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belted magnums good bad or just ugly?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1725426" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>Some ask Why you would buy a belted cartridge and size it using the shoulder, why not just buy a shouldered cartridge. Good question: the belted design was invented for safety when hunting dangerous game. The belted cases are head spaced off the belt and the case body and shoulder are much smaller than the chamber to allow cambering in a dirty chamber.</p><p></p><p>If you took a shouldered case and over sized it moving the shoulder back to belted dimensions the head space would be dangerously excessive. the belt controls head space and doesn't worry about case stretch. Shouldered cases/cartridges use the shoulder to set the head space preventing case stretch that can lead to case head separation. the downside to these cartridges is that if there is any foreign object in the chamber they will normally not chamber and with dangerous game, this could be a problem.</p><p></p><p>The beauty of the belted case it can be loaded and used for both kinds of hunting by simply changing the way you size them. Full size for dangerous game and size only enough to chamber to use the shoulder for head space for non dangerous game and also extend the case life.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1725426, member: 2736"] Some ask Why you would buy a belted cartridge and size it using the shoulder, why not just buy a shouldered cartridge. Good question: the belted design was invented for safety when hunting dangerous game. The belted cases are head spaced off the belt and the case body and shoulder are much smaller than the chamber to allow cambering in a dirty chamber. If you took a shouldered case and over sized it moving the shoulder back to belted dimensions the head space would be dangerously excessive. the belt controls head space and doesn't worry about case stretch. Shouldered cases/cartridges use the shoulder to set the head space preventing case stretch that can lead to case head separation. the downside to these cartridges is that if there is any foreign object in the chamber they will normally not chamber and with dangerous game, this could be a problem. The beauty of the belted case it can be loaded and used for both kinds of hunting by simply changing the way you size them. Full size for dangerous game and size only enough to chamber to use the shoulder for head space for non dangerous game and also extend the case life. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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