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Thread: Berdon Progressive Reloader

  1. 03-11-2022, 04:21 PM #1
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    Berdon Progressive Reloader

    Greetings,

    Any fellow loaders have or use a Berdon Progressive Loader? (Berdon of Hobart, WA)

    I came into a bunch of partial loaders and parts.

    Trying to decide if I should spend the time refurbishing one or two machines.

    They "look" like a Star; but, I do not think they are the same quality.

    Cheers,

    Dave
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  2. 03-15-2022, 09:49 PM #2
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    Never heard of such an animal, I'd be interested in photos.
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    https://thefiringline.com/forums/arc...p?t-85984.html

    https://starreloaders.com/forum/index.php?topic=342.15

    https://www.starmachineworks.com/

    Dave, sounds like a neat adventure to me
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  4. 03-15-2022, 10:51 PM #4
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    Hello,
    I knew Howard Risdon, he was the designer of the berdon.
    Please contact me, I will tell you what know.
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  5. 03-20-2022, 02:00 PM #5
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    I had a Berdon years ago. It was set up for 44 mag. The good part was it took standard Dies. When It ran , It ran well but when it did not . It was a nightmare. I never Figured Out why on some days it did not run well. it just was not as smooth as a Star
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  6. 03-24-2022, 07:52 PM #6
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    I thought someone had come up with a brilliant way to reload Berdan-primed cartridges on a progressive press, but with a typo.

    But no. When you wrote Berdon, you meant Berdon. Bummer.

    Good luck with your project however!
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