Boxer priming, but those were brass cases.


11 posted on 06/04/2015 7:01:35 PM PDT by marktwain
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