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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    And, with two holes denoting Berdan...
    The germans in the last year of WWII produced vast quantities of 7.9mm ammo with one flash hole Berdan primers. the ammo was designated with a "minus" (-) sign after the manufactures 3 letter code. due to excessive drill breakage in the steel cases.
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    Quote Originally Posted by karl schmidt View Post
    7.9mm ammo with one flash hole Berdan
    Very interesting...
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