I traded for an old unaltered 1895 Chilean Mauser, overall it's in excellent shape for a gun that's 100+ yrs old. Knowing how expensive factory ammo is I bought some dies and the owner threw in a big box of mixed brass he had for it. The brass was all mixed brands some head-stamped 7mm Mauser, some with just random numbers that looked like old military rounds, and some 6mm Remington plus .257 Roberts brass (they both use the 7x57mm as a parent case). The brass was mixed some fired, some sized and deprimed, and some with fresh primers. I'm a bit paranoid trusting someone else's handiwork for reloads, even if he seemed competent; and I picked out all the brass stamped 7x57mm which turned out to be primed. Is there any easy way to deprime live brass safely or just run it through the gun and snap the primers? I ask because with the pandemic closing everything, I live in an apartment and can't get anywhere that popping off rounds wouldn't aggravate the neighbors/get the cops called. I'm only planning mild loads as it is an old gun nothing barn burning. I also bought 3 boxes of factory ammo to use as my own for handloads too.
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