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Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 6 Dec 2009 01:31:26 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Dec 5, 8:33 am, "Karl Townsend"
wrote:
I'm mostly posting to say thanks to Gunner, Tom, and Don. "The Kid" and I
just finished reloading 1000 rounds 9mm. It went smooth as silk once we
learned the trick to chamfer the primer ring on military brass. Just put a
counter sink in the lathe and run it at about 500. Touch the brass to it for
a second and its perfect. I got to grabbing another brass with one hand and
transferring it to the other to chamfer really fast.

Thanks again for all the help getting us in the reloading bidness.

Karl

Are these Berdan or boxer primed?
Karl


One assumes boxer. Berdan is rather rare in the US and is a pain in the
ass to reload for.

Gunner



I have a ton of Berdan primed ammo on hand for the 8mm Mauser. Surplus
ammo. Loaded REAL hot though. Not bad stuff as long as you don't try it
in some lightweight rifles.

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Steve W.