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Offline Oregon Bill

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Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« on: June 25, 2013, 04:40:41 PM »
I'm wanting to order a canvas cartridge belt from Stan at Wolf Ears in Laramie to hold some .45-75 rounds, but I am guessing nobody really makes a belt with loops formed for a bottlenecked case. So I figure I'll just order a belt that would hold .50-70 cases and I should be good to go. Don't want leather because of the verdigris issue.
What do the rest of the pards use for the short, stubby bottleneck rifle rounds?

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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2013, 05:18:31 PM »
One way to do it is to have a second, narrower row of tighter loops below the upper loop that fits the base of the cartridge.
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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2013, 05:30:16 PM »
Trail Rider:

I made my own.  Got two chunks of canvas and glued them together and made the loops by putting a case in and sewing it and moving onto the next until I got as many as i wanted.  The buckle set up is leather and is rivited on. The shells, by the way, are of a slight bottleneck variety in 40-82 caliber.  I got somewhere like 30-40 rounds in this setup.  Maybe this will help or not but that is the way i did it. You can fancy it up by sewing strips of leather along both edges too.  This is a labor intensive project but it helps when watching TV or something.
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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2013, 06:13:49 PM »
This past wk. I used a canvas cartridge belt to hold my 40-60 wcf ,during my hog hunt. The fit was originaly for a 45-70 gov. but the 40-60 fit just fine. I did loose one catridge somehow. Boy I cant stand to do that . Thought about sewing a canvas flap over the catridges to stop them from falling out when I take the belt on and off. Got any Idea's. ....Dusty

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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2013, 08:20:32 AM »
Oregon Bill I am in the same boat as you.  New 45-75 purchased back in February of this year.  I have been looking at canvas belts as well with exact thoughts for the .50 base.  I found this at the place I purchased the rifle from: 

http://www.dixiegunworks.com/product_info.php?cPath=22_97&products_id=3982

I haven't seen the belt in person but reading the description is sounds similar to the product you had been looking at too.  I will be watching this thread to see what other recommendations the good folks here send up.  Wish you the best in your search as well.

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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2013, 08:38:42 AM »
This morning I tried some 45-75 wcf and 50-95 wcf in the same Canvas cat. belt I spoke of ,that I use for 45-70 gov. and 40-60 wcf. The 45-75 & 50-95 ,fit into the loops even better. But I'm still gonna add a canvas flap over the case head's and sew in some leather tie down's . Hope thie info about the case  fit helps. .....Dusty

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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2013, 09:47:24 AM »
Dusty, good to know. Pinto, here is one of Stan's Wolf Ears belts as sold by Buffalo Arms:
http://www.buffaloarms.com/Detail.aspx?PROD=164682&CAT=3876

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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #7 on: June 28, 2013, 01:40:22 AM »
I use that canvas belt from BA. Works quite well, but has taken some time for the .50 loops to break in as initially it was quite a tight fit. Good quality belt, although I remodeled it a bit into more of an old time prairie belt and put suspenders on it to take the weight along with a knife belt inside the way the Indian Wars troopers did it.

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Re: Cartridge belts for bottlenecks
« Reply #8 on: June 28, 2013, 06:19:32 PM »
If anyone is interested, I make original style leather belts for each of the 1876 calibers.  These belts (#19A) can be ordered with as many cartridge loops as you want, depending on your waist size.  I also make a bandoleer of the style used by the NWMP.  This item is not pictured on my web site.  www.oldwestreproductions.com

 

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