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yugo m67 berden primed? reloadable?


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Did search but not much luck.

 

M67 non magnetic.

Is it reloadable?

Difference between boxer prime and berden primed?

 

Is there other sources for 7.62x39 brass that's reloadable?

 

Sorry new to this looking at getting into reloading for a couple reasons.

 

Got Lyman book and am currently reading, but would like to get experienced opinions.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

Have also read some reload steel case but other precautions needed there and not as friendly to reloads or dies input here would be appreciated also.

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I think winchster makes brass. probably lapua and maybe fiocchi.

Most comblok countries use berdan primers and copper coated steel case. Berdan has 2 flash holes in the primer pocket that are off center. Boxer primers are 1 hole centered. Hence every one wants boxer.

There are forums that explain how to center punch the primer pocket of  berdan brass and then drill the center hole and fill the other 2 holes by swaging the brass. I looked at it and its pretty labor intensive. I would by US made 7.62x 39 rounds and save the brass. The other possibility is just looking online at Widners or midway and try to find bulk bags of brass.

 

good luck

 

Just saw the end about reloading steel. Dont do it. The steel is more brittle and is going to tear apart. Its hell on the reloading dies unless you buy really expensive carbide dies. just don't do it

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Yugo M67 is Berdan primed.

Technically yes, it is reloadable - but it's not very practical. The difference between Boxer and Berdan - basically, a Boxer primer contains its own anvil and uses a single flash hole. A Berdan-primed case uses two flash holes, and an integral anvil - there is no anvil sitting in the primer cup.

This means you can't just drop a pin down the casing and push a Berdan primer out. Most people who reload Berdan cases either use a hook-style depriming tool (very laborious), or a hydraulic depriming ram (messy).

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I have reloaded M67 brass cases, as well as various steel case 7.62x39.  I have deprimed brass using both the RCBS tool and hydraulically, and prefer hydraulic if I have the tooling.  I have two different types of hydraulic deprime tooling, and just do it on my patio during warm weather.  

 

I find dealing with Berdan primers to be nowhere near as much of a pain as trimming brass through normal methods.   

 

Berdan primers come in a bewildering array of diameters, heights, hardnesses and strengths.  Make sure you get the right primers.  

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I was putting some thought into this recently - now, I haven't reloaded Berdan stuff in a long time, but if I remember right the primer itself is super simple - just a primer cup with priming compound, and the anvil is an integral part of the case.

So - if a company sold appropriately thin brass sheet - I imagine one could stamp primer cups at home on a hand press - if one was willing to fuck around with making priming compound, assuming that doing so would be legal.

When you loaded steel cased 7.62x39 - did you use normal steel dies, or did you get a company to make you carbide rifle dies? Either way, did it wear your dies out extremely fast? Also - where did you source Berdan primers?

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