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    Then try an RCBS or Hornaday shell holder. I use a lot of Lee dies mainly because of the friction decapping pin but I still have both RCBS and Lyman dies.

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    Yep, RCBS #17 shell holder works much better than the Lee #7 for .30 Carbine. - Bob

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    Never too old to learn a new trick. I thought it was the rims (they are SAAMI minimum though) but the S/H is part of the LEE carbide set. I'll have to pick one up.

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    I've got the same Lee set that you have - read somewhere that the RCBS S/H works better, so tried it. You'll still mess up some, but not near as many. We're on the OR side - pretty much taken over here by the "boardheads" during the last 30 years, or so. - Bob

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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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    Offset primer holes are nothing new with USGI ammo. Many times it was considered to be OK as it was not made for reloading just for shooting the one time. I have seen some that could have passed for a Berdan flash hole except most times it's a bit bigger then a normal Berdan hole would be. I guess the US military never gave a thought to us reloaders and we paid for that ammo with our taxes.

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    The only tell would be the location of an anvil within the primer pocket. No anvil means boxer...one hole irrelevant.
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    Just found this link in one of Charlie's (painter-guy) old posts today - pretty interesting on the subject of the one flash hole Berdan primed cases! - Bob

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    Quote Originally Posted by USGI View Post
    pretty interesting on the subject of the one flash hole Berdan primed cases
    Yep, good reading.
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