I have 2000 Tula Berdan large rifle primers that I bought from Graf's about nine years ago. I fiddled with a few Berdan cases, probably used only 20 or so, but now I have a nice little lot of 6.5 x 55mm Danish brass I want to reload.
Before anything else, I'm aware of the published dangers of the Danish ammo. I pulled all the bullets and junked them, dumped the powder on the lawn and have pulled about 20 primers before I broke the decapping pin on my RCBS Berdan tool. My fault...forgot to check the pin protrusion. I'll either call RCBS for a replacement or grind a new one from a drill bit.
Since I have a decent supply of Berdan ammo in other calibers, I went looking for Tula Berdans on the internet.........zip. I DID find references to them being banned from import by our last president, but not sure if that's fact or not. Does anyone know for sure?