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Boxer vs Berdan Primed

deceedecee Member Posts: 456 ✭✭✭
edited January 2002 in Ask the Experts
What's the difference.I am shopping the web for surplus ammo and I see these two terms.Is one of these the same as modern hunting ammo?
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The question has been asked many times. If you reload you want boxer primed. Berdan primed uses a different type flash hole and can only be reloaded with special equipment.For shooting there's no difference that I know of.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most likely berdan primed ammo is corrosive unless specifically stated to be noncorrosive.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Berdan primed is generally cheaper as it is corroisive (generally) and hard to reload. Corrosive just means that you have to clean and oil your gun well after shooting, with soap and hot water, not just regular solvent.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • ADfreeADfree Member Posts: 188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Would the Wolf brand berdan primed still be corrosive, even though it claims not to be on the box? oh I missed the part about unless otherwise specified.[This message has been edited by ADfree (edited 01-10-2002).]
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    New Wolf ammo is not corrosive, though some users have reported corrosive effects, which I personally believe to be due to repackaging of older ammo by Wolf. Still, for the price, I find it to be excellant ammo; but it is not reloadable.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • v35v35 Member Posts: 12,710 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One other thing about cleanup after shooting corrosive ammo is to clean the bolt face. Minute gas leakage around the primers will cause pitting on the bolt face if not cleaned up.
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