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Posted: 7/18/2017 1:02:53 PM EDT
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I ran across this the other day and I cannot find any reviews on it. The concept sounds solid enough, but I don't like the idea of having to buy sleeves for some primer pocket sizes. It'd be great to be able to reload GP11 and .303 surplus casings without hunting down berdan primers. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Is it a gimmick or something worth having around?
Link to product: https://sharpshooter-22lr-reloader.myshopify.com/collections/products/products/berdan-military-case-loader-foreign-domestic?variant=31222574273 Berdan primer kit I made your link hot. dryflash3 |
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I reload Berdan 7.62x39 brass and steel cases.
I stocked up on Berdan primers back when they were available. With the Russian import ban, they are no longer available. So this kit will scratch an itch with some folks. I watched the video and think that's a good kit, but at $40 it may or may not be right for everyone. I am familiar with the utube videos that do the mostly the same thing and use 1/4 copper tubing for the sleeve. If a person had a lot of Berdan cases they wanted to load, then this kit will allow that. I would try it if I didn't have any Berdan primers. I would guess it would work on steel cases also. I pick up a lot of 7.62x39 steel cases with a magnet every range trip. It's fun to reach in my pocket and show them a loaded steel Berdan round when I'm told "those can't be reloaded". 
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. . . I stocked up on Berdan primers back when they were available. With the Russian import ban, they are no longer available. So this kit will scratch an itch with some folks. If so, that is terrible news! But, as you point out, it makes this kit more attractive. Thanks everyone, in any event, this forum is a great source of info. |
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It's fun to reach in my pocket and show them a loaded steel Berdan round when I'm told "those can't be reloaded".
Is .303 with Boxer primers that difficult to come by that you'd entertain something like this? |
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It's a good concept. And for $40 I'm contemplating it because GP11 brass is too good to let sit in a bucket. The only thing about it is the lack of reviews and feedback when I looked. 1/4 copper tubing would probably be a cheaper option than buying the sleeves from the manufacturer.
Thanks for fixing the link also! |
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Has it been confirmed that the ban will apply to Russian primers too?? If so, that is terrible news! But, as you point out, it makes this kit more attractive. Thanks everyone, in any event, this forum is a great source of info. So I'm thinking the ban is keeping them away. Do I have it in writing? No. |
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It's a good concept. And for $40 I'm contemplating it because GP11 brass is too good to let sit in a bucket. The only thing about it is the lack of reviews and feedback when I looked. 1/4 copper tubing would probably be a cheaper option than buying the sleeves from the manufacturer. Thanks for fixing the link also! I hope you get this kit and post a review. |
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I haven't seen any of the Tula (Russian) Berdan primers since the ban. Wolf and Tula boxer primers either. Both worked well. So I'm thinking the ban is keeping them away. Do I have it in writing? No. Quoted:
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Has it been confirmed that the ban will apply to Russian primers too?? If so, that is terrible news! But, as you point out, it makes this kit more attractive. Thanks everyone, in any event, this forum is a great source of info. So I'm thinking the ban is keeping them away. Do I have it in writing? No. Also, I poked around the Internet and every source for Russian primers (of any type) lists "discontinued." The odd thing is that Wolf ammunition's website still lists components. And Russian ammunition is certainly available. Maybe there will come a time when the components will again be importable. I hope so. |
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For hot links use the chain icon in the post window. (click icon, paste url in the top box. Type name of link in lower box, click Save. Done) I hope you get this kit and post a review. 
Editted because I can no longer spel tonite. |
| I purchased the Berdan to Boxer conversion kit from "Russian Reloads". It worked ok but not great. I couldnt get it to keep the drill bit centered. Many if not most were offset. I asked for help but they weren't very helpful especially when I mentioned their satisfaction money back guarantee. I gave up on it. I am still keeping my GP11 and mauser brass in case a better system comes along. |
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I'd also be interested in the conversion kit review.
Last week I tried the 1/4'' copper tubing trick on some 7.62x54R steel cases. It didn't go so well. I used the RCBS Swaging kit to squish down the anvil, insert the tube, then ground down the excess then swaged again and drilled a flash hole. I got about a 50% success rate. Sometimes the tube doesn't go in right and gets smashed, sometimes the swager smashes it or the hole is off-set. The good ones would benefit from the use of a pocket uniformer but I don't have one. I used JB Weld to hold the tube in on 10 and made another 10 without it but haven't had a chance to load and shoot them yet. I did size them and inserted a primer in 1 and fired it in one of my Mosins, it worked fine. Overall, it was very time consuming and tedious, often frustrating at times, I wouldn't look forward to doing a few hundred that way but it did work. I just need to shoot some to see if that works too. |
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I'm going to go ahead and get it since there's interest in seeing how well it works. I didn't fully understand their sleeve information. I didn't see any sleeves listed on their site for purchase, but the kit is supposed to come with some? Do only certain calibers need sleeves, and others have primer pockets that will accept standard boxer large/small rifle primers?
