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cartridge belt

[′kär·trij ‚belt]
(ordnance)
An ammunition belt with loops or pockets for carrying cartridges or clips of cartridges.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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One of the items of equipment that has always fascinated me is the commonly used cartridge belt known as the Fair Weather Christian Belt or a prairie belt.
An Indian teethed shooting arrow would hardly have the chance to become skilled with a Colt if he came by it, and a half-empty cartridge belt, in battle.
His knowledge of World War II equipment is amazing and so is his determination to search out rare items such as a Japanese soldier's 3-pouch leather cartridge belt and then have it reproduced in detail.
The PKM is fed from a non-disintegrating cartridge belt advanced by a push lever mechanism located on the right side of the receiver.
The collection includes a range of books on the Wild West, American Civil War and the personalities involved, gun holsters a cartridge belt, powder flask, 15 marshal and sheriff badges, reproduction Wanted posters for famous outlaws such as Billy the Kid and Butch Cassidy, and a reproduction photograph of Harry Longabaugh ( alias the Sundance Kid.
Wearing a green shooting jacket and flat cap to keep out the icy cold, he also had a cartridge belt around his waist.
Officials of the 10th Regional Coast Guard Headquarters said the remains, which were of a male, were recovered from the seabed, adding the coast guard also seized a gun, cartridges, a cartridge belt and a magazine near the wreckage of the ship.
Another excellent belt for women is the Money Cartridge Belt from Old West Reproductions.
I dropped my cartridge belt into the wet sand and shotgun cartridges, when damp or wet, swell and the case can split, which is dangerous.
He also had a .22 rifle with 377 bullets, two loaded magazines and a cartridge belt with 35 rounds of 12-bore ammo.
As it applies to your cartridge belt, it's simply a chemical reaction of the tanned leather to the brass of the cartridges.
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