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Old 12-03-2012, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Rangem4 View Post
I watched a video on youtube and it looked sort of like the berdan type but I did not see a functioning pin, and what does the pin do? I named it berdan because I had to call it something, I just thought it may be something like a berdan.
What I think you are asking about is called the "anvil". If you look at your cut out pic you can see half the primer in the primer pocket, the firing pin made a dimple in it and it made contact with the anvil in the pocket, thats what made the primer go off. The anvil is in the center of the primer pocket with a flash hole on each side.
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