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Old January 14, 2009, 01:27 AM   #1
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Pulling Berdan Primed Ammo

Hey guys just had a quick question. Is is safe to pull Berdan primed ammo with a kinetic type bullet puller? I have a bunch of surplus 7.62x53r lying around and was just wondering if it's safe to pull.Just to see how the process works and maybe see how much of a variation there is between individual bullets, powder loads ect.
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Old January 14, 2009, 07:26 AM   #2
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Yes you can pull down Berdan primed ammo with a conetic type puller,
use your seating die to press in the bullet deeper to break the seal
( it opens the crimp and loosens the sealer on mil. ammo )

I have found that the powder charge varries geatly in the ammo from the same lot or sealed tin ( as much as 1.5 grains )

My best results have been with resizeing the neck of the pulled ammo
just be shure to remove the decaping pin from your die !!!
( some dies do not have a removeable pin, for these I puchased a new
decaper/ expander rod, and cut the decaper pin off of the rod )

(If you have a lot of ammo to do it is much faster to get a collet type
puller)

I just did two tins of 7.62 X 54R Albainian surplus ammo (880 rounds)
(it reduced the patern from 30 nches to 6 inches at 200 yards)
Was it worth the all the work? -- for me yes
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Old January 14, 2009, 07:06 PM   #3
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All right thanks for the advice. The surplus ammunition I got was from J and g sales. It's Albanian light ball, bet we have the same stuff.
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