Russian Berdan II reloading/shooting

[LarryHoosier]

If you are lucky enough to own one of these historic weapons this may be of some value to you.

 

[bgcatty]

I've got a Moisan Nagant and scrounged and sleuthed around until I found some boxer primed brass. Took a while but I've got a couple hundred cases of Privi brass for the Moisan. Shoots perfectly fine with reloads and this brass.

 

[Beowulf]

Very neat. I'll have to find some of that Puff-lon filler. I've been using kapok for my .577 Snider, 450/577 Martini Henry, 11x59R Gras, and 11.15x60R Mauser (.43 Mauser). I like the idea of have a lubricating function for the filler on top of taking up space in those huge old cases.

 

[Wabatuckian]

I've got a Moisan Nagant and scrounged and sleuthed around until I found some boxer primed brass. Took a while but I've got a couple hundred cases of Privi brass for the Moisan. Shoots perfectly fine with reloads and this brass.

In my opinion, there's no reason to reload Berdan-primed 7.62x54r.

Every couple years I buy some Privi ammo, shoot it, and then it's fireformed to my Mosin. I then trim it back, anneal it, and load it.

I bought good stripper clips several years back, and most of that ammo gets stored in said clips so I can just grab and go when I feel like shooting.

Regards.

 

[Shifty_85]

In my opinion, there's no reason to reload Berdan-primed 7.62x54r.

Every couple years I buy some Privi ammo, shoot it, and then it's fireformed to my Mosin. I then trim it back, anneal it, and load it.

I bought good stripper clips several years back, and most of that ammo gets stored in said clips so I can just grab and go when I feel like shooting.

Regards.

Yeah I looked into reloading berdan primed seems like a ton of hassle!!

I also just have been collecting PPU and Winchester brass 7.62x54r cases when I can find them.

Have some .311 174gr serria match kings I've been wanting to load up.

But just moved and haven't had time to set the presses back up yet!