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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Dec 7^th, 2012 at 10:17pm	Print Post
	Gentlemen, I bought a buy it now Berdan de- and re- capper off of Evil-Bay. I have not seen anything like it, but you folks have much more experience than I do. I appears to fit the 40/50 Sharps Straight. Ric


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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #1 - Dec 8^th, 2012 at 12:39pm	Print Post
	Here is a picture of the primer puller mechanism, minus the spike.


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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #2 - Dec 9^th, 2012 at 11:45am	Print Post
	Here is the back of the primer punch and adjustment.


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2238 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #3 - Dec 9^th, 2012 at 11:14pm	Print Post
	Ric, Interesting tool, looks like it would work well. Wish I was smart enough to comment. Makes me appreciate Boxer primers. Good pictures. Chuck


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shovel80 Oldtimer Offline Posts: 896 Location: Sonora,CA Joined: Jun 6^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #4 - Dec 9^th, 2012 at 11:25pm	Print Post
	I don't understand how it works... Terry

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Schutzenbob Frequent Elocutionist Offline Rheinisch-Westfälisc hen Sprengstoff-Fabriken Posts: 2060 Location: Nightingale, California Joined: Oct 24^th, 2005	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #5 - Dec 10^th, 2012 at 12:07am	Print Post
	I think it's missing the sharpened point. There should be a beveled point that digs into the fired primer, then you grab the case and just pull it down, that pulls out the old primer. I've had tools similar to that one, but for shotgun shells. I think you can easily make a new point for it, the little set screw holds it in.


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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #6 - Dec 10^th, 2012 at 11:30am	Print Post
	Yes, it is missing the spike in picture two. The Berdan primers were very thin copper, like a musket cap, so were easy to pull out. SB is right, I will make a new spike, but it is 20 degrees in the shop this morning, so will wait till it warms up a little. Ric


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Green_Frog Frequent Elocutionist Offline "It ain't easy being green" ASSRA Life #281 Posts: 4067 Location: Lynchburg, VA Joined: Apr 18^th, 2004	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #7 - Dec 18^th, 2012 at 8:28am	Print Post
	RicinYakima wrote on Dec 10^th, 2012 at 11:30am: Yes, it is missing the spike in picture two. The Berdan primers were very thin copper, like a musket cap, so were easy to pull out. SB is right, I will make a new spike, but it is 20 degrees in the shop this morning, so will wait till it warms up a little. Ric Ric, You've gotta move to a warmer clime... get away from all that cold stuff. If you come over to the Right Coast and move a little farther South, we could be neighbors and do more mould swappin' and lie tellin' and... Keep us posted on that re&de... it looks like an interesting one. Your Phriend the 'Phib


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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #8 - Dec 18^th, 2012 at 8:41am	Print Post
	Having grown up in the WV,KY and OH area, I would consider moving back there if: you killed all the 'skeeters, ticks, flys and cockroaches; air conditioned it all in the summer to get the humidity level down to a reasonable 15%; and killed off all of that green stuff outside! Merry Christmas, Ric


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dick_eesley Ex Member	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #9 - Dec 18^th, 2012 at 12:05pm	Print Post
	ricinjakima re decapper will send to dick chamberlain (author Early Loading Tools) and ask his opinion he is not on the forum dick eesley


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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #10 - Dec 18^th, 2012 at 8:59pm	Print Post
	Dick, Thank you! Ric


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dick_eesley Ex Member	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #11 - Dec 27^th, 2012 at 4:39pm	Print Post
	My friend, Dick Chamberlain, author of "Early American Loading Tools, believes it is good quality and prob ably European the test would be check the threads so see if they are metric. dick eesley treasurer, ASSRA


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RicinYakima Participating Member Offline Posts: 17 Location: The High Desert Steppes Joined: Dec 17^th, 2011	Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper Reply #12 - Dec 27^th, 2012 at 7:58pm	Print Post
	Thank you for checking! The thread pitch is 32 tpi (according to my old Miller Falls gauge), but it is not 60 degree thread, nor 55 degree metric threads, but appear to be about 45/50 degrees. By the way, the maximum base diameter would be 0.481" and maximum rim diameter is 0.525". Ric


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