Just an FYI to anyone who wants to get into reloading military brass:

Lots of military brass is BERDAN primed, not BOXER primed.

This is important because most commercial reloading equipment used in the US is setup to deal with BOXER primed brass.Also BERDAN primers are a different part than BOXER primers and the two are not interchangeable.

I'm not saying you can't reload BERDAN primed brass, just that the average handloader does not have the right equipment.

The difference is that BOXER primed brass has a single flash hole, centered in the primer pocket. The deprime pin in the sizing die pushes the spent primer out through this flash hole.

BERDAN primed brass has two, smaller flash holes to the sides of the primer pocket. Try to put BERDAN primed brass in a Boxer-setup press and you will snap off your depriming pin.

There are special Berdan decappers and equipment, but if you are not setup for Berdan, you will very quickly be unhappy with your Berdan primed brass!

Generally, most South African battlepack .308 ammo is Berdan primed. If you are unfamiliar with the specific headstamps of the brass you are interested in buying, it is to your benefit to investigate which priming system the brass uses BEFORE you spend money or bid on brass you might not be able to use.

All of us who shoot .308 caliber rifles understand the pain of finding good ammo and components right now and we are all looking for deals. Please, be aware of why some people might be selling things at a "bargain" price!

Again, I'm not saying you can't reload Berdan primed brass- just that if you do not know the difference you could have an expensive mistake.