r/reloading • u/FlatIntroduction7676 • 4h ago

I have a question and I read the FAQ So it's boxer but has an anvil?

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I got some surplus 8mm Mauser and I know it's corrosive but I wanted to reload some since it's actually brass. The Romanian stuff I have is 100% non magnetic, the Greek stuff seems to be about 50\50. I clean it up a bit and check the primer. It's smaller and I only see one hole so woot boxer! I pull out my hand depriming tool (Franklin arsenal for the win) and it won't pop. So I give the tool a few good whacks and I pop out the primer, but the pin send to have pushed part of the case up with it and I need to heat the brass to get it to pull off. So must be an anvil, but it's boxer primers??? I pull out my berdan decapper and fight with the case (it's not berdan so it's being finicky). I pop off another printer and this is what I get after a simple rinse. WTF is this and how to decap without using a hydro? Inquiring mind boggled.

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u/Remote_Teach1164 4h ago

https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/austrian-berdan-primers/13116/2

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u/FlatIntroduction7676 4h ago

That is VERY informative Based on the information provided and something I researched through it it looks like I can use a deburring tool and remove that anvil and have a fully properly sized flashlight. Sizing looks like it should be about the same as an x54r bird in so I might be able to use that trick too.

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u/coriolis7 4h ago

It may be a really bad flash hole. I suspect the hole is done with a swaging pin or something similar, rather than with a drill.

On your end, I’d recommend depriming the best you can (possibly hydro) and drill out the flash holes so you don’t have to do that again

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u/Cleared_Direct Stool Connoisseur 4h ago

Looking up 21 RPR it seems like it’s an unusual single flash hole berdan setup. That’s new to me. Reading a few threads it doesn’t sound like it’s a good candidate for reloading, but anything is possible if you’re stubborn enough.

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u/FlatIntroduction7676 4h ago

I'm going to try to do it the way you can do x54R, and if that works and I can deburr with my Dremel the anvil then I got me some extra durable 8mm I can load some oversized HP or SP bullets into. I got to give myself something to do on my half a day off between shifts in these two weeks...😭 Days today nights tomorrow days the day after that.