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belted magnums good bad or just ugly?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1727145" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>[QUOTE="The belts are useless antiques, simply unnecessary today. </p><p></p><p>If I were going hunting dangerous game, I would not consider anything but a belted case because of the designed safety it possesses. Before the belt was designed and used. many PH's sized more than necessary to improve the chances that they would chamber better under field conditions and always checked each round to see if it would chamber before they went hunting. This practice still did not assure 100% reliability, so many PH's preferred the double rifles so they knew that they had at least 2 shots with the chance that with the firing and extraction of the first rounds the chamber would except the manually load next rounds. The advent of the bolt action rifle only increased the need for the belt because they only held one round in the chamber and the second shot was iffy. </p><p></p><p>I have had shouldered cases fail to chamber after the first shot because of un burnt powder fouling from the first shot when loads were sized to a minimum to improve case life, but other than frustration I was not in any danger from a crazed deer or Coyote.</p><p></p><p>The belts eliminated this problem by sizing the case body much smaller than the chamber allowing the round to chamber in a dirty or powder fouled chamber and maintaining the proper head space for safety. Brass life was never an issue as long as you didn't end up that red stuff between the Elephants toes. Belts were always a good idea and still are for some types of hunting. They are hear to stay.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1727145, member: 2736"] [QUOTE="The belts are useless antiques, simply unnecessary today. If I were going hunting dangerous game, I would not consider anything but a belted case because of the designed safety it possesses. Before the belt was designed and used. many PH's sized more than necessary to improve the chances that they would chamber better under field conditions and always checked each round to see if it would chamber before they went hunting. This practice still did not assure 100% reliability, so many PH's preferred the double rifles so they knew that they had at least 2 shots with the chance that with the firing and extraction of the first rounds the chamber would except the manually load next rounds. The advent of the bolt action rifle only increased the need for the belt because they only held one round in the chamber and the second shot was iffy. I have had shouldered cases fail to chamber after the first shot because of un burnt powder fouling from the first shot when loads were sized to a minimum to improve case life, but other than frustration I was not in any danger from a crazed deer or Coyote. The belts eliminated this problem by sizing the case body much smaller than the chamber allowing the round to chamber in a dirty or powder fouled chamber and maintaining the proper head space for safety. Brass life was never an issue as long as you didn't end up that red stuff between the Elephants toes. Belts were always a good idea and still are for some types of hunting. They are hear to stay. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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