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Dselman
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25-21 brass
Oct 18th, 2024 at 7:12am
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I recently bought some 25-21 Stevens brass for a super good deal with the intention on shooting it.   However after receiving them I realized it was a full box of factory original Winchester primed brass.   I was wondering if any body could put a rough price on them and also age.   I never could get the camera to focus on it but the headstamp is WRA co.
  
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Re: 25-21 brass
Reply #1 - Oct 18th, 2024 at 3:25pm
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Rough guess based on the attached $125.00
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Re: 25-21 brass
Reply #2 - Oct 24th, 2024 at 3:56pm
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I'm a cartridge collector, but also a shooter of the old stuff.  The box in the Ward's Auction link (a good site) was for a SEALED box of 25-25 loaded cartridges.  SEALED boxes bring a big premium.  Boxes of 25-25 cartridges are much rarer than boxes of 25-21 New Primed Empties (NPEs).  Also, the tape on the box will drive down the collector value.

That said, how much would someone pay for a box of 25-21 NPEs?  $100?  They ain't makin' them anymore. 

Shuey's WRACo book says they never made many boxes between 1905 and 1915.  They dropped the odd stuff tooling up for WW1.  There is a date on the label.  That tells you when the label was approved.
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Re: 25-21 brass
Reply #3 - Nov 13th, 2024 at 6:29pm
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Why would the "tape" on the box lower the value? That's a factory label Winchester used to designate it as primed brass vs. loaded ammo that used the same box. It's exactly as it would be when it left Winchester, and correct.

That box of primed brass should date to pre WWI era.
  

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Re: 25-21 brass
Reply #4 - Nov 14th, 2024 at 7:05am
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Repairs of any kind to an original vintage box drops its value. A lot of times past collectors thought they were helping to preserve an original label by taping over it. Some times you'll see v dark edges where someone repaired a split seam using glue. These were all done trying to help preserve the box and label, but to serious collectors it hurts its value.

I once bought two boxes of .22 bullets marked Niedner on the label. They were both unopened and I wanted them to go with a rifle I owned. When I got them, there was packing tape around each box. The seller thought he was helping me by adding a little strength to the boxes so they didn't tear open in shipping. I tried to resell them and barely got a quarter of what I paid.
  
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