Berdan primed .30 carbine cases...

[Mike 53]

Decapping a mess of .30 Carbine brass i picked up recently and bent up the pin in my Lee decapper die. Out of a couple hundred LC cases, I found 18 of the Chinese "LC 52" Berdan primed cases. Supposedly the font on the headstamp and the colorless primer sealer are indicators of their fakery. All of the ones I found had RED primer sealer like that found on genuine LC cases.
Not sure how I ended up with these as i bought some online and also locally, can't say for sure which they came from.
Ordered some hardened replacement decap pins on Amazon...
Mike

 

[mac1911]

Ugh went through that with some berdan 30-06....someone must have tossed some empties in my box after a match?

 

[NavelOfficer]

Decapping a mess of .30 Carbine brass i picked up recently and bent up the pin in my Lee decapper die.

Hate when that happens!
You simply have to look inside when dealing with range pick ups. If it was all your own ammo, I can see where you'd be more casual, but you just never know, I guess. One berdan-primed case can put you out of business unless you have extra pins or decap stems.


Was that French .30-06?

 

[jpm]

You need to clean your carbine asap! That chinese stuff is corrosive.

 

[Mike 53]

You need to clean your carbine asap! That chinese stuff is corrosive.

Thanks JPM...but these weren't shot from my carbine, they were in with cases I bought online (CMP Forum)
-Mike