'25-20 Marlin" Headstamp.

DaveF

March 04, 2010 17:18

I was looking through some old loose W.R.A.Co.25-20 ammo I have and noticed that some of them are headstamped 25-20 Marlin. The brass seems dimensionally the same as the 25-20 WCF except that the Marlin rims are bevelled.
I figure that this headstamp isn't worth any more than a WCF one, but is there any rarity attached to it in this day and age, or any collector interest?
Thanks, DaveF.

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  Tailgunner1954

  March 04, 2010 18:11

  Slight premium over the Win stuff, maybe a a couple bucks more.
  The Marlin while the same case, is a slightly different loading (IIRC the bullet weight is different).
  Back than the different makers hated to put another companies name on the barrel.

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  rwfixem

  March 04, 2010 18:15

  For a span there, Winchester and Marlin had similar cartridges. Win 25-35; marlin 25-36 etc. As I understand some of these were not interchangeable. There is always a collector for old cartridges.

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