Prepping some berdan brass today.

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Nice rainy windy day so I am hanging out in the playroom prepping a 500 rnd batch of MEN 7.61 x 51 German surplus berdan brass on it's 3rd loading. 

 

1. Deprimed

2. Annealed

3. Sized

4. Wet tumbled with SS pins.

5. Run through the dryer.

 

Last group of 150 is in the dryer now. In a couple of hours it can come out and get run through the Giraud trimmer.

Should be ready for priming and loading in the morning if we have crappy weather again. 

Open ammo can is for cooling the brass after annealing.  Whatta Hobby!

 

 

 

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I'm a big fan of this ammo, price's used to be low. Shot good for me.🍻🍻

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As far as I am concerned the German berdan brass in the best darn brass for precision reloading and longevity of the cases. Most difficult part today is finding the proper  KV-7.62N berdan primers.  Whatta Hobby!

 

 

 

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Finished priming 400. Ready to load. Looks like I will be using Sierra 135 gn hollow point fb varminters. Now to go through the record cards and find which powder and load worked the best.  Whatta Hobby!