22LR, play on words, you say the 200 cases have corrosive primers, does that mean the primers are live, not fired? I have 500 8X57 cases that have live primers, I wanted the powder and bullets, I did not want the primers, I formed 8X57 cases from 30/06, corrosive ammo at $4.70 per 70 rounds, from .01 to .08 cents each for 30/06 cases and $15.00 for a forming/trim die plus time made the effort worth while. I have not considered using the Berdan primed cases, all are like new inside and out, this speaks well of the way the ammo was made and stored.
I thought about loading Berdan cases, the Ol' Western Scrounger talked me out of it, he said he would sell me the primers at about the same price as bullets, 15 cents each, I also considered making two different type swaging type tool to reduce the diameter of the primer pocket, I got over it, I purchased case forming dies instead.
F. Guffey