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any source on GOOD berdan primers
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 11:06 am
by broke collector
I am looking for berdan primers for my Snider.....anyone have any sources? I have some brazillian primers that are prone to puncture. I am told that the Moison Nagant 762X54 will work....(true?) HELP
b.c
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 12:04 pm
by dromia
What cases are they for, or more importantly what size primer.
Berdans are real buggers as they come in many variations of size they even seem to have been made to specific lots of brass in some cases.
No pun intended.
berdan primers
Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 2:19 pm
by broke collector
Thanks for the reply. The size for my brass is .254. I am shooting a .577 Snider musketoon using the brazillian brass. Brass, OK, primers bad. I have a RCBS decapping tool and have learned to recap and it is not as bad as most "colonial" folks would describe.
As soon as I get the kinks out of "old snidey" I plan to shoot my Martinis. Aint retirement fun. B.C.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 10:51 am
by dromia
Over here my last batch of Berdans for a MS 6.5X54 was from RWS but I don't know about a US supplier.
Good primers BTW.
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 12:21 pm
by DoubleD
Why don't you just order up some CBC 24 guage cases from Cabela's and make you some new Snider cases and shoot with primers that are available. At $16 for 25 you can't go wrong
cabelas brass
Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 4:03 pm
by broke collector
Mr DD,
Thanks so much for the suggestion for the snider brass. I have found some CBC with the dreaded berdan primers, pre bottlenecked and annealed for a buck a round. I guess I am splitting hairs as I don't shoot old snidey that much but in the process of looking around today I found the .254 berdan primers at grafs. It seems that I cannot do the easy thing and I love the unusual. I was shooting flintlock rifles when Turner Kirkland was in a converted gas station outside of Union City. Thanks again.
B.C.
Posted: Wed May 24, 2006 12:27 am
by DoubleD
If you found your primers, then life is good, no need to go modern at all!!
berdan primers , with pictures
Posted: Sat May 27, 2006 1:01 am
by warner520
berdan primers
Posted: Sun May 28, 2006 11:23 am
by broke collector
Brother Warner,
Thanks for the photos. Have a good day.
Broke Collector
People at the SwissRifles board say PMC is selling them
Posted: Thu Jun 08, 2006 4:45 am
by NuJudge
The only problem is you have to buy 5000 minimum. Here's the thread:
http://p083.ezboard.com/ftheswissrifles ... =486.topic
PMC has brought in two shipments of Berdan .217 primers, a small batch (these were only sold direct, and I bought some), plus a large batch (these were sold through wholesalers for awhile, and now only direct).
The HazMat charges will eat you alive. If you can find others similarly interested, you can ship multiple cases of 5000 on one HazMat charge.
CDD
