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Since the beginning of the 21st century, there has been an ever growing trend toward designing beltless magnum cartridges, virtually all of which are heavily shouldered designs that obviate the original motivation for a belt. The last belted magnum to be introduced in the market was
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certain more powerful cartridges. Non-shouldered (non-"bottlenecked") magnum rifle cartridges especially could be pushed too far into the chamber and thus cause
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