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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: jackmaster on July 16, 2012, 12:33:26 PM

Title: 218 bee
Post by: jackmaster on July 16, 2012, 12:33:26 PM: just out of curiousity, does anyone have a 218 bee reloader that they are interested in selling? my nephew got a 218 bee from his granpa but the boxes of bullets are 85 dollars a box, i was thinkn about finding him a reloader and helpn him save a buck, any help or thought would be greatly appreciated
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: Slenk on July 16, 2012, 01:02:34 PM: Midway USA has them for sale. RCBS $29.99

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/308916/rcbs-2-die-set-218-bee (http://www.midwayusa.com/product/308916/rcbs-2-die-set-218-bee)
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 16, 2012, 01:11:37 PM: Get on you search for brass if you do decide to reload. It can be hard to find.
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: Slenk on July 16, 2012, 01:17:31 PM: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/1390175450/winchester-reloading-brass-218-bee (http://www.midwayusa.com/product/1390175450/winchester-reloading-brass-218-bee)

http://smith-wessonforum.com/reloading/134787-218-bee-brass.html (http://smith-wessonforum.com/reloading/134787-218-bee-brass.html)
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: NRA4LIFE on July 16, 2012, 01:50:40 PM: Midway is completely out of stock with no backorder. That often means never again.
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: jackmaster on July 16, 2012, 02:24:37 PM: if i bought the reloader, that is if they still have one, how many times can a box of shells be reloaded, say i bought 2 boxes at 83 bucks a box how many times could i reload just that brass
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: AWS on July 16, 2012, 02:43:25 PM: If you don't over size them and don't try and turn it into a 223 you should get from 5-10 loadings out of them.

I have a Marlin 1894 CL in 218 Bee and have been shooting it for 15 yrs or so and I'm still using the original batch of brass for it.

I load with a set of Lee dies and like the factory crimp die. If your shooting a bolt action you won't need to worry about crimping.

You'll hear about using Lil Gun in the Bee but I've found it to be kind of squirelly in it. It works really well in the Hornet compressed but loose in the Bee case I get pressure spikes. I'd stick with old time powders and older data, 4227 and 2400.

Winchester does only seasonal runs of 218 Bee brass so you have to watch for it. Check with Huntingtons.

http://www.huntingtons.com/cases_winchester.html (http://www.huntingtons.com/cases_winchester.html)
Title: Re: 218 bee
Post by: jackmaster on July 16, 2012, 03:21:00 PM: thanks for the heads ups and the info