Originally Posted by BayouRover
What is it about a belt on a cartridge case that seems to scare so many people?

Reload using the case shoulder to head space from on a belted case and the belt becomes invisible for all practical purposes.

I load for and shoot both a 264 Winchester Magnum and a 6.5x55 Swede. Neither case is scarier than the other.


My beef isn't with the belt per se, but rather the often huge amount of slop in the fit of new belted brass to the chamber.