Quote Originally Posted by Daan Kemp View Post
IIRC the first one was to pull the belt tight and get the pawl/extractor thingy to get hold of the first cartridge, the second was to chamber said cartridge while pawl/extractor thingy grabbed hold of the next cartridge. Or words to that effect.
That is correct...the original belts used a pull tab. We used the disintegrating belts after about 1970.