What do you need make a list we will try and help you find what you need.Trying to find all of the parts will be the hard part
I haven't found any boxer primed steel cases to reload. They all seem to be berdan primed.Has anyone here reloaded steel cases 7.62x39?
I have seen some videos online of getting boxer primers to work on burdan casesI haven't found any boxer primed steel cases to reload. They all seem to be berdan primed.
Educational purposes for new reloaders.
Boxer vs. Berdan Primers - What's the Difference?
What's the difference between berdan and boxer primers in ammo? In this post with photos, we lay out the benefits of each and the differences between them.www.ammunitiontogo.com
Seeing how the primer is only one piece, because the anvil is contained in the casing, I can see very good potential to be able to easily make your own primers and/or reloading primers for them for them (after all, with the one-piece construction it seems to just be stamped metal and a priming compound).Someone had some berdan primers in the classifieds meant for 7.62x39.
You gotta be awfully desperate (or clinically insane) to try reloading berdan primed 7.62x39 lol.
Yes, I've done it. First step, I use an RCBS Lachmiller tool to remove the primer - this is one of the easier berdan cases to decap with this tool because the primers are not crimped in. The deprimed cases resize nicely in Lee dies with the decapper removed and I use the old fashioned RCBS lube and pad to lube the cases. Reprimed with an old Lee hand primer tool and using the KV-24N berdan primer (Tula or Fort Smith branded, but actually produced by Murom). For powder, I have used both RL-7 and IMR-4198. Both are good, but I really like IMR-4198 with .308" diameter 150gr bullets - mild cycling and very good accuracy in Norinco SKS. The powder charge is quite compressed, but it is published data (I think the LEE data that comes with their dies even has it).Has anyone here reloaded steel cases 7.62x39?