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Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper
Dec 7th, 2012 at 10:17pm
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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.

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Reply #1 - Dec 8th, 2012 at 12:39pm
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Here is a picture of the primer puller mechanism, minus the spike.
  
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Reply #2 - Dec 9th, 2012 at 11:45am
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Here is the back of the primer punch and adjustment.
  
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Reply #3 - Dec 9th, 2012 at 11:14pm
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Ric,
Interesting tool, looks like it would work well.  Wish I was smart enough to comment. Makes me appreciate Boxer primers. Good pictures.
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Reply #4 - Dec 9th, 2012 at 11:25pm
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I don't understand how it works...

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Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper
Reply #5 - Dec 10th, 2012 at 12:07am
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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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Reply #6 - Dec 10th, 2012 at 11:30am
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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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Re: Unknown, to me, SS re-de-capper
Reply #7 - Dec 18th, 2012 at 8:28am
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RicinYakima wrote on Dec 10th, 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  Smiley
  
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Reply #8 - Dec 18th, 2012 at 8:41am
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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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Reply #9 - Dec 18th, 2012 at 12:05pm
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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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Reply #10 - Dec 18th, 2012 at 8:59pm
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Dick, Thank you! Ric
  
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Reply #11 - Dec 27th, 2012 at 4:39pm
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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.
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Reply #12 - Dec 27th, 2012 at 7:58pm
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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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