Anyone have any data for a 218 bee round?

Sure, have it reamed out for the 218 Mashburn Bee. Then you've got a rifle!

Bill
What kind of data? Reloading, historical, availability, utility? If you tell us what you want to know, some one will have the answer. You can use the various reloading books as a good place to start.

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If Elmer didn't say it, it probably ain't true.

what data are you looking for? loads, rifles,accuracy reports? i have been working with the bee in m43 winchester and ruger #1. finally got rid of my ruger 7722hornet and dont think i will soon be in the market for another hornet. i am very impressed with this round, i think it is making a long overdue comeback.

Go with the Ackley Bee, not the Mashburn as the neck is just too short.

I used to have a Mashburn Bee and liked it OK. Only problem I had was a lot of case casualties when I fireformed them. Anyone else experience this? Hopefully new brass today is better.

Anneal--anneal--anneal

Here is an awesome article about annealing brass: science of annealing

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Anneal--anneal--anneal

What bullet do you think you will use?

In my Ruger #1 I use 12.5gr of H110 under a 40gr VMax. 15.7gr of R-7 also works well with the same bullet.

NOt sure what you want? The Bee for all practicle purposes is a super 22 Hornet of sorts. Ammo and brass is very hard to come by and expensive as hell if you find some..There is a small company or two that makes 218 Bee Ammo, but I can't remember who they are off hand..
I personally wouldn't buy one unless it was priced at a real bargain. I would rather pay a extra $100 for a Hornet. I agree with some who suggested Improving it with a Ackley reamer, that is so little you can do it by hand, and you get near 222 velocity and case life is way better and it will prevent headspace problems that seem to occur in some actions such as the Win 53 Bolt gun, and the Win. mod 92s.

But hey, I settled on the 222 Rem long ago for varmints and even deer at under 200 yards, its just a wonderful caliber.

the old recipe from Carl Benosky, the Dad not the 10x champ from perry and 1st loser at a few bianchi matches.

The only squirrel load we used was 6 grains of red dot under a 44 grain cast bullet in mod 43 and L46. You can fill a freezer if you go 3x a week. Very quiet, but center-fires for squirrels is fading legally.

My loads are

12.5 gr. Lil'Gun under a 40 gr. Hornady Vmax---under 3/4' at 100yds.

Squirrel load 4.3 gr. Unique----any cheap 40 grainer.

M43 Winchester cheap 3x9 Simmons scope.

Hip

Gents:
I have some .218 bee fired fired brass and .218 Mashburn brass and dies. Also ammo that I have to pull the bullets to ship. PM if interested.
Cal

I payed to much for a Ruger #1 218B red pad several years ago. It has very nice wood, and is pretty accurate. It gets some PD time every spring.

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I payed to much for a Ruger #1 218B red pad several years ago. It has very nice wood, and is pretty accurate. It gets some PD time every spring.

A buddy and I both bought one 20yrs or so ago, paid six something for them, new. Nice rifles, still have them. Will be using them on squeakers the next few days.

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Originally posted by BillC1209:
Anyone have any data for a 218 bee round?

I had a Ruger No.1S. Loved it. 46 WW bulk HP's and WW680 powder. Not sure what powder you would use now.

What you load to, will depend on the action strength.

You can form the Bee from .32-20 or .25-20 brass, which seems to be a bit more available (particularly the .32-20). My experience suggests that the Bee works best with 40 or 45 grain bullets.