For future reference, they have free shipping on the conversion kit. |
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I'm going to go ahead and get it since there's interest in seeing how well it works. I didn't fully understand their sleeve information. I didn't see any sleeves listed on their site for purchase, but the kit is supposed to come with some? Do only certain calibers need sleeves, and others have primer pockets that will accept standard boxer large/small rifle primers? For future reference, they have free shipping on the conversion kit. The sleeves are for the large diameter of the large primer. He claims that the large primer size....small will take a normal Boxer primer. I know this to be false,as it doesn't work that way in 7.62x39. As the Berdan primer (large size small diameter) has a larger diameter than a large Boxer primer. People on utube "glue" the large rifle boxer primer in the (large size small diameter) of their converted Berdan case. Otherwise the Large Boxer primer will fall out of a primer pocket originally meant for large size small diameter Berdan primer. It's not clear how many sleeves are included. A good reason to call and ask before you order. |
| I got the impression sleeves were sold separately but I dont see them on their site. I found the same kit on another site which read, "aluminum sleeves coming soon." I would wait till sleeves were available. I also dont see a number or email on that site so no way to contact them for those of us not on facebook, or twitter or something called instagram... Sorry, too old for all that crap. I'm out.. Hope someone else tries. |
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I emailed "Brass World" (who also carry this kit on their site). They said they have been waiting "months" for the sleeves. The sleeves are needed for the large version of berdan primers in the respect primer category.
Meaning.. he says only the larger of the large primers or larger of small. Anyone know what version x54, 8mm mauser, or GP11 takes? Sounds like the supplier hasnt been focused on the sleeves as they are working on other items. Not likely to be available soon. Bah! |
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I emailed "Brass World" (who also carry this kit on their site). They said they have been waiting "months" for the sleeves. The sleeves are needed for the large version of berdan primers in the respect primer category. Meaning.. he says only the larger of the large primers or larger of small. Anyone know what version x54, 8mm mauser, or GP11 takes? Sounds like the supplier hasnt been focused on the sleeves as they are working on other items. Not likely to be available soon. Bah! The large/large size of Berdan primers will be a lot larger. Those ones will need the sleeves according to the video. But in reality any size Berdan rifle case will need a sleeve. |
| +1 on posting the measurements. As previously stated, I didn't see any phone number or email for their site. That's slightly worrying, plus the reviews I've seen for their .22lr reloading dies have been poor. I will be reloading mainly GP11, 8mm, and .303 British, and I'm pretty sure the GP11 and 8mm have Boxer large rifle sized primer pockets, but I'm sure .303 will need sleeves. 7.5 French likely has the same primer pocket size as 7.5 Swiss and 8mm also. I'm still going to go through with testing it out, but I will try to stick with calibers that don't need sleeves since acquisition will likely need be prolonged. |
| It seems to me the better way to do this would be to swage. Step one would be a punch setup to punch out the anvil and create a centered flash hole. The second step would insert a sized punch into the primer hole while pushing a round "knife edge" into the case head to push case material toward the primer pocket to shrink it down. |
| Except for the price, the conversion products at this website make more sense, to me anyway. RussianReloads dot com It looks like a really good product. But really good products usually cost more. With enough cases to convert, the price might be worthwhile. |
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Except for the price, the conversion products at this website make more sense, to me anyway. RussianReloads dot com It looks like a really good product. But really good products usually cost more. With enough cases to convert, the price might be worthwhile. |
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Made a low tech, low cost primer converter out of a piece of 2x4, 2 drill bits, 2 drill bit collars and a drill press. Was working with 5.45x39. t worked on probably more than 50% of the cases. Gave up on it after a while as the primer area leaked, and eroded the bolt face a bit. Maybe gluing the primers in would help this?
Could post some pics if interested. |
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I ran across this the other day and I cannot find any reviews on it. The concept sounds solid enough, but I don't like the idea of having to buy sleeves for some primer pocket sizes. It'd be great to be able to reload GP11 and .303 surplus casings without hunting down berdan primers. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. Is it a gimmick or something worth having around? Link to product: https://sharpshooter-22lr-reloader.myshopify.com/collections/products/products/berdan-military-case-loader-foreign-domestic?variant=31222574273 Berdan primer kit I made your link hot. dryflash3 Everything is a gimmick..... until it works. |
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