Split necks

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Split necks

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I recently had my 1892 Berthier carbine at the range. I was using Prvi cases. These had been loaded and fired once without a problem and then reloaded again. Out of the fifteen I fired, ten of them split the necks. I am a bit reluctant to fire the other thirty five in the box. What to do? Pull the rounds, fire the primer and anneal the case mouth? I want more than two loads from these cases. Anyone else had this happen on nearly new cases? The rifle has the N stamp for the upgraded chamber. I might just put it at the back of the cabinet and shoot something else.
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Re: Split necks

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I anneal all new cases before using them. Since this is expensive brass, I would pull them and anneal them.
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I would anneal the remainder and then neck size in future.

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Re: Split necks

#4 Post by bradaz11 »

why do you need to fire the primer? just pop it out with the decapper

never mind... berdan primers innit
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#5 Post by PeterN »

No, these are boxer primed Prvi cases. I have decapped live primers but only the odd one, not this many.
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#6 Post by bradaz11 »

ah boxer, then yeah, decap away!!
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