No Mess Berdan Decaping Tool

[Seaweed02]

Check out this Berdan decaping tool this man made. He said he made it out of scrap metal, and I am sure he has some tools to work with metal. Maybe a welder, a table drill/drill press, some heavy duty metal bits, tap and die sets, etc... I don't have anything like that, but I am thinking about trying to make one out of wood instead.

If anyone has the proper tools and know how, and wants to make one to sell, I'll buy it. I need it for 8mm Mauser.

http://youtu.be/zbltNUSu2rM

[chknlyps2]

That is pretty sweet, I made a punch small enough to do the same and all it did was poke a hole in the primer. Some of the factory primers have sealant around them and are pretty tough to get out.

The guy has some basic machinist skills and tools at least or a friend that does.

[Capybara]

Very interesting tool. If he marketed that and mass produced it for $50.00-$60.00, a lot of people would buy them, I know I would.

[Seaweed02]

Me too

I would buy one also in a heart beat.

[joelogic]

Now Berdan primers are going to go up in price.

[Capybara]

You can use regular primers if the size matches, you just have to manually remove the anvil from the primer. PITA but do-able for those who don't mind PITA. Anyone who messes around with decapping Berdan and reusing steel cased ammo is nuts anyway but it seems like a fun challenge.

[BruinGuy]

I've got lots of brass cased berdan ammo that I'd love to be able to reload...seeing his tool gives me a few ideas to try for decapping them. Right now the empties are just taking up space, but I figure if I hold onto them long enough either a solution will arrive or I'll just man up and submit to the extra labor...

[Fishslayer]

No more taking those Yugo cases to the scrapper!

[Gio]

Sweet!

[koehn,jim]

There are a number of berdan decappers on ebay under 50 dollars, but you can make a hydraulic system at home for almost no money check out u-tube and there are several videos. You can buy berdan primers from some of the big suppliers.

[Germz]

Still not interested. Lol

[SonofWWIIDI]

That's a cool little tool!

[Seaweed02]

Me too

I've got lots of brass cased berdan ammo that I'd love to be able to reload...seeing his tool gives me a few ideas to try for decapping them. Right now the empties are just taking up space, but I figure if I hold onto them long enough either a solution will arrive or I'll just man up and submit to the extra labor...

Me too. I have thousands of rounds of 8mm Mauser cases, brass but berdan primed. I also have around 4 thousand 7.62x39 rounds that are brass cased but berdan primed, And no matter who thinks it is a waste of time, I don't want to throw those brass cases out if I can help it. That particular tool looks like it would be almost as fast as putting a case in the shell holder and depriming with the press. Almost. Berdan primers are available so decaping is the issue.

[Ferrum]

Very cool design!

[Seaweed02]

I found an even simpler one

YouTube is great. I found another one there, and this one is simpler to use. Although I don't know how hard it is to make. After thanksgiving I am going to try to find a brass rod about the diameter of a 30 cal case opening. Then I guess I'll put it inside the case and drill through one of the flash holes. Then I can find something to use as a pin. Here it is: http://youtu.be/scieFHxVthA

So if I can get that tool made, without a table/press type drill. The next step would be to make something better to hold the case instead of putting it over a partially opened vise. I think I found what I will do at about the 50 second mark in this next video. http://youtu.be/GwmmsZ-aX4g

Making that rod with the pin, and the board drilled out to hold the case, will make it a really cheap tool, and very easy to use.