I took a whack at making a cartridge belt...

[juniustaylor]

I think it turned out pretty good. I did get a bit carried away when I made the slits for the strip of leather to weave in and out to form the loops. However, I made it so there are 3 slits on each side, so now it's just decoration. I decided to go two-tone to mix things up a bit . I think it will serve me well. I could have bought one for the price I made this for, but where's the fun in that? It'll hold 27 cartridges... was supposed to have been 30.

Junius

Front


Back


.30-30 Win Cartridges (The loops look blue, they're really black. Lighting wasn't good.)


Whole Belt

[papabear]

juniustaylor,

Nice work, good looking ammo belt and thanks for sharing.

[dfunk]

Well done, Junius! I've experienced the same thing before with black dye looking blue in a photo and outside in the sun. I went to Angelus dyes and dip-dye all my black parts and have never looked back.

[juniustaylor]

I have since bought a new strip of leather for the loops. This one is longer and I can actually have all 30 loops with .30-30 Win cartridges. There is still plenty of excess strip in case I change the loop sizes for a bigger cartridge diameter (.243 Win for example). I also finished the edge of the leather with Edge-Kote.




And, here's a slide I made for .38 spl / .357 magnum cartridges. Holds 8.

[gunneyrabbit]

Junius, I like the idea of a belt much more than a speed loader, excellent job.
G.R.