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Yesterday, myself and a friend went on a day out to visit a couple of gun shops. We gave the first one a bit of business, buying 5000 .22LR for the club, a tub of N140 and 400 bullets for me and my friend bought a set of electronic ear muffs and 400 Palma Match bullets. We then had a pub lunch. We went to the second shop and I bought 1000 S&B small rifle primers and a box of Sierra 160 grain 6.5mm bullets. My friend bought some 6.5mm bullets. We were about to leave when I asked if he had any Berdan primers. He had a quick think and then rummaged around his shelf behind the counter where his primers were. He brought out a plastic bag with 1750 RWS 5620 large rifle Berdan primers. He had forgotten he had them and had a bit of trouble trying to find them on his computer system. He ended up charging me about the same as the S&B primers, £50 per thousand. I bought them all as I thought I might not see any more. The RWS are a bit shallower than the No.81 being 0.1 high as opposed to 0.112. I have looked on the internet and see people are using RWS 5620 for reloading the 7.5 Swiss. The RWS web site says they are suitable for 6.5 to 9.3. I would be interested if anyone has used these primers for reloading and in what calibres.
We did our bit to support the shooting and catering industries. Regards
Peter.