The Ultimate Dry Fire Exercise?

[Sourdough]

I’ve got a 150+ Kynoch Cordite Berdan .475 No 2 rounds of ammo. Tomorrow I’ll pull all the bullets to reuse in new Bertram shells.

Not sure what I’ll do with cordite, probably just burn it, but the shells with the primers- what a cool way to do dry fire exercises. More fun then snap caps that’s for sure.

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

I’ve got a 150+ Kynoch Cordite Berdan .475 No 2 rounds of ammo. Tomorrow I’ll pull all the bullets to reuse in new Bertram shells.

Not sure what I’ll do with cordite, probably just burn it, but the shells with the primers- what a cool way to do dry fire exercises. More fun then snap caps that’s for sure.

Would this be corrosive in anyway though? I hear alot of those old primers were corrosive

 

[Sourdough]

Would this be corrosive in anyway though? I hear alot of those old primers were corrosive

Yea a little bit. But if I cleaned the barrels right after with hot soapy water all will be fine.

We pulled the Kynoch bullets yesterday, they came out perfect, and ended up with a huge bag full of cordite.

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

Yea a little bit. But if I cleaned the barrels right after with hot soapy water all will be fine.

We pulled the Kynoch bullets yesterday, they came out perfect, and ended up with a huge bag full of cordite.

Just throw the barrels in the dishwasher haha

 

[norfolk shooter]

Yea a little bit. But if I cleaned the barrels right after with hot soapy water all will be fine.

We pulled the Kynoch bullets yesterday, they came out perfect, and ended up with a huge bag full of cordite.

The huge bag of black spaghetti needs a pic posting. Plus getting rid of it is going to be fun

 

[zephyr]

gotta a burn pile with about 2 feet of snow in it if you would like to provide an accelerant

 

[Sourdough]

So I ended up filling a one-gallon ziplock bag with cordite and had almost a quart left over. I gave the big bag to my friend but brought the rest home for my fiancé to play with.

 

[SaintPanzer]

Just throw the barrels in the dishwasher haha

OK, full disclosure: I've done this.

In this case, I'd put the receiver in as well... But that barrel? You need to punch it, too. The soapy water doesn't always make it all the way down the bore. But the outside will be clean!

 

[spike.t]

So I ended up filling a one-gallon ziplock bag with cordite and had almost a quart left over. I gave the big bag to my friend but brought the rest home for my fiancé to play with.

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So how she going to cook it for you...with bolognaise or arrabiata sauce?......

 

[Sourdough]

@Aussie_Hunter just one flaw to your plan, I don’t have a dishwasher. ;-)

 

[Troubleshooter]

Sourdough: I've seen decapping tools for Berdan cases, but have never met anyone who actually reloads them. As a suggestion, you might want to save a few of those old Kynoch cases, and perhaps a pulled bullet or two. Reload one of the (de-primed) cases with its bullet and use it for display on a cartridge board.

Something else that I've done is cut the case head off and use it to make a one-of-a-kind money clip. You could also use them for cuff-links, depending on how often you wear French cuffs these days. But a money clip gets used a lot, and I can pretty well guarantee that you will be the only one in your circle of friends who has one in .475 No. 2 and a Kynoch headstamp.

Just be sure to give the case a good scrubbing (inside and out) with hot soapy water and some Ballistol in order to counter the effects of the corrosive primers.

 

[Inline6]

You can drive the primer out by filling the case with water. Used a wooden dowel close to the neck size, make sure the case head is supported and the primer has a place to exit. Hit the wooden dowel with a hammer and the primer will pop out.

Sort of like removing a pilot bearing from a crankshaft with grease or wet TP.

Side note, if you do cut any case heads. Please make sure the primer is dead. Primers as small as they are have a lot of power in them.

 

[Sourdough]

@Troubleshooter Good ideas, thanks.

@Inline6 I wondered how I could get the primers out safely, thanks.

 

[Troubleshooter]

Sourdough:
Here's an example of the money clip that I had made from one of my old cases.

There are jewelers who will make much fancier ones from sterling silver, etc. but I never could understand the desire to own a money clip that costs more than the money it holds.

 

[steve white]

The berdan primer pockets don't have a central flash hole do they? Will you drill one or use a decayer pin to punch through?

 

[Troubleshooter]

The berdan primer pockets don't have a central flash hole do they? Will you drill one or use a decayer pin to punch through?

The Berdan decapping tools that I've seen have two punches which align with the corresponding flash holes in the case head. But I like Inline6's idea too.

 

[steve white]

I meant, in order to fire a regular primer with a central flash hole, will you have to create one?