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Belted magnum

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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 Weatherby's
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cartridge, so over time the belt became something of a standardized attribute, expected as part of a "magnum" cartridge. Many cartridge designs of the last century include this belt, but do not really require it.
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refers to any cartridge, but generally a rifle cartridge, with a shell casing that has a pronounced "belt" around its base that continues 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) past the
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of the gun when fired with excessive headspace. The addition of the belt to the casing prevented over-insertion, while allowing smoother feeding from a box magazine compared to a
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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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Nevertheless, the most popular magnum cartridge remain those with a belted case, such as the
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Many subsequent cartridges of "magnum" nomenclature were based on the original
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Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
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Three belted magnum cartridge, sharing the same parent case.
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general notability guideline
reliable secondary sources
independent
merged
redirected
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"Belted magnum"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
extractor groove
Holland & Holland
headspacing
catastrophic failure
rimmed cartridge
.458 Winchester Magnum
.375 H&H Magnum
6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum
.300 Winchester Magnum
7mm Remington Magnum
.224 Weatherby Magnum
.240 Weatherby Magnum
.244 Holland & Holland Magnum
.257 Weatherby Magnum
6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum
.264 Winchester Magnum

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