Berdan primers

[Bruce_in_Oz]

BAR:

Not if you live south of the equator!

[howard2]

The surplus Swiss 7.5 GP11 ammo while being berdan primed is such a nice brass case and i couldnt bring myself to toss them out. To decap the cases i tried the hydraulic method with water and had some success but was able to get a used rcbs berdan decapper that pries the old primer out. This method works best with the GP 11 for me. I bought Russian Tula ammo primers from Rainer Shine gun works at Lancer, Sask and used an old Lee ram prime to prime the cases.

[Bruce_in_Oz]

howard2:

Welcome to the "dark" side!

I get the impression that, unlike a swag of beautiful Swedish 6.5 x 55 ammo, in the nifty, olive-drab plastic "battle bags", very little 7.5 Swiss has EVER made it to Oz.

When I bought my Schmidt Rubin K-11, there was NONE available, apart from ludicrously-priced "collectors " cartridges. So, I struggled on with re-formed Winchester .284 cases for a couple of years until the Serbian stuff started appearing.

The modified .284Win cases worked fine up to the point of ejection. The rebated rim would not retain the case on the bolt-face until it was kicked out by the ejector. No problem in "slow-fire", but an "embuggerance", to say the least, in rapid matches.

[howard2]

howard2:

Welcome to the "dark" side!

I get the impression that, unlike a swag of beautiful Swedish 6.5 x 55 ammo, in the nifty, olive-drab plastic "battle bags", very little 7.5 Swiss has EVER made it to Oz.

When I bought my Schmidt Rubin K-11, there was NONE available, apart from ludicrously-priced "collectors " cartridges. So, I struggled on with re-formed Winchester .284 cases for a couple of years until the Serbian stuff started appearing.

The modified .284Win cases worked fine up to the point of ejection. The rebated rim would not retain the case on the bolt-face until it was kicked out by the ejector. No problem in "slow-fire", but an "embuggerance", to say the least, in rapid matches.

Up until last year there was lots of the 480 packs of the Swiss GP-11 for $300. A little harder to see around now and what there is, is over $300