Primer question

ltcdoty

Is there a way to tell if an empty brass case has a Berdan or Boxer primer?

ltcdoty

What is the difference between a Remington 7 1/2 and a Remington 6 1/2? Is a Fed 200 primer the equivailent of a Remington 6 1/2? And a Fed 205 the equivailent of a Remington 7 1/2?

Hawk Carse

Look inside. Boxer primed cases have one central flashhole, Berdan usually has two, maybe three, maybe one but off center.

spirits

If you want to look at the empty case's Berdan primer and the two holes and nipple, you can hydraulically push the primer out of the case by filling it 3/4's full with water and inserting a snug fitting bullet and whacking the bullet with a hammer. It usually just takes one whack.

b0400879

Sure.
1) Shine a BRIGHT light down thru the mouth & view the flash hole(s)
2) Learn how to read headstamps

11b6r

http://milpas.cc/rifles/ZFiles/Misc/Cartridge Primers/imageLV4.JPG

Picture= 1000 words.

andrewsw16

quote:Originally posted by Hawk Carse
Look inside. Boxer primed cases have one central flashhole, Berdan usually has two, maybe three, maybe one but off center.

+1 This method will see you through pretty much all cases.