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Thanks, I have a sufficiency of clips, and hope to add a couple more when I collect a batch of elderly rounds I bought at auction.

I have just bought 4 boxes (39 rounds) of Kynoch non-corrosive, circa 1963 vintage.

I reload those cases using a Wamadet hydraulic decapper to get the Berdan primers out.

Unfortunately they take an intermediate size (.201”) No. 78 Berdan primer and those are in short supply.

I do have some Boxer primed cases (some converted from .303 British) and if all else fails I have a form and trim die but turning down the rim diameters seems a bit like hard work.

According to Nonte I could also open out the primer pockets to Boxer large rifle size and drill and punch a central flash hole at the same time closing the pair of Berdan flash holes.

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Glad you have a supply of clips in hand then mate!
I suppose Lancaster would be one to make them if he so chose - he's a clever tinkerer!
Hydraulic pressure can certainly get those primers out, messy but possible.
Speaking of primers, if they're of an odd size, perhaps a hobby lathe would be able to open those pockets up to a bigger size for you to fit conventional size berdan primers as well as trim those rims down - a lot of very fiddly work still.
Those pockets would have to be undersized probably 1-2 thousand's for a tight fit?
Hopefully you can still get modern brass, worth the wait - if you can still get them that is!
Great article

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