.308 Primer Problem

[Cowboy45]

I got around 700 rounds of .308 brass to reload and I ran into a little problem.. Only about 1/4 of them have a single flash hole.. The others have double flash holes Does anyone know of anyway to remove em that is relatively painless?

 

[billybob44]

Berdan Primed..

The two hole cases are Berdan primed. and NO there is no EASY way to load these cases. YES it can be done, but with A LOT more effort.

All of my Berdan primed brass goes in my scrap bucket..Bill.

 

[Broom_jm]

Berdan primed...scrap bin. Hope you got 'em for free.

Bill beat me to it!

 

[Cowboy45]

Berdan primed...scrap bin. Hope you got 'em for free.

Bill beat me to it!

Actually I did get them for free.. But still its like throwing money away.. I will have to figure out a way to do it

 

[mac45]

Actually I did get them for free.. But still its like throwing money away.. I will have to figure out a way to do it

You may want to find a source of Berdan primers before you go through all of this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5pg0hBlEpA

 

[sgreen3]

The two hole cases are Berdan primed. and NO there is no EASY way to load these cases. YES it can be done, but with A LOT more effort.

All of my Berdan primed brass goes in my scrap bucket..Bill.

^^^^THIS^^^^

 

[Cowboy45]

So lets just say in theory I can machine them to accept normal primers.. Would they still work.. In theory

 

[Yeah]

If, in theory, your time is worth $0, you can do it. Berdan primed brass has an anvil integral to the case which must be removed in the conversion to Boxer. By the time you build a jig to do your specific cases, acquire the relevant tools, you'll be in the hole.

I've seen it done with mil surp 6.5 Swede by Africans who were absent materials and surplused with time but I've never heard of anyone in the first world bothering.

 

[Broom_jm]

It is also very much worth noting that the total size of the primer "vent", created by drilling out the center for use with a Boxer primer, will change the internal ballistics enough that conventional load data is not reliable. Going to all of the trouble and expense to find/reload Berdan primers just isn't worth it. As much as it sucks, the only sensible thing to do is scrap 'em and find some boxer-primed cases.

 

[sloughfoot]

Actually I did get them for free.. But still its like throwing money away.. I will have to figure out a way to do it

The last time I took a five gallon bucket of scrap cartridge brass to the recycler, I got $140 for it.

 

[djones]

The last time I took a five gallon bucket of scrap cartridge brass to the recycler, I got $140 for it.

That is sweeter than bear meat