Berdan primers were not available. I saw a few ideas on various online forums of ways to use boxer primers in these cases, but everything I found had one issue or another.
So, I continued on working on a load for 7. At that point, I shelved the idea for the time being. They have 7. They only sell them in packs of 5,, but they are pretty reasonably priced. With these now being available, I had everything I needed to reload those steel cases. The casings need to be cleaned and checked for length, just like you would when reloading brass cases. With steel cases, the main reason beyond the obvious examples of damaged cases to discard them is rust.
I have not had very many steel casings that need trimming. Then the first thing is to deprime the spent casings. With Berdan primed casings, depriming is a separate step and requires a special tool. It does require a little bit of practice to use. The case goes on the rod, and the other tool has a pin and a hinge that grabs the case rim. The pin presses in the old primer and flips it out of the pocket.
With the cases deprimed, the next step is to size them. This is just like you would normally, except that the decapping pin must be removed as there is no center primer hole for it to go into. I found a couple of extras at a local shop, and just ground the pin off of one. First, not all steels are the same. The steel used to make steel casings is pretty soft. Whereas the steel used in reloading dies is not. Second is the simple economics of this. The steel cases are essentially free.
So you can pay for replacement dies in casings, which you may not even need to do. Priming Berdan cases is a little bit different than priming boxer cases. The anvil is part of the case, not in the primer, so it is possible to seat them too deep.
If the primer is too deep, you can end up with hang-fires or even duds. So make sure not to seat them in too far. They should be just below the surface of the case head. In the priming process, I had some primers snag the edge of the primer pocket and crumple.
The primer pockets are likely crimped. If you lightly chamfer the pocket, you will avoid this problem. Next, you put the powder in the cases and seat the bullets. As said, there are many variables. If you get to reload them 5 times, you got more than your money's worth out of them.
How many times can you reload 30 06 brass? These 18 times reloaded cases of mine will be retired. What are brass casings worth? What are bullet casings made of? What is a Shell Casing? A shell casing is a piece of ammunition that is made of metal. It is often brass, but it can be made of other metals as well.
Shell casings can be made from any kind of ammunition that is fired from a pistol, rifle or shotgun. Can you reload steel casings? Conventional wisdom says you can't reload steel case ammo, but reality says you can. Sure, reloading brass cases are much easier, but you can reload steel cases. That cheap Wolf 7. Is Blazer brass reloadable? Blazer Brass is loaded in reloadable brass cases for added value. Standard Boxer-type primers and primer pockets mean you can reload Blazer Brass cases just like any other case.
There is no safety hazard in reloading these cases with standard small pistol primers. Are brass bullet casings worth money? Sure, reloading brass cases are much easier, but you can reload steel cases.
Many shooters report steel cases only make it through one or two reloads. One thing that you definitely need to do when sizing your steel cases is apply a liberal amount of lube. Dealing with the primers is typically the real sticking point for most people who want to reload steel case ammo. A lot of steel case ammo, however, uses Berdan primers. Trying to seat a Boxer primer in a case designed for Berdan primers will likely just detonate the primer during seating.
Berdan primers are available in the United States. Removing a used Berdan primer from the case can be accomplished with a special tool that hooks on the outside of the case and pries out the used primer. Reloading with modified Boxer primers can be done, but I do not recommend it. The last option to reload steel case ammo with Boxer primers is to modify the case itself.
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