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Ponder_MD · Feb 21, 2021

I picked up a nice lot of ammo from a forum member this weekend.

Czech silver tip BXN-55
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo011.htm

and what looks like Bulgarian yellow tip 10-55
http://7.62x54r.net/MosinID/MosinAmmo016.htm

All very clean and serviceable. The Bulgarian is brass so I can make some custom loads!

CodeWarrior1241 · Feb 21, 2021

Does primer type - boxer vs berdan - matter for doing reloads?

Bertfish · Feb 21, 2021

Yes. The pocket isnt the same

Ponder_MD · Feb 21, 2021

Yeah, the website says Berdan primed cartridges aren't really reloadable. I may not be able to reload these after all.

TreadNot · Feb 21, 2021

Ponder_MD said:
Yeah, the website says Berdan primed cartridges aren't really reloadable. I may not be able to reload these after all.

IF you can ever find Berdan primers, you can reload. The decapping is a pain, tho.

ken792 · Feb 21, 2021

People have converted that Berdan brass to Boxer before. It involves milling the anvil flush, drilling a central flash hole, soldering a piece of a .22 case in there, and swaging the pocket to size.

Berdan primers do get imported every few years. They turn up in secondary sales too. There was a guy down in Chesterfield selling 5.5mm Berdan primers at $50 per thousand last month.

JamesDong · Feb 21, 2021

CodeWarrior1241 said:
Does primer type - boxer vs berdan - matter for doing reloads?

In short, absolutely. I use them for landscaping stone.

Ponder_MD · Feb 21, 2021

Lol, I'm not drilling and soldering. Way too much hassle.

ken792 · Feb 21, 2021

Ponder_MD said:
Lol, I'm not drilling and soldering. Way too much hassle.

Yeah, not worth it for a common caliber. It might be worth it for calibers where modern Boxer brass is hard to come by or straight up not made.

Melnic · Feb 21, 2021

Berdan=Not worth the effort unless you are hard core. Just removing primers is pain in the arse.

BTW, I don't recall the price but Atlantic Guns has Mosin Food. Prices are obviously higher than a year ago, they price it to slowly sell, not to fly off the shelves.

JamesDong · Feb 21, 2021

Melnic said:
Berdan=Not worth the effort unless you are hard core. Just removing primers is pain in the arse.

BTW, I don't recall the price but Atlantic Guns has Mosin Food. Prices are obviously higher than a year ago, they price it to slowly sell, not to fly off the shelves.

Just curious, going rate for spam cans?

Sirex · Feb 21, 2021

I haven't shot my Czech silvertip in a while, but if I recall, it smells a tad funky. Been shooting up my Tula recently.

Bertfish · Feb 21, 2021

ken792 said:
Yeah, not worth it for a common caliber. It might be worth it for calibers where modern Boxer brass is hard to come by or straight up not made.

This is the only instance I would go through the hassle

135sohc · Feb 21, 2021

Not sure where online but I did see someone do a break down step by step of converting spam can 54R to a boxer primer. Waay to much effort and doing it on steel cased garbage to boot :crazy:

Melnic · Feb 21, 2021

JamesDong said:
Just curious, going rate for spam cans?

No clue, Generally everything is almost 2x it was a year ago.

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