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September 28, 2016
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No dog in this hunt, stumbled across it on GB if anyone is interested. I have no idea of the value–good deal, over priced??
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/886294959
Erin
April 15, 2005
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Erin,
He is asking $2 per piece… a bit on the high side, especially considering it is mixed. One thing to look out for on used 25-20 brass is whether or not it is black powder brass or smokeless powder brass, as they take different sized primers. If you look closely at the picture I have attached, the leftmost row of cartridges are black powder (larger diameter primer), while the row immediately to the right of it are smokeless powder (smaller diameter primers).
Bert
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September 28, 2016
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Bert,
I knew it was scarce brass to locate and nothing more.
Does the smokeless version uses small rifle primers? Were the black powder version a special size or would a large pistol work?
Erin
April 15, 2005
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Erin Grivicich said
Bert,I knew it was scarce brass to locate and nothing more.
Does the smokeless version uses small rifle primers? Were the black powder version a special size or would a large pistol work?
Erin
The smokeless case do use small rifle primers. I do not know what the black powder cases use, as I have avoided using them.
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March 31, 2009
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Erin Grivicich said
Bert,I knew it was scarce brass to locate and nothing more.
Does the smokeless version uses small rifle primers? Were the black powder version a special size or would a large pistol work?
Erin
Primers changed based upon manufacture date. The earliest 1893 ones were #2-1/2. In 1905 it was changed to #2. 1911 was #2-1/2 again. 1914 down to #1’s. Stayed #1 until 1929 then changed to #116. All this data is from Dan Shuey’s book. Unfortunately there are no diameter notations. I believe that the original primers were brass.
If someone wants some loaded ammo Little John’s Auction has some for sale. Contact Aiden for pricing and see if they will ship. I know that when they auction ammo they must have to ship it.
November 1, 2013
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Erin Grivicich said
I knew it was scarce brass to locate and nothing more.
This is true, but there have been runs of modern brass made, such as Bertrams & StarLine, which show up from time to time on ebay, GB, etc.
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