Redsetter wrote on Mar 2
nd, 2017 at 9:29am:
frnkeore wrote on Mar 2
nd, 2017 at 3:21am:
This could be so, as Marlin introduce their 1889 before Win's 1892. A Marlin Catalog could tell the story.
Frank
Though I wouldn't put it past WRA to claim bragging rights for a cartridge developed by Marlin, Barns puts the introduction date at '93 OR '95. In a WRA catalog dated Feb. '93, it is not yet listed.
It shows up in the Aug 1895 WRA catalog No.55, and when you go from the 1892 Rifle section to the ammunition section of that catalog, you see the 25-20 Winchester Model 1892 cartrige, AND the 25-20 Marlin cartridge listed.
Now you get to ask yourself if they were the same cartridge with a different name only because they were loaded with different bullet shapes, like with the 32 S&W Long / 32 Colt New Police cartridges, and the 38 S&W and 38 Colt New Police cartridges, etc, or not.
The Ideal handbooks show moulds for calibers having Winchester shaped bullet noses and Marlin shaped bullet noses.
WRA loaded the 32-20 Win with a 115gr bullet, while the 32-20 Marlin was shown using a 100gr bullet.
People had their own particular preferences and notions back then too.