Reloading for 7.5x55 Swiss

[psteinmayer]

I purchase 500 Berdan primers on Gunbroker, so I'll load enough for a couple matches. Elsewhere, Parashooter has provided me (on another forum) some really great instructions for converting that GP-11 to Boxer... so that is what I'll likely do in the end!

Now to get busy loading...

[NuJudge]

Once it gets warm, if that ever happens, send me your brass and I will hydraulically deprime them with a nifty tool I have.

I will PM you as I am in the neighborhood.

[psteinmayer]

Thanks so very much NuJudge. PM read and responded.

[psteinmayer]

Just to let all know, I secured a small supply of Berdan primers about a month ago... so I reloaded 50 of the GP-11 cases with the Berdan primers. My load consisted of 168 gr Nosler HPBT match bullets over 40.0 grains of H4895. I shot these in a CMP match yesterday (only the second time I've shot this rifle), and wound up just short of a medal - 97-3X Slow, 92-1X Rapid, and 70-1X Offhand, for a total 259-5X. I attribute the low Offhand to my being terribly unsteady. The bottom line is - even though it is a little more trouble to decap, it's really not a big deal to re-prime, and the rest of the loading process is the same... so for now, I'm going to continue loading these as is. I am thrilled with the results!!!

Now to find another good supply of the Berdan Primers...