Ok... just been researching a bit and wanted to ask you fellow reloaders here a couple of questions. I have a pretty good pile of surplus .308 cases that are berdan primed. I know that the berdan primer is crimped and sealed in the pocket and there are some ideas floating around the net on how to deprime and reload this stuff.
But while searching around I could not find a source for berdan primers at least in the USA, do you know of any?
Any one know if the pockets can be milled out to accept a standard boxer style primer? Yeah I know the anvil is part of the case so it would have to be milled out also.
Is the brass worth even messing with or just save it and take it to the scrap yard for recycling?
P.S. Yes I have boxer primed cases too and am working on getting all my stuff set up to reload them also. Just evaluating my options.
But while searching around I could not find a source for berdan primers at least in the USA, do you know of any?
Any one know if the pockets can be milled out to accept a standard boxer style primer? Yeah I know the anvil is part of the case so it would have to be milled out also.
Is the brass worth even messing with or just save it and take it to the scrap yard for recycling?
P.S. Yes I have boxer primed cases too and am working on getting all my stuff set up to reload them also. Just evaluating my options.