303 British Ammo

[mj1]

Best way to reload Berdan primed brass is Don't. It isn't worth the time involved.
Jon

Oh BS !

[GOEX FFF]

Reloading Berdan these days isn't as difficult as it used to be, when you had to get creative to make a tool yourself or come up with an idea (like the infamous water decapping method) and the only real source for Berdan primers where from Europe.

Today, there is / has been a much bigger demand for reloading Berdan brass with all the Berdan surplus ammo that's been imported over the last couple decades. That's a lot of useable brass just to pitch in the scrap. Fortunately, company's have listened, making commercially available Berdan decappers that work well enough and as mj1 noted above, Tula and PMC stepping up to the plate for us to make primers available too.

Berdan vs. Boxer...

It reminds me of the folks who scoff at shooting corrosive ammo vs. commercial Non-corrosive. Sure, it takes a little bit more time and effort for clean up, but with a bit of patience, it pays off.

[gun toting monkeyboy]

Guys, I think these are bi-metal cases. Meaning steel cases that have been copperwashed. Berdan primers aren't that bad anymore, as Goex noted. But reloading steel cases is a pain in the @$$. And not really worth the effort short of the Zombie Apocalypse. If you absolutely have to, you can. But it is cheaper to just buy some of the Prvi brass cased ammunition and reload that.

-Mb (who still has lots of Winchester .303 brass from the 1990s when they ran several million rounds of it)