just finished a batch of 8mm mauser. Thanks Fellas

[jeeptim]

Well had quite the delema 300+ burdan primed 8mm mauser ammo. Click bang.. Pulled the bullets on a few put in 40gr of imr 4064 still no go then tryed a few no bullet or powder fired all I got was a lil smoke no bang. Yep all the primers are bad.
So I dug around and found 3 8mm cases. So I dug some more 19 280 REM 5 7x57 and 100 30-06 got out a tubing cutter trimmer and die set reformed, all but 3 spected out. Banged 120 bad rounds apart used the powder and bullets got some nice looking ammo. And maybe it will shoot.
But now I have 120 never fired burdan primed brass cases wonder how long I will keep them around before they go to the recycler.
Thanx for all the good info around this.

 

[Reefinmike]

Id just cycle all the pulled cases through your gun and fire off the primers and then put them in the scrap bin for future lead trades

 

[KansasSasquatch]

Cycling all those cases through a Mauser with no bullets in them just to pop the primers will be a pain in the rear. With that controlled feed action and no bullet they just don't line up so well. If you're going to do so, do yourself a favor and don't load up the magazine. Just put one into the magazine at a time. And I find it easiest if you only put about the rear 1/3 of the casings into the front of the magazine. You'll have to shimmy it around to get it to chamber.