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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 499376" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"Magnum" simply means large, as in comparison to others in it's class. The belt on rifle cartridges, as such, is not a part of that.</p><p> </p><p>The first magnum was one of the H&H line, don't remember which, .375 I think. It has a long tapered body and shoulder that demanded a rim or belt to insure firing pin impact didn't drive it too far forward and cause a hang fire. Never the less, the idea was easy to use in advertizing so when American makers started with the magnum craze with the .300 Weatherby and Winchester, they also used belted cases to take advantage of the popular concept but they also have sufficent shoulders to negate the need for a belt. A belt actually adds no particular case strength advantage at all.</p><p> </p><p>A belt actually shares the same difficulty in a bolt rifle as most rimmed cases - it eats magazine space for no purpose. That is NOT an advantage, so the more recent designs have abandoned the belt while retaining the head size. The newer fatter cases can hold more powder in a same length chamber.</p><p> </p><p>The popular old magnum rounds will survive a long time because they do good work but I doubt any new magnum rounds will be made with the pointless belts, that fad has finally passed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 499376, member: 9215"] "Magnum" simply means large, as in comparison to others in it's class. The belt on rifle cartridges, as such, is not a part of that. The first magnum was one of the H&H line, don't remember which, .375 I think. It has a long tapered body and shoulder that demanded a rim or belt to insure firing pin impact didn't drive it too far forward and cause a hang fire. Never the less, the idea was easy to use in advertizing so when American makers started with the magnum craze with the .300 Weatherby and Winchester, they also used belted cases to take advantage of the popular concept but they also have sufficent shoulders to negate the need for a belt. A belt actually adds no particular case strength advantage at all. A belt actually shares the same difficulty in a bolt rifle as most rimmed cases - it eats magazine space for no purpose. That is NOT an advantage, so the more recent designs have abandoned the belt while retaining the head size. The newer fatter cases can hold more powder in a same length chamber. The popular old magnum rounds will survive a long time because they do good work but I doubt any new magnum rounds will be made with the pointless belts, that fad has finally passed. [/QUOTE]
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