DonZ
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While getting ready for the whitetails, I went to the range this week and fired off my box of Interarms solid point target ammo.
When I got home, I checked, and sure enough, those were Berdan primers. I don't have enough experience reloading to try and convert them to Boxer primers, so I was considering turning a few of them into dummy rounds/snap caps, and wasn't really sure what to do with the rest. Before I went too far down the road of destruction, I thought it would make sense to check and see if anyone here had a need for Berdan 6.5X54mm brass.
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m4220
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Hi, are these 6.5x54 mannlicher or 6.5x54 mauser?
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DonZ
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Hi, are these 6.5x54 mannlicher or 6.5x54 mauser?
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Mannlicher
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DarylS
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Buy some American or Euro ammo that has boxer primers. Most of it is boxer primed.
Ditch the Berdan primed cases - it was fun shooting them, their life is over. imho
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DonZ
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Buy some American or Euro ammo that has boxer primers. Most of it is boxer primed.
Ditch the Berdan primed cases - it was fun shooting them, their life is over. imho
That's the direction in which I am leaning... but wanted to make them available to the group, first.
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DarylS
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I would be concerned that the berdan primed ammo might have had corrosive primers.
A cleaning regime would be required - with water as well as solvents.
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DonZ
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I would be concerned that the berdan primed ammo might have had corrosive primers.
A cleaning regime would be required - with water as well as solvents.
Done and done.
And my wife thought I'd bought that sonic cleaner for her jewelry!
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DarylS
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LOL - they can be SO foolish, sometimes.
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eagle27
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Simple enough to reload Berdan cases if you get the correct size Berdan primers and they are available, certainly here in NZ anyway. I reload Kynoch Berdan cases for my 404 because like most larger NE cartridges the cases are expensive and harder to get. I agree with Daryl that for cheaper and easier to source cartridge cases it is better to go Boxer and ditch the Berdan.
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