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The Truth About Reloading Belted Cartridges
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<blockquote data-quote="Engineering101" data-source="post: 1043607" data-attributes="member: 63138"><p>I've loaded for 7mm Rem Mag, 300 Win Mag, 338 Win Mag and truth be told the belt doesn't seem to be a big deal. It is about like loading non belted stuff. Whatever you do to that will work on belted cases. I prefer the modern cartridges that head space off the shoulder (and typically operate at higher pressure) but the belted stuff works. I have seen a buddies rifle (7mm Rem Mag) that you can barely close the bolt on factory ammo. He says it is setup for min headspace. That is more of an issue with a belted case because the belt won't give like a shoulder will.</p><p> </p><p>I've also heard that belted cases don't feed as well as non belted cases but I've never had such a problem. It probably depends more on the design of the rifle than the case.</p><p> </p><p>Having said all that, I'm looking to do a build of the new 28 Nosler. I have a 26 Nosler and I really like the case. It is plenty tough and rated for 65,000 PSI. The 26 is a bit high strung and thus touchy to load for but the 7mm version should be really nice. I figure you'll get 7mm RUM performance with a bit less powder. The downside of that case is that it is new and expensive as hell for the brass. It is so expensive that it is just sitting on the shelf at my local shop so no problem getting it. The weird thing is you can buy loaded 26 Nosler ammo for about the same price as the empty brass!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Engineering101, post: 1043607, member: 63138"] I've loaded for 7mm Rem Mag, 300 Win Mag, 338 Win Mag and truth be told the belt doesn't seem to be a big deal. It is about like loading non belted stuff. Whatever you do to that will work on belted cases. I prefer the modern cartridges that head space off the shoulder (and typically operate at higher pressure) but the belted stuff works. I have seen a buddies rifle (7mm Rem Mag) that you can barely close the bolt on factory ammo. He says it is setup for min headspace. That is more of an issue with a belted case because the belt won't give like a shoulder will. I've also heard that belted cases don't feed as well as non belted cases but I've never had such a problem. It probably depends more on the design of the rifle than the case. Having said all that, I'm looking to do a build of the new 28 Nosler. I have a 26 Nosler and I really like the case. It is plenty tough and rated for 65,000 PSI. The 26 is a bit high strung and thus touchy to load for but the 7mm version should be really nice. I figure you'll get 7mm RUM performance with a bit less powder. The downside of that case is that it is new and expensive as hell for the brass. It is so expensive that it is just sitting on the shelf at my local shop so no problem getting it. The weird thing is you can buy loaded 26 Nosler ammo for about the same price as the empty brass! [/QUOTE]
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