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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1564008" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>Not necessarily bad but definitely unnecessary. Keeping the head space "just so" in order to keep case stretching to a minimum, is a lot trickier with the belt than it is with a case that is without the belt. With the belt, there is the probability that the case is going to stretch some no matter how careful you are. At least this is what happens to me with the .338. I only size the case as much as necessary to get it back in the chamber without any bolt drag yet my cases usually only get 5 - 7 loadings before the dreaded head seperations begin to show. I've got cases from my buddies 300 RUM that have been loaded 15 times and will still be used when we start load development on some lighter bullets for his wife and kids to use for an upcoming deer hunt out west. I put a nick with the Dremel wheel in the rim each time it gets reloaded and some of his cases look like a beaver's been chewing on them! They don't all last that long but when they die it's usually from neck cracks. Head seperation can be a bit difficult to spot sometimes and pulling the bolt back and ejecting just a case head would be a hunters nightmare! Which is why I hunt with new cases only. </p><p>Cheers, </p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1564008, member: 78056"] Not necessarily bad but definitely unnecessary. Keeping the head space "just so" in order to keep case stretching to a minimum, is a lot trickier with the belt than it is with a case that is without the belt. With the belt, there is the probability that the case is going to stretch some no matter how careful you are. At least this is what happens to me with the .338. I only size the case as much as necessary to get it back in the chamber without any bolt drag yet my cases usually only get 5 - 7 loadings before the dreaded head seperations begin to show. I've got cases from my buddies 300 RUM that have been loaded 15 times and will still be used when we start load development on some lighter bullets for his wife and kids to use for an upcoming deer hunt out west. I put a nick with the Dremel wheel in the rim each time it gets reloaded and some of his cases look like a beaver's been chewing on them! They don't all last that long but when they die it's usually from neck cracks. Head seperation can be a bit difficult to spot sometimes and pulling the bolt back and ejecting just a case head would be a hunters nightmare! Which is why I hunt with new cases only. Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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