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Belted Magnums--Headspace on Shoulder or Belt?
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<blockquote data-quote="boomtube" data-source="post: 409843" data-attributes="member: 9215"><p>"The original idea behind the belt was for head space."</p><p> </p><p>7, you're correct of course. It started with long, slender H&H magnums which had very slight shoulders that needed help to chamber and not be driven too far forward by the pin strike and primer concussion. The belt was simply a variation of a rimmed case and it worked well enough. In many peoples minds the belt soon became the meaning of "magnum" but that really wasn't true, as proven in more recent years by beltless magnums. </p><p> </p><p>Most rifle magnums were and remain remain bottle neck cases. A competent handloader will avoid setting the shoulders back any more than is absolutely neccessary in order to avoid potentially dangerous head seperations.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="boomtube, post: 409843, member: 9215"] "The original idea behind the belt was for head space." 7, you're correct of course. It started with long, slender H&H magnums which had very slight shoulders that needed help to chamber and not be driven too far forward by the pin strike and primer concussion. The belt was simply a variation of a rimmed case and it worked well enough. In many peoples minds the belt soon became the meaning of "magnum" but that really wasn't true, as proven in more recent years by beltless magnums. Most rifle magnums were and remain remain bottle neck cases. A competent handloader will avoid setting the shoulders back any more than is absolutely neccessary in order to avoid potentially dangerous head seperations. [/QUOTE]
